The Linguistic Situation in the Gulf District and Adjacent Areas, Papua New GuineaDepartment of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1973 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 597 pages No Indigenous Australian content. |
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action adjectives adverbs appears aspect auxiliary Bamu base becomes called Central Chapter clauses close cognates common compared compound consonant construction continuous corresponds cultural demonstrative dialects dual East Eastern Elema example Family Fasu final Fly River function further future garden given Greenberg Guinea Gulf Highlands Hiri Motu included indicate interrogative Island Kiwai Kapau Kerewo Kewa Kiwaian languages Kukukuku linguistic marked marker materials meaning Motu Namau negative noted noun object occur origin Orokolo Papua past pattern person phonemes phrase plural position preceding present probably pronouns reference relationship relative result River sentence Sepoe similar singular Southern speakers stem Stock suffix sweet potato Table taro tense term Toaripi usually variation verb village vowel Western words Wurm