TY  - BOOK
AU  - Babaev,Kirill
AU  - Samarina,Irina
AU  - Sidwell,Paul
TI  - A Grammar of May: An Austroasiatic Language of Vietnam 
T2  - Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages
SN  - 9789004461086
AV  - PL4456.2 
U1  - 495.9/3 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - BRILL, 
KW  - May language
KW  - Grammar
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; General information -- Phonology -- Word and derivation -- Grammar -- Syntax
N2  - "Not only is May otherwise undescribed in writing, it is the only small Vietic language documented and analysed in such detail, and one of few endangered Austroasiatic languages described so thoroughly. May is predominantly monosyllabic, yet retains traces of affixes and consonant clusters that reflect older disyllabic forms. It is tonal, and also manifests breathy phonation and vowel ongliding, yielding a remarkable complexity of syllable types. The lexicon, which is extensively documented, has a substantial archaic component. Consequently, the volume provides an invaluable resource for comparative historical and typological studies. This book is an English translation of the 2018 Russian language monograph by Babaev and Samarina"--
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004461086
ER  -