A Grammar Sketch of Uruangnirin

Abstract

This paper presents a grammatical sketch of Uruangnirin, an Austronesian language of Indonesia. It provides an overview of word classes, personal pronouns, nouns and noun phrases, verbs and verbal inflection, clausal syntax, valency-changing strategies, complex predicates, clause coordination and complement clauses. A brief overview of other Uruangnirin materials and publications, notably the audio-visual corpus, is included.