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Item ID	MR1-052 (Collection Details)
Title	Elicitation of Mussau wordlist
Description	Elicitation of Mussau wordlist Musau (3)
Origination date	1980-01-01
Origination date free form	1977-1982
Archive link	https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MR1/052
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Collector	Malcolm Ross Find similar
Countries	Papua New Guinea - PG To view related information on a country, click its name
Language as given	Mussau
Subject language(s)	Mussau-Emira - emi To view related information on a language, click its name
Content language(s)	Mussau-Emira - emi To view related information on a language, click its name
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Originating university	Australian National University
Operator	Rosey Billington
Data Categories	primary text
Data Types	Sound
Discourse type	formulaic_discourse
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DOI	10.4225/72/5718F9259C34F
Cite as	Malcolm Ross (collector), 1980. Elicitation of Mussau wordlist. JPEG/TIFF/MPEG/WAV. MR1-052 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/5718F9259C34F

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MR1-052-A.mp3	audio/mpeg	27.7 MB	00:30:17.180
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Collection Information

Collection ID	MR1
Collection title	Malcolm Ross tapes
Description	Recordings, mainly of wordlists from Oceanic Austronesian languages, most of them in Papua New Guinea, collected as a basis for comparative-historical work, mostly between 1977 and 1982. Consultants were often students training at the then Goroka Teachers' College to be high-school teachers. Some were high-school students. Sometimes, especially with earlier recordings, all or part of the elicitation session was recorded. In other cases a consultant had provided a written list, and s/he was asked to read it for the tape. There were four wordlists, A, B, C and D, plus a phrase list for collecting grammatical structures. The wordlists contain 430 items and were intended for historical linguistic purposes, but only rarely did I collect anywhere near 430 items. Recordings often do not cover all four lists. The recordings are of varying quality, because the equipment was primitive (a battery-driven portable cassette recorder), recording conditions were sometimes difficult, and storage conditions were not always the best.
Countries	Indonesia - ID Papua New Guinea - PG Solomon Islands - SB To view related information on a country, click its name
Languages	Solong - aaw Adzera - adz Apalik - apo Arop-Lokep - apr Babatana - baa Uneapa - bbn Awad Bing - bcu Bebeli - bek Beli - bey Bughotu - bgt Barok - bjk Bulu - bjl Biem - bmc Bola - bnp Bilbil - brz Bugawac - buk Marik - dad Goodenough, West - ddi Dobu - dob Mussau-Emira - emi English - eng Patpatar - gfk Gitua - ggt Hakö - hao Hote - hot Hula - hul Tuma-Irumu - iou Italian - ita Yabem - jae Iwal - kbm Kaiep - kbw Kela - kcl Mamusi - kdf Keapara - khz Kilivila - kij Koluwawa - klx Konomala - koa Kuanua - ksd Kuni - kse Kairiru - kxa Labu - lbu Tungag - lcm Lesing-Gelimi - let Lihir - lih Lou - loj Malol - mbk Maisin - mbq Maring - mbw Watut, South - mcy Mengen - mee Mekeo - mek Maleu-Kilenge - mgl Matukar - mjk Medebur - mjm Buang, Mangga - mmo Malalamai - mmt Madak - mmx Mbula - mna Molima - mox Misima-Paneati - mpx Malasanga - mqz Manam - mva Are - mwc Aiklep - mwg Nakanai - nak Notsi - ncf Mondropolon - npn Nehan - nsn Olo - ong Petats - pex Ramoaaina - rai Ronji - roe Waima - rro Roviana - rug Sewa Bay - sew Siar-Lak - sjr Skou - skv Solos - sol Saposa - sps Sera - sry Seimat - ssg Ulau-Suain - svb Suau - swp Mandara - tbf Tiang - tbj Tawala - tbo Kapin - tbx Tigak - tgc Tangga (retired) - tgg Sudest - tgo Teop - tio Tumleo - tmq Tami - tmy Tomoip - tqp Bwanabwana - tte Torau - ttu Titan - ttv Mutu - tuc Ubir - ubr Lote - uvl Vanimo - vam Wedau - wed Muduapa - wiv Waskia - wsk Wuvulu-Aua - wuv Sio - xsi Kap - ykm Sukurum - zsu Undetermined language - und Kara - leu To view related information on a language, click its name

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