A handbook of comparative Bahnaric, Vol. 1: West BahnaricAlso in Pacific Linguistics Justin Watkins, 2002, The phonetics of Wa: Experimental phonetics, phonology, orthography and sociolinguistics. Robert S. Bauer, (ed.), 2002, Collected papers on Southeast Asian and Pacific Languages. Peiros, lia (1996), Katwic Comparative Dictionary. Pacific Linguistics is a publisher specialising in grammars and linguistic descriptions, dictionaries and other materials on languages of the Pacific, the Philippines, Indonesia, East Timor, southeast and south Asia, and Australia. Pacific Linguistics, established in 1963 through an initial grant from the Hunter Douglas Fund, is associated with the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at The Australian ‘National University. The authors and editors of Pacific Linguistics publications are drawn from a wide range of institutions around the world. Publications are refereed by scholars with relevant expertise, who are usually not members of the editorial board. http://pacling.anu.edu.au The Centre for Research on Language Change (CRLC) promotes, coordinates and sponsors research on all aspects of language change and on the history of particular languages and language families, especially in languages of the Indo-Pacific region. CRLC also seeks to foster cooperation in research between historical linguistics and related disciplines. The Centre is based at the Australian National University, and encourages membership and participation by Australian and international researchers. hup://crle.anu.edu.au/ FOUNDINGEDITOR: Stephen A. Wurm EDITORIALBOARD: —_John Bowden, Malcolm D. Ross and Darrell T. Tryon (Managing Editors), I Wayan Arka, Bethwyn Evans, David Nash, Andrew Pawley, Paul Sidwell and Jane Simpson Pacific Linguistics 551A handbook of comparative Bahnaric, Vol. 1: West Bahnaric Paul Sidwell and Pascale Jacq A Pacific Linguistics Centre for Research on Language Change Pacific Linguistics Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies in association with the Centre for Research on Language Change The Australian National University