Item ID |
AC2-VNEFAT101
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Title |
Letters from D. Macdonald about Havannah Harbour language and customs |
Description |
29 page manuscript. -- Letter to Dr. William Gunn from Rev D. Macdonald, Havannah Harbour, Efate. -- (a) Land conflicts. Comments on Efatese grammar. (27 July 1887, 9 pages) -- (b)Land conflicts. Answers to Gunn's questions on Efatese grammar, creation myths and other matters (30 November 1887, 8 pages) -- (c) Further answers to Gunn's questions. Details of Efate customs (August 1885, 4 pages). -- (d) Comparison of Efatese and Futunese relationship terms. Notes on grammar and orthography. |
Origination date |
1999-11-30 |
Origination date free form |
1885-7 |
Archive link |
https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/AC2/VNEFAT101 |
URL |
http://paradisec.org.au/fieldnotes/VNEFAT.htm#NEFAT101 |
Collector |
Arthur Capell
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Countries |
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Language as given |
Havannah Harbour, Lelepa, Nguna |
Subject language(s) |
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Content language(s) |
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Dialect |
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Region / village |
Efate island |
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Originating university |
University of Sydney |
Operator |
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Data Categories |
language description
primary text
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Discourse type |
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Roles |
Arthur Capell : researcher
Peter Newton : depositor
D. Macdonald : author
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DOI |
10.4225/72/56EC1E666D664 |
Cite as |
Arthur Capell (collector), Arthur Capell (researcher), Peter Newton (depositor), D. Macdonald (author), 1999. Letters from D. Macdonald about Havannah Harbour language and customs. JPEG. AC2-VNEFAT101 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/56EC1E666D664 |