Series SIBABA - Solomon Islands - Cloiseul Island
Babatana


Date Rangec. 1941 - 8 December 1960
Quantity0.53 cm, 5 items
ProvenanceCapell, Arthur
Description

This series contains material from Cloiseul Island, concentrating on the language of Babatana. It includes extended comparative vocabulary lists compiled by Capell (English-Babatana), grammatical notes on Babatana by Capell, a comparative vocabulary list compiled by Capell (Babatana-Fiji), and correspondence between Capell and Harold V. Schieffler.

Solomon Islands is a nation in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea and is part of the Commonwealth of Nations. It consists of more than 990 islands, which together cover a land mass of 28,000 square kilometres.

For more information: External site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands

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Inventory Listing

AC2-SIBABA101 Black note book in Capell's hand. English-Babatana vocabulary & Babatana-English vocabulary.
Babatana, Solomon Islands - Cloiseul Island.
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Manuscript. Probably collected by Capell when in Fiji. Some loose pages.

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-SIBABA101
Date range ca 1941    Quantity 0.38 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier IBABA101 Series SIBABA
AC2-SIBABA102 Babatana grammatical notes.
Babatana, Solomon Islands - Cloiseul Island.
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Manuscript. In Capell's hand.

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-SIBABA102
Date range no date    Quantity 0.02 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier IBABA102 Series SIBABA
AC2-SIBABA103 Letter from Harold V. Schieffler to Capell.
Babatana, Solomon Islands - Cloiseul Island.
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Manuscript. Sketch map of Choiseul Island showing disforition[?] of languages including Babatana. Indicates the number of speakers in each language and suggests that linguistically the island divides into two linguistically intelligible croups with one language (Ririo) being different to both.

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-SIBABA103
Date range 8 December 1960    Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier IBABA103 Series SIBABA
AC2-SIBABA104 Babatana-Fiji. Comparative word list.
Babatana, Solomon Islands - Cloiseul Island.
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Manuscript. In Capell's hand.

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-SIBABA104
Date range 1950s    Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier IBABA104 Series SIBABA
AC2-SIBABA105 Babatana-English vocabulary part II: P-2.
Babatana, Solomon Islands - Cloiseul Island.
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Manuscript. Does not look like a Capell compilation.

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-SIBABA105
Date range no date    Quantity 0.11 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier IBABA105 Series SIBABA

Published by the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures,
Listed by Peter Newton, Austehc and PARADISEC
HTML edition Nicholas Thieberger
Updated 11 October 2006
http://paradisec.org.au/fieldnotes/SIBABA.htm

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