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Wolowa Word Lists

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Description: 
The Wolowa and Wakole language communities of Buton Island in south­eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia, have mostly escaped the attention of linguistic scholarship. In this paper I present background information about these communities along with two word lists, both comprising more than eight hundred items. Based on a lexicostatistical analysis I tentatively conclude that Wolowa and Wakole should be regarded as dialects of Kumbewaha.
Series: 
Sulang Language Data and Working Papers: Word Lists
Series Number: 
008
Publisher: 
Sulawesi Language Alliance
Year Published: 
2017
Subject Language(s): 
Kumbewaha
ISO 639-3: 
xks
Publication Language(s): 
English, Indonesian, Kumbewaha
Contributor(s): 
Mead, David
author
Table of Contents: 
1. Introduction; 2. Quality of the word lists; 3. Relationship with Cia-Cia and Kumbewaha; 4. Word lists; References.
Version History: 
Version 1 [17 August 2017]
License: 
All Rights Reserved


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