Abstract
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 line separating one country from another, and (ii) a linguistic division, the distinguishing line between Papuan and Austronesian languages. I examine the effect that the Bunaq position at the political and linguistic borders of Timor has had on the people and their language.
Recommended Citation
Schapper, Antoinette
(2011)
"Crossing the border; Historical and linguistic divides among the Bunaq in central Timor,"
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia: Vol. 13:
No.
1, Article 2.
DOI: 10.17510/wjhi.v13i1.8
Available at:
https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/wacana/vol13/iss1/2
