Yimas-alamblak tanim tok: An indigenous trade pidgin of new guinea

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-62

  Williams, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Language and culture contact; Papuan languages; Sepik River societies; Trade pidgins; Yimas language

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989390009     PISSN: 09209034     EISSN: 15699870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jpcl.15.1.03wil     Document Type: Article

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