The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar: Typological characteristics

The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 110-181

  Himmelmann, Nikolaus P ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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