Proto-Australian: Reconstruction of a Common Ancestor Language

by Mark Harvey and Robert Mailhammer

This book is the first full evaluation of the Proto-Australian hypothesis, which proposes that most Australian languages have a common ancestor: Proto-Australian PA]. Using the standard methodologies of historical linguistics, the authors show that nearly all Australian languages descend from PA. Given that PA was a single language, it was spoken only in a small area of Australia. Its descendants have spread across the continent. Current theories...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3111421449
• ISBN13: 9783111421445
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"