Oceanic & Australian Languages

Tagalog for Beginners is a straightforward and user-friendly guide to the Tagalog language.It is the book to help you learn Tagalog (Filipino) on your own, quickly and accurately-whether you're traveling to the Philippines for a vacation or a business...

At last, a way to improve your Tagalog!Written by Joi Barrios as the continuation of her best-selling Tagalog for Beginners book, Intermediate Tagalog is the first intermediate-level book designed specifically for people who already speak or understand...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisherToss another shrimp on the barbie, crack open a tinny or pour yourself a chardy while you traverse Australia's vast expanse of true blue, fair dinkum Aussie lingo - from cosmopolitan communique to...

Kopar is a very moribund, close to extinct, language spoken in three villages at the mouth of the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea. This is the only description of the language available. It also discusses areas where rapid language shift is affecting the...

Are you looking for a complete course in Malay (Bahasa Malaysia) which takes you effortlessly from beginner to confident speaker? Whether you are starting from scratch, or are just out of practice, Complete Malay (Bahasa Malaysia) will guarantee...

This is a comprehensive description of a language spoken some 450 km offshore from the mainland of Papua New Guinea. The language is remarkable for its phonological, morphological and syntactic complexity. As the sole surviving member of its language...

The most enjoyable way to learn about a new culture is through its stories-especially when they're told in two languages!This book introduces 40 stories from the Philippines through bilingual Tagalog and English texts presented on facing pages. Paired...

A complete Filipino/Tagalog language course and pocket dictionary in one!Let Filipino experts Barrios and Camagong teach you how to speak this beautiful language! Learning Tagalog brings the national language and culture of the Philippines to life,...

This is the leading beginner Tagalog textbook and language learning package.Elementary Tagalog's comprehensive approach will help students master Tagalog, the language of the Philippines, also known as Filipino or Pilipino. From learning to read Tagalog...

It's never a good idea to be overly-relient on technology while traveling! Look up words quickly and easily with this great little Tagalog dictionary.Intended for use by tourists, students, and business people traveling to The Philippines Pocket Tagalog...

Tara, Mag-Tagalog Tayo!Come On, Let's Speak Tagalog!Elementary Tagalog's comprehensive approach will help students master basic Tagalog (Filipino) without frustration. From learning to read Tagalog words and pronounce its sounds to using correct grammar,...

Easy-to-read and extensive, this Tagalog dictionary is an essential language learning and translation tool.The Tuttle Concise Tagalog Dictionary gives you the most complete and up-to-date translations from English to Tagalog/Filipino and is the most...

Do you want a solid foundation to your Indonesian studies?If you are looking for a solid foundation to your language studies for school, work or travel, this engaging course will get you speaking, writing, reading and understanding Indonesian in no time...

Basic Tagalog is a friendly and accessible resource, providing beginning language learners with support, structure and thorough explanations.This is the most complete language course available for Tagalog-in one easy volume! This new edition has free...

The complete and accessible guide to learning the Maori language, no matter your knowledge level. Fun, user-friendly and relevant to modern readers, Scotty Morrison's Maori Made Easy is the one-stop resource for anyone wanting to learn the basics of the...

This volume is designed to meet the bilingual needs of the traveling businessperson, tourist and student.Book InformationISBN 9780781806053Author K. T. HarawiraFormat PaperbackPage Count 121Imprint Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S.Publisher Hippocrene Books Inc...

Lonely Planet's Fijian Phrasebook and Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Fijian phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Book hikes along inland trails and order local cuisine with...

This is a user-friendly and comprehensive beginner Indonesian book and a great way to learn Indonesian.Divided into 28 graded lessons, Basic Indonesian provides fill-in-the-blank exercises, quizzes, word puzzles and question-and-answer practices to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760644987Author Gari Tudor-SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint La Trobe University PressPublisher Black Inc.Weight(grams) 537gDimensions(mm) 233mm...

A fun and helpful resource for anyone interested in learning some Tagalog-whether you're 5 or 100!This picture dictionary covers the 1,500 most useful Tagalog words and phrases. Each word and sentence is given in Tagalog script-with a Romanized version...

Gold Medal Winner for Poetry and Special Honours Award for Best of Anthology at the 2020 Nautilus Book Awards. One language is falling silent every two weeks. Half of the 7,000 languages spoken in the world today will be lost by the end of this century...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices...

No other description available.About the AuthorDr. Carl Rubino initiated the Philippine programme at the University of California, Santa Barbara where he taught both Tagalog and Ilocano. With a background in typology, he has lectured on Philippine...

This practical Tagalog phrasebook puts all the most important Tagalog words and phrases in the palm of your hand.It includes tips for handling situations you'll encounter on a daily basis in the Philippines, making it the most useful Tagalog language...

Lonely Planet's South Pacific Phrasebook is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Spanish phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Chat over dinner with a local family in Fiji, understand the hula...

A Maori Phrase a Day offers a fun and easy entry into the Maori language. Through its 365 phrases, you will learn the following- - Everyday uses - English translations - Factoids - Handy word lists Presenting the most common, relevant and...

Aboriginal people have been in Australia for at least 40,000 years, speaking about 250 languages. Through examination of published and unpublished materials on each of the individual languages, Professor Dixon surveys the ways in which the languages vary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870220708Author Byron W. BenderFormat PaperbackPage Count 463Imprint University of Hawai'i PressPublisher University of Hawai'i PressWeight(grams) 333g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780824816865Author Albert J. SchutzFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint University of Hawai'i PressPublisher University of Hawai'i PressWeight(grams) 310g

Spoken Chamorro is designed to enable the student to learn to speak and understand the Chamorro language the way native speakers do in their everyday activities. This second edition has been revised to incorporate the spelling conventions adopted by the...

He aha te mea nui o te Ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata What is most precious and important in this world? It is people, it is people, it is people. A collection of poignant pepeha (Maori proverbs) explained in English with images of Maori that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780824804572Author Takaji AboFormat PaperbackPage Count 626Imprint University of Hawai'i PressPublisher University of Hawai'i PressWeight(grams) 917g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935198703Author Faye Untalan, MSW, MPH, Ph.DFormat PaperbackPage Count 468Imprint University of Guam PressPublisher University of Guam Press

Hawaiian: Past, Present, Future presents aspects of Hawaiian and its history that are rarely treated in language classes. The major characters in this book make up a diverse cast: Dutch merchants, Captain Cook's naturalist and philologist William...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781775594000Author Max CryerFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Exisle PublishingPublisher Exisle PublishingWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 230mm * 150mm...

Tuttle Pocket Tagalog Dictionary is the most up-to-date Tagalog pocket dictionary available. It contains a comprehensive range of contemporary Tagalog words and expressions, including the latest Internet and social media vocabulary.This dictionary is...

It's amazing how 100 keywords and phrases provide instant communication! Do you want to speak simple Tagalog but are too busy to study it? Are you visiting the Philippines for a short time and want a Tagalog phrasebook to help you communicate? If so,...

Colloquial Thai: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Thai as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780824807030Author Mary Kawena PukuiFormat HardbackPage Count 600Imprint University of Hawai'i PressPublisher University of Hawai'i PressWeight(grams) 992g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781473331365Author W L WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint White PressPublisher White PressWeight(grams) 191g