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Collection ID NT3
Title Efate materials, primary historical sources, and recordings from Pangpang and Erakor
Description South Efate documents, keyboarded versions of early texts written in South Efate. NT3-NadusIskei and NT3-TusiFe are the first books from Efate. NT3-catechism is the Efatese primer catechism and hymn book from 1911, text and images of the original.
NT3-kenesis is Keyboarded from Genesis translated by Rev. J.Cosh (1874)
NT3-scripturehistory, 1923,"Scripture History: Efate New Hebrides 1923. NT3-sope,Stories by Pastor Sope,
Handwritten manuscript kept by Shirley Macrae (not the same as NT3-storian).
NT3-storian. A rendering of the Sope stories into current usage, "Storian Blong Pastor Sope long lanwis blong Saot Efate we oli bin kamaot samples long yia 1950," Endis Kalsarap translated them into modern South Efate and into Bislama.
The Sesake (a north Efate variety) document is a transcription of Bishop Patteson's manuscript.
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/NT3
Collector
Nick Thieberger
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Originating university University of Melbourne
Countries
Vanuatu - VU
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Languages
Bislama - bis
Efate, South - erk
Efate, North - llp
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DOI 10.4225/72/56E975ABF08C0
Cite as Nick Thieberger (collector), 1864. Efate materials, primary historical sources, and recordings from Pangpang and Erakor. Collection NT3 at catalog.paradisec.org.au [Open Access]. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/56E975ABF08C0

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Items in Collection (23)

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NatusBei Natus Bei. Epworth Press, Castlereigh St Sydney View
NatusNalag Natus Nalag, hymn book in Nafsan View
SESAKE Sesake vocabulary recorded by Bishop Patteson, 1866 View
TusiFe First book from Efate View
TusiTabFau Tusi Tab Fau View
catechism Efatese primer catechism and hymn book, 1911 View
kenesis Kenesis, 1874 View
nafakoron Nafakoron ni aliat, 1923 View
phrasebook Presbyterian Phrase Book [in South Efate language] View
rivierrewordlist Lexique en langue d'Erakor: informateur: Maxime Carlo View

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