Books in the Cambridge Grammatical Descriptions series

Tariana is an endangered Arawak language from the northwest Amazonian jungle. It exists in a strongly multilingual environment and often combines its own features with those borrowed from neighboring indigenous languages. Tariana has many unusual properties, including evidentiality. This grammar provides a unique resource for a wide range of linguists.

First published in 2002, this is a comprehensive grammatical documentation of Kham, a previously undescribed language from west-central Nepal, belonging to the Tibeto-Burman language family. The book, based on extensive fieldwork, provides copious examples throughout the exposition.

This book provides a comprehensive reference grammar of Semelai, a previously undescribed and endangered Aslian (Mon-Khmer) language of the Malay Peninsula. Nicole Kruspe looks at a wide range of its grammatical, morphological and phonological characteristics, and her discussion is complemented by a large number of illustrative examples and texts.