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Peer reviewedMixco, Mauricio J. – International Journal of American Linguistics, 1977
The article determines the linguistic affiliation of the Nakipa and Yakakwal peoples, who became extinct before the turn of the century, as Paopai and Kiliwa, respectively. The article uses ethnohistoric and historic sources to explain the theory. (Author/NCR)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Diachronic Linguistics, Ethnic Origins, Intergroup Relations
Download full textSandefur, John R. – 1986
A study of North Australia's Kriol language situation identifies the language, its speakers, its functions, and the sociopolitical factors in its emergence as an autonomous language. The first chapter reviews the development of the linguistic field concerning pidgins and creoles, looking especially at the concepts developed to explain the rise and…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Bilingualism, Creoles, Descriptive Linguistics
