Re: Dyirbal?
| From: | Ph. D. <phild@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 19, 2004, 5:54 |
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Rodlox wrote:
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> two questions -- where in Austronesia is/was Dyirbal
> spoken? &, aside from Syntactic Ergativity, what other
> fun stuff does it and-or its language subfamily (its closer
> relations within the broad Austroneasian Family) have?
> *curious*
I believe the Australian languages (the languages of the
indigenous people of Australia) are not related to the
Austronesian langauges (broadly, the languages of the
islands in Pacific Ocean).
(Malagasy, spoken on the island of Madagascar off the
southeastern coast of Africa, is also related to the
Austronesian languages.)
--Ph. D.
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