OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Source: Stokhof (1983a)

Language: Bunaq Maukatar
Short Reference: Stokhof (1983a)
Full Reference: Stokhof, W. A. L. 1983. Holle lists: vocabularies in languages of Indonesia Vol.6: The Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
# Entries: 707
Note: This list is listed under the name Marae (Central Timor). It has the archival mark: "NBG.1912". It is noted in preface to the list that "De Maraetaal is spoken in Maukatar , Lamaknen and Lamakhitu." This list looks to come from Maukatar. Two features of this dialect are: (i) In the list, we can observe *p > f. (ii) In the list, the contrast between /g/ and /k/ initially is only sporadically made. Often initial /g/ is marked as <k>.