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An introduction to Tuvaluan / Geoff and Jenny Jackson.
- Title
- An introduction to Tuvaluan / Geoff and Jenny Jackson.
- Author
- Jackson, Geoffrey W.
- Publication
- Suva : Oceania Printers, 1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PL6541 .J32 1999 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Jackson, Jenny
- Description
- 60 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (verso of t.p.)
- Language (note)
- Text in English and Tavara.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- An introduction to Tuvaluan -- 1. Background to the Tuvaluan language -- 2. The alphabet and pronunciation -- 3. Stressed consonants and lengthened vowels -- 4. Dialects -- 5. Word classes -- 6. Definite and indefinite articles -- 7. Verbs -- 8. Veb markers and tense markers -- 9. Adverbs -- 10. Nouns -- 11. Pronouns -- Adjectives -- 13. Directionals -- 14. Locations -- 15. Emphatic words -- 16. Questions: positive and negative -- 17. Reduplication -- 18. Word order -- 19. Conditional -- 20. Particles, prepositions, and conjunctions -- 21. Prefixes and suffixes -- 22. Numbers -- 23. The calendar -- 24. Everyday expressions -- 25. Books of the bible.
- ISBN
- 9829027023
- LCCN
- ^^^00303817^
- OCLC
- 48435469
- SCSB-11946541
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library