Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures and tables viii
4. Acknowledgements x
5. Map of locations referred to in this book xi
6. 1 History, geography, demography and culture 1
7. 2 Phonetics and phonology 19
8. 3 Morphosyntax 50
9. 4 Lexis and discourse features 70
10. 5 Annotated bibliography and references 97
11. Index 111