Crossing the border Historical and linguistic divides among the Bunaq in central Timor

The Bunaq are a Papuan language-speaking people straddling the border of Indonesian West Timor and independent East Timor. This paper looks at the history of the Bunaq as a “border“ people in Timor.  “Border“ is interpreted here in two ways, as referring to: (i) a political division, the boundary li...

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Main Author: Antoinette Schapper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Indonesia 2011-04-01
Series:Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
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Online Access:http://wacana.ui.ac.id/index.php/wjhi/article/view/8