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Papuan-Austronesian contact and the spread of numeral systems in Melanesia

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Published in 2023 at "Diachronica"

DOI: 10.1075/dia.22005.bar

Abstract: This study analyzes the numeral systems of Austronesian and Papuan languages, investigating their areal distribution and considering their most likely ancestral states. The presence or absence of different methods of numeration has often been ascribed… read more here.

Keywords: papuan austronesian; numeral systems; contact; austronesian contact ... See more keywords