We start our new series with Hawaii’s little-known connection to Taiwan, an island in East Asia that sits just below China. Mandarin is the main spoken language. Some speak Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka ...
"Southern Origin Theory" or "Mainland Origin Theory"? Scholarly interest in the Austronesian language family began with early 18th century linguistics. In 1706, Dutch scholar Adriaan Reland ...
Though I work primarily with Austronesian languages of Indonesia, I am also engaged in ongoing projects with Tibeto-Burman languages, particularly with varieties of Tibetan. I am especially interested ...