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The Intangible Legacy of the Indonesian Bajo [PDF]
, 2015 The Sama-Bajau, or Bajo diaspora, extends from the southern Philippines and Sabah (Malaysian Borneo) to the eastern part of Indonesia. The Indonesian Bajo, now scattered along the coasts of Sulawesi (Celebes) and East Kalimantan, the Eastern Lesser Sunda
Anna Luise Kirkengen (756891) +7 more
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Speaking of clans: language in Awyu-Ndumut communities of Indonesian West Papua [PDF]
, 2012 The place of language in Awyu-Ndumut speech communities of the Indonesian province of West Papua is investigated from the point of view of the parallel but interconnected worlds of clan lands and nation-state sponsored settlements, with institutions such
Vries, L.J. de
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Phong pioneers: exploring the sociopolitics of mythology in upland Laos
Social Anthropology, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 763-777, August 2021., 2021 Hat Ang, mythological culture hero of the Phong (an ethnic minority in Laos), exemplifies the figure of the upland pioneer. Taking the legend of Hat Ang as a vantage point, this paper discusses the ethnohistory of this specific Austroasiatic group and offers a mythological perspective into the discussion of uplanders’ agency and future‐making. This key
Oliver Tappe
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Zamucoan ethnonymy in the 18th century and the etymology of Ayoreo
Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 2021 This study presents new data on Zamucoan ethnonymy and solves an etymological problem concerning the term Ayoreo. The earliest documented Zamucoan language is Old Zamuco, spoken in the 18th century in the Jesuit missions of Chiquitos and close to present-
Luca Ciucci
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History, Volume 106, Issue 371, Page 356-383, July 2021., 2021 Abstract This article explores the vocabularies of Amerindian languages published as part of the travel accounts written by explorers, traders and colonial policymakers in North America over the eighteenth century. Starting with the renowned Voyages by the Baron de Lahontan, the analysis takes as its endpoint the journals of the famous expedition led ...
Giulia Iannuzzi
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Névtani Értesítő, 2021 The Finnish database of exonyms In Finland, a detailed, regularly updated and complex searchable database of exonyms has been available on the website of the Institute for the Languages of Finland since 2018.
GÁBOR MIKESY
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Au-delà des ethnonymes. À propos de quelques exonymes et endonymes chez les musulmans du Cambodge
Moussons, 2012 Scholarship on Muslims of Indochinese Peninsula—from the colonial period to nowadays—has often gone hand in glove with Cham research. Perceived as a unified and reduced unit, the small community of Cambodian Muslims is today more than ever described as ...
Emiko Stock
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Moussons, 2015 The Vietnamese national language (quốc ngữ), in use today, uses the Latin script. Albeit the Romanized script of the quốc ngữ seems fitted to the use of the Internet on a large extent, for many of them, Vietnamese users seem lost when looking for foreign
Philippe Le Failler
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The “Paris School” and the “Structuralist Invasion” in North America
Cahiers Mondes Anciens, 2020 This essay offers some broader contextualization on the role of “structuralism” in North America and its relationship to the works of scholars who have been broadly classified under the exonym “Paris School” including Jean-Pierre Vernant, Marcel Detienne,
Charles H. Stocking
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Atlant and Slovene national consciousness in the second half of the 19th century
Acta Geographica Slovenica, 2006 The geographic literature made an important contribution to the development of national consciousness among Slovenes in the 19thcentury, as well as to the reinforcement of Slovene identity after Slovenia's independence in 1991.
Mimi Urbanc +3 more
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