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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Language: | English |
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University of Indonesia
2011-04-01
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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 |