Lexical comparanda for 14 Austronesian varieties of Raja Ampat, northwest New Guinea

Laura Arnold (Creator)

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Abstract

This dataset is an Excel spreadsheet containing lexical comparisons for 14 closely related Austronesian varieties spoken in the Raja Ampat archipelago (northwest New Guinea): Metnyo Ambel, Metsam Ambel, As, Batta, Biga, Magey Matbat, Kawe Maˈya, Laganyan Maˈya, Misool Maˈya, Salawati Maˈya, Wauyai Maˈya, Butlih Salawati, Tepin Salawati, Wail Salawati. These varieties all belong to the Raja Ampat-South Halmahera branch of South Halmahera-West New Guinea. All primary data associated with this database is archied here: https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/8573

The data used in this paper comes from a combination published and unpublished sources, and primary data collected in Raja Ampat during fieldtrips in 2017, 2019‑20, and 2023.
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Publication statusPublished - 2024

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