The Languages of the Andes
Part of Cambridge Language Surveys
- Author: Willem F. H. Adelaar, Universiteit Leiden
- Date Published: October 2007
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521368315
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The Andean and Pacific regions of South America are home to a remarkable variety of languages and language families, with a range of typological differences. Documenting the indigenous languages of this region, as well as of adjacent areas, Willem Andelaar and Pieter Muysken provide historical as well as contemporary information about the languages of the Andes. Illustrated with detailed grammatical sketches, their book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of linguistics and anthropology.
Read more- Thorough treatment of Aymara, Mapuche and Quecha grammar and dialectology
- An extensive reference work on Andean languages published in English
- Pays attention to language history, extinct languages and language contact in the Andean area
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"This large volume, which is an encyclopedia of Andean languages, is an exceptional resource for the languages of this region and for the Americas generally...the most authoritative book of its kind. Highly recommended." D.R. Parks, Indiana University-Bloomington, CHOICE
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- Date Published: October 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521368315
- length: 748 pages
- dimensions: 234 x 156 x 36 mm
- weight: 1.052kg
- contains: 1 b/w illus. 13 maps 103 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of tables
List of maps
Preface
Orthographic conventions
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. The Chibcha sphere
3. The Inca sphere
4. The languages of the eastern slopes
5. The Araucanian sphere
6. The languages of Tierra del Fuego
7. The Spanish presence
Appendix: inventory of languages and language families of the Andean region
References
Author index
Index of languages and ethnic groups
Subject index.
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