Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. List of authors x
5. Maps xi
6. Genetic classification of languages examined or referred to xiii
7. 1 Mermaid construction: An introduction and summary 1
8. I. SOV languages
9. 2 Modern Standard Japanese 65
10. 3 Mitsukaido dialect of Japanese 125
11. 4 Old and Early Middle Japanese 167
12. 5 Irabu Ryukyuan 233
13. 6 Korean 283
14. 7 Kolyma Yukaghir 333
15. 8 Sakha (Yakut) 363
16. 9 Khalkha Mongolian 387
17. 10 Amdo Tibetan 419
18. 11 nDrapa 465
19. 12 Kathmandu Newar 511
20. 13 Burmese 557
21. 14 Kurux 605
22. 15 Hindi 651
23. 16 Sidaama 679
24. II. SVO languages
25. 17 Thai 737
26. III. VSO/VOS languages
27. 18 Tagalog 781
28. IV Languages in which the order of S, O and V is not fixed
29. 19 Koryak 817
30. Index of names 851
31. Index of languages 857
32. Index of subjects 861