Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- SYMBOLS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. PHONOLOGY -- III. SYNTAX -- IV. THE NOUN -- V. THE VERB -- VI. OTHER FUNCTION CLASSES -- VII. DIACHRONIC ASPECTS -- VIII. DIALECT MIXTURE -- APPENDIX 1. TEXTS FROM INFORMANTS -- APPENDIX 2. LEXICON -- APENDIX 3. CORPUS OF SENTENCES -- APPENDIX 4. QUESTIONNAIRE PHONOLOGIQUE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF AUTHORS