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Li Hawu. The Language of Sawu Island

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2 page manuscrpt -- Li Hawu. The Language of Sawu Island, Indonesia. By A. Capell (his hand). He says that this is the name known to native speakers and that it is a non-Austronesian structure overlaid with an Austronesian vocabulary. Unfinished draft.; Date of recording unknown.. Language as given: Sawu catalog.paradisec.org.au catalog.paradisec.org.au

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