A Grammatical Sketch of Hainan Cham : History, Contact, and Phonology /

This volume is a grammatical sketch of Hainan Cham, an endangered tonal Austronesian language. The study focuses on three areas: social background and contact history, the grammar (including all the recorded vocabulary), and a description of the sound system (including acoustic description) The appendixes also include the wordlist of Sanya Chinese forms and four analyzed texts.This volume is a grammatical sketch of Hainan Cham, an endangered tonal Austronesian language. The study focuses on three areas: social background and contact history, the grammar (including all the recorded vocabulary), and a description of the sound system (including acoustic description) The appendixes also include the wordlist of Sanya Chinese forms and four analyzed texts.Electronic reproduction.Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.Graham Thurgood, Ela Thurgood, and Li Fengxiang, California State University, Chico, USA.Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher’s Web site, viewed May 26, 2011