Salako or Badameá Sketch Grammar, Text and Lexicon of a Kanayatn Dialect in West Borneo |
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| Author:
| Adelaar, K. Alexander |
| Series title: | Frankfurter Forschungen Zu Sudostasien Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-447-05102-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2005 |
| Publisher: | Harrassowitz Verlag
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $106.00USD $100.00 |
Book Description:
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Salako, or bahasa Badamea as it is often called, is spoken in the northwestern tip of Borneo on both sides of the Malaysian-Indonesian border running through this area. It is a dialect of Kanayatn (Kendayan), a major Dayak language and one of the principal languages of West Kalimantan Province (Indonesian Borneo). The present volume contains a short grammatical description of Salako as well as a lexicon and a body of texts with translation (consisting of folk stories and fairly...
More DescriptionSalako, or bahasa Badamea as it is often called, is spoken in the northwestern tip of Borneo on both sides of the Malaysian-Indonesian border running through this area. It is a dialect of Kanayatn (Kendayan), a major Dayak language and one of the principal languages of West Kalimantan Province (Indonesian Borneo). The present volume contains a short grammatical description of Salako as well as a lexicon and a body of texts with translation (consisting of folk stories and fairly detailed accounts of local traditions).