Routledge Wari (Descriptive Grammars)

Product Description This is the first major study of any Chapakuran language and makes an important contribution to linguistic theory. This study is especially timely as the Chapakuran languages of Western Brazil and Eastern Bolivia are endangered, and less than 2,000 known speakers of Wari and its related dialects are left in existence. Review ..."this book has laid a sound foundation for the synchronic study of southern Amazonian languages. We can only hope that this pioneering descriptive study will serve as a model for linguistic scholars across South America to devote their time to describing and analyzing hitherto undocumented Amazonian languages." -Alexandra Aikhenvald, La Trobe University,