This paper refines the subgroupings of the Timor-Alor-Pantar (tap) family of Papuan
languages, using a systematic Bayesian phylogenetics study. While recent work indicates …

This paper demonstrates the existence of the Greater West Bomberai family, bringing the
Timor–Alor–Pantar language family of the Lesser Sunda islands into a genealogical unit …

From the first Chinese and Malay traders, to the Portuguese exploration of Southeast Asia in
the sixteenth century and their colonization of Timor until now, the Tetun language has kept …

Documentary and descriptive work on Timor-Alor-Pantar (TAP) languages has proceeded at
a rapid pace in the last 15 years. The publication of the volumes of TAP sketches by Pacific …

Research into Austronesian-Papuan language contact in eastern Indonesia has to date
mainly centred on identifying Austronesian lexical influences on Papuan languages and …

Word classes in Timor–Alor–Pantar and the Papuan region | The Oxford Handbook of Word
Classes | Oxford Academic Skip to Main Content Advertisement Oxford Academic Search Menu …

This paper refines the subgroupings of the Timor-Alor-Pantar (TAP) family of Papuan
languages, using a systematic Bayesian phylogenetics study. While recent work indicates …

Fataluku (ISO 639-3 code: ddg) is spoken in Timor-Leste's easternmost district, Lautém. It is
referred to by its speakers as Fatalukunu, which translates as 'correct speech'(fata 'correct' …

Differential locative marking is found in languages all over the world. Toponyms, in
particular, are well known to often require less locative marking than other types of nouns …

This dissertation describes foundational plant knowledge and associated speech practices
by the Abui people of Alor Island, Indonesia. The Abui are an ethnolinguistic marginalized …