Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- List of maps -- Conventions -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The people and the setting -- 3. Legends and History -- 4. The linguistic setting -- 5. The Hainan Cham sound system -- 6. Acoustic analyses -- 7. Word classes -- 8. Clause types -- 9. Discourse Pragmatics -- 10. Contact summary -- Texts -- Appendix A: Hainan Cham - English Glossary / English - Hainan Cham Glossary -- Appendix B: The Stübel wordlist -- Appendix C: Sanya Mandarin -- References -- Index