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A look at the rokorona language
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Joshua Birchall
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October 1, 2013
Abstract
This paper presents an analysis of the only remaining documentation of the Rokorona language, a collection of three prayers published in Teza (1868). First, a survey of the various mentions of Rokorona in the ethno-historical literature is presented, allowing for new insights into the original homeland of these people. Then, a number of phonological and grammatical features of the language are identified based on the texts. These features show that Rokorona displays a number of grammatical properties typical of Chapacuran languages, and when combined with the available lexical data, allow for the language to be definitively classified as such.
Published Online: 2013-10-01
Published in Print: 2013-10
© 2013 Akademie Verlag GmbH, Markgrafenstr. 12-14, 10969 Berlin.
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