Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Editor's Introduction V
3. Contents IX
4. Master List Of Abbreviations XI
5. Part One: Indigenous Languages
6. Austronesian
7. The Austronesian Languages And Proto-Austronesian 5
8. Indonesia And Malaysia 55
9. Tagalog And Other Major Languages Of The Philippines 112
10. Minor Languages Of The Philippines 155
11. The Austronesian Languages Of Formosa 168
12. The Chamic Languages 200
13. Malagasy 211
14. The Austronesian Languages Of Australian New Guinea 240
15. Languages Of The New Hebrides And Solomon Islands 341
16. New Caledonia And The Loyalty Islands 359
17. Fijian And Rotuman 397
18. Micronesian Languages 426
19. The Languages Of Polynesia 466
20. Papuan
21. History Of Research In Papuan Languages 509
22. The Papuan Linguistic Situation 541
23. Australian
24. History Of Research In Australian And Tasmanian Languages 661
25. Classifications Of Australian Languages, Including Tasmanian 721
26. Lexicographic Research In Aboriginal Australia 779
27. The Indo-Pacific Hypothesis
28. The Indo-Pacific Hypothesis 807