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In:Austronesian Undressed: How and why languages become isolating
Edited by David Gil and Antoinette Schapper
[Typological Studies in Language 129] 2020
► pp. 119–212

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Chapter 3
Dual heritage

The story of Riau Indonesian and its relatives

 | Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Published online: 21 October 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.129.03gil
Abstract
How and why did Riau Indonesian acquire its isolating profile? Its isolating structure may traced back continuously through a series of increasingly large language networks – Malay/Indonesian koinés, Malay/Indonesian in general, Malayic, Western Nusantara, and the Mekong-Mamberamo linguistic area – thereby refuting claims that it is the product of a recent event of creolisation. Riau Indonesian and its relatives exhibit dual heritage: Austronesian and Mekong-Mamberamo. From an Austronesian perspective, the isolating profile developed when Austronesian languages first spread into Nusantara, as a result of contact with the languages that were already present in the region. However, from a Mekong-Mamberamo point of view, the isolating structure may be viewed as the outcome of vertical inheritance dating back as far as we can see.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Previous accounts
    • 2.1Pidgin Malay Derived
    • 2.2Creole
    • 2.3Non-hybrid Conventionalised Second Language
    • 2.4Ethnicity, register and geography
  • 3.The sociohistorical landscape
    • 3.1Heartland varieties
    • 3.2Transplanted varieties
  • 4.The linguistic landscape
    • 4.1Riau Indonesian and other Malay/Indonesian koinés
    • 4.2Malay/Indonesian koinés and other varieties of Malay/Indonesian
    • 4.3Malay/Indonesian and other Malayic varieties
    • 4.4Malayic varieties and other languages of Western Nusantara
    • 4.5Languages of Western Nusantara and other Mekong-Mamberamo languages
    • 4.6Languages of Western Nusantara and other Austronesian languages
  • 5.The story of Riau Indonesian and its relatives
    • 5.1Act 1: Two separate heritages
    • 5.2Act 2: The coming together
    • 5.3Act 3: A new hybrid identity
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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