Austronesians in Linguistic Disguise: Fataluku cultural fusion in East Timor
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2007
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McWilliam, Andrew
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Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
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This paper explores the relationship between language and cultural practice in the Fataluku language community of East Timor. A Papuan language and member of what is referred to as the Trans New Guinea Phylum (TNGP) of languages, Fataluku society nevertheless exhibits many cultural ideas and practices suggesting a long period of engagement and accommodation to Austronesian cosmopolitanism. The idea that Fataluku speakers are 'Austronesians in disguise' points to the significance of cultural hybridity on the Austronesian boundary.
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Keywords: cultural identity; ethnicity; language; Asia; Eurasia; Lesser Sunda Islands; Malay Archipelago; Southeast Asia; Sunda Isles; Timor; Timor-Leste
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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
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