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Item ID
AC2-VCGS301
Title Some consonant changes in New Hebrides languages
Description 1 page typed manuscript. -- (For Appendix). Table, possibly attributable to the missionary Corlette. Some consonant changes in New Hebrides languages, showing how words apparently different are related, or radically the same. 1 large sheet.; Date of recording unknown.

The typed manuscript is general and inclusive of all languages across Vanuatu. Therefore the multiple languages represent over a hundred indigenous languages in Vanuatu. From Ethnologue - the number of individual languages listed for Vanuatu is 113. Of these, 111 are living and 2 are extinct. Of the living languages, 109 are indigenous and 2 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 5 are institutional, 21 are developing, 30 are vigorous, 44 are in trouble, and 11 are dying.
From Wikipedia - Many of the languages are named after the island they are spoken on, though some of the larger islands have several different languages and linguistically diverse. Some language names refer to networks of dialects rather than unified languages.
The Multiple languages (mul) in this instance represents all languages in Vanuatu. A language identified is Baki (bki) which is spoken on Epi Island in Shefa Province.
(Steven Gagau, April 2018)
Origination date 1999-11-30
Origination date free form unknown
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/AC2/VCGS301
URL http://paradisec.org.au/fieldnotes/VCGS.htm#VCGS301
Collector
Arthur Capell
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Language as given New Hebrides languages
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Dialect
Region / village Epi Island, Shefa Province
Originating university University of Sydney
Operator
Data Categories lexicon
Data Types
Discourse type
Roles Arthur Capell : researcher
Peter Newton : depositor
E. A. Corlette : author
DOI 10.4225/72/56EC19F40A3BE
Cite as Arthur Capell (collector), Arthur Capell (researcher), Peter Newton (depositor), E. A. Corlette (author), 1999. Some consonant changes in New Hebrides languages. JPEG. AC2-VCGS301 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/56EC19F40A3BE
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Collection Information
Collection ID AC2
Collection title Images from Arthur Capell's Pacific field notes
Description Digital images of Arthur Capell's Pacific field notes and related materials. Images from countries including Papua New Guinea, Fiji, New Caledonia, Fiji, Solomon islands, New Zealand, Indonesia, American Samoa, Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Philippines, Timor-Leste and Vanuatu. The original documents are held at the National Library of Australia. The catalog of Capell's papers was prepared by his executor, Peter Newton.
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