First steps towards a grammar of Makasae : a language of East Timor
Makasae is a non-Austronesian / Papuan language spoken by a population of some 70,000 in the newly independent state of East Timor. Because of its long history of occupation and civil war, the nation’s languages are so far sparsely documented. The present work is the first Makasae grammar description to be published in English. Makasae is largely isolating in structure, and its grammar has in man