Books about Austronesian from Amazon.com

For many years Hawaiian Dictionary has been the definitive and authoritative work on the Hawaiian language. Now this indispensable reference volume has been enlarged and completely revised. More than 3,000 new entries have been added to the Hawaiian-English section bringing the total number of entries to almost 30,000, and making it the largest and most complete of any Polynesian dictionary. Other additions and changes in this section include: a method of showing stress groups to facilitate pronunciation of Hawaiian words with more than three syllables; indication of parts of speech; current scientific names of plants; use of metric measurements; additional reconstructions; classical origins of loan words; and many added cross-references to enhance understanding of the numerous nuances of Hawaiian words.

The English-Hawaiian section, a complement and supplement to the Hawaiian-English section, contains more than 12,500 entries and can serve as an index to hidden riches in the Hawaiian language. This new edition is more than a dictionary. Containing folklore, poetry, and ethnology, it will benefit Hawaiian studies for years to come..
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This is the Operator's Manual for Australia This book covers the basic and essential information the author and his family learned in order to survive their first few years living in Australia It will help you avoid making the same embarrassing mistakes and asking the same dumb questions they did. Includes a 1,500 word Australian-American Dictionary. An essential tool for tourists, business travelers and migrants..
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The aim of this dictionary is to assist the student or traveler in expanding his or her knowledge of the language and culture of Georgia.

• Introduction to basic grammar
• Pronunciation guide
• Georgian alphabet
• Georgian to English and English to Georgian alphabet
• Georgian phrasebook, including all topics a visitor to Georgia needs to know, including time of day, dates, transportation, money, communication services, and much more
• Maps

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Toss another shrimp on the barbie, crack open a tinny or pour yourself a chardy while you traverse Australia's vast expanse of true blue, fair dinkum Aussie lingo - from cosmopolitan communique to surf slang, outback jargon and some of the world's oldest indigenous languages. C'mon avagoyermug!

-Features comprehensive section on Australia's impressive array of indigenous languages.
-Lonely Planet's English Language & Culture series goes behind the scenes of languages you thought you knew.
-Get into the culture and humor behind common - and not so common - English expressions and learn about the local languages that inspired them..
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The best available guide to the pidgins and creols of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, north Australia and Torres Strait. These fascinating languages have developed from English, so you'll recognize plenty of words, but their grammar, sentence structure and extensive vocabularies mean that you'll find this phrasebook invaluable in understanding the language around you.

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Wherever you travel in the region, and despite the huge numbers of local languages, you can still communicate easily.
Cultural tips throughout.
Get around without a hitch.
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