Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- ONE Introduction to the languages and their speakers -- Part 1 The use of the Xinkan languages. Synchronic grammar -- TWO Phonology -- THREE Morphology -- FOUR Syntax -- FIVE Na Mulha Uy -- Part 2 The development of the Xinkan languages Diachronic grammar -- SIX Historical phonology -- SEVEN Historical morphology -- EIGHT Historical syntax -- NINE Looking forward -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Typological Index of Cross-Linguistic Terms -- General Index