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Item details
Item ID
AC1-228
Title Makura Story, Lifu, Wailu (part)
Description Previous Aboriginal material marked 'deleted' on box. (AIATSIS to check) -- Makura Story in Dialect of Namakuran, an Austronesian language in Central Vanuatu, recorded by speaker 'Tuala'. -- Lifu Island in the Loyalty group, New Caledonia. The Austronesian language is Dehu. -- Wailu (part) - Possibly a Solomons dialect (check). See also tape 205.

Vowel contrasts shown in Lifu - many readings are from Leenhardts grammar.
Origination date 1958-03-03
Origination date free form 1950-1970
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/AC1/228
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Collector
Arthur Capell
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Language as given Namakuran, Dehu, Wailu
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Originating university University of Sydney
Operator Nick Fowler-Gilmore
Data Categories primary text
Data Types Sound
Discourse type
Roles Arthur Capell : recorder
Lizie WEA : transcriber
DOI 10.4225/72/56E97DAE25438
Cite as Arthur Capell (collector), Arthur Capell (recorder), Lizie WEA (transcriber), 1958. Makura Story, Lifu, Wailu (part). EAF+XML/MPEG/WAV/JPEG/TIFF. AC1-228 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/56E97DAE25438
Content Files (9)
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AC1-228-A.eaf application/eaf+xml 49.3 KB
AC1-228-A.mp3 audio/mpeg 15.2 MB 00:16:38.399
AC1-228-A.wav audio/wav 549 MB 00:16:38.374
AC1-228-IMG_01.jpg image/jpeg 846 KB
AC1-228-IMG_01.tif image/tiff 28.6 MB
AC1-228-IMG_02.jpg image/jpeg 1.1 MB
AC1-228-IMG_02.tif image/tiff 28.6 MB
AC1-228-IMG_03.jpg image/jpeg 1.12 MB
AC1-228-IMG_03.tif image/tiff 28.6 MB
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Collection Information
Collection ID AC1
Collection title Arthur Capell recording collection
Description Recordings from a wide range of languages across South-east Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, North America and Europe.
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Access Information
Edit access Lizie WEA
View/Download access Aaron Wade
Lizie WEA
Data access conditions Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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