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Trukese-English Dictionary: Pwpwuken Tettenin Foos, Chuuk-Ingenes (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society)

By Ward H. Goodenough , Hiroshi Sugita

Book information

Publisher
American Philosophical Society
Year
1980
ISBN
0871691418, 9780871691415
LCC
Q11 .P612 vol. 141,PL6318.Z5 .P612 vol. 141
Open Library ID
OL22606953M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
168 MB (176617193 bytes)
Pages
399\456
Topic
Linguistics Foreign
Time added
2012-04-21 18:27:33

Description

Three closely related languages are spoken in Truk State, Federated States of Micronesia: Trukese, Mortlockese, & Puluwatese. Trukese has by far the largest number of of speakers in the Truk state. Building on the dictionary by Samuel H. Elbert, published in 1947, this dictionary representes the Trukese language as it is spoken in the lagoon islands of Truk. It also includes an introduction which covers: the languages of Truk; the alphabet; the format of an entry; morphology; syntax; & bibliography. Maps & tables.

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