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Collection ID SAW1
Title Audio recordings from Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, French Polynesia and Greenland
Description A collection of recordings from a variety of languages. The Australian recordings are a collection of 17 33 1/3 RPM records collected by Strehlow of Arrarnta. Languages recorded in Papua New Guinea include Tok Pisin, Tege (Agarabi), Kiwai, Gidra, Enga and Koita. Recordings in Solomon Islands include Reef Island, Te Motu, Dawea, Santa Cruz (Natügu and Nalögo) and South Santa Cruz. The recording from French Polynesia is of Tahitian and the Greenland recordings are of Inuktitut and Greenlandic. There are also a number of entries which do not specify the country or languages but state “many languages represented.”
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/SAW1
Collector
Stephen (S.A.) Wurm
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Originating university Australian National University
Countries
Australia - AU
Greenland - GL
French Polynesia - PF
Papua New Guinea - PG
Solomon Islands - SB
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Languages
Arrernte, Eastern - aer
Agarabi - agd
Arrarnta, Western - are
Enga - enq
Motu, Hiri - hmo
Kalaallisut, Greenlandic - kal
Koitabu - kqi
Nalögo - nlz
Natügu - ntu
Tahitian - tah
Tok Pisin - tpi
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Region / village
DOI 10.4225/72/56E9762C9080D
Cite as Stephen (S.A.) Wurm (collector), 1965. Audio recordings from Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, French Polynesia and Greenland. Collection SAW1 at catalog.paradisec.org.au [Open Access]. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/56E9762C9080D

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Items in Collection (18)

Item Title Actions
001 collection of 17 33 1/3 RPM records collected by Strehlow View
002 Numerous tapes for pidgin language course View
003 # 1 Tege - H[ave] singsing for counting View
004 535 Gadsup [Ap..] oralu, Suppl. View
005 Hiri Motu - W.D.Stories View
006 many languages represented View
007 many languages represented View
008 many languages represented View
009 many languages represented View
010 Kiwai, Wabu, Nemboi SantaCruz, (Tureture) View

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