Series VTOR - Vanuatu - Torres Isles
Torres Islands, languages and dialects


Date Range9 July 1955 - 25 September 1958
Quantity0.11 cm, 4 items
ProvenanceCapell, Arthur
Description

The Torres Strait Islands are a group of islands, numbering more than 100, which lie in Torres Strait, the waterway separating far-northern continental Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Guinea. They are part of the territory belonging to the State of Queensland, in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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

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08  Vanuatu - Regions and Languages


Inventory Listing

AC2-VTOR101 Letter to Capell from N.J.I. Hunt[?].
Torres Islands, languages and dialects, Vanuatu - Torres Isles.
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Manuscript. Notes re Toga language. Together with a set of 94 sentences in Toga, with an introductory note on orthography. These were compiled by Harry Palman(?) or Palmer.

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VTOR101
Date range 9 July 1955    Quantity 0.04 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier VTOR101 Series VTOR
AC2-VTOR102 Second 94 sentence set.
Torres Islands, languages and dialects, Vanuatu - Torres Isles.
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Manuscript. The orthography is different (moderately) to those in folio 1; but it is not clear if this is signifying dialect variation.

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VTOR102
Date range no date    Quantity 0.03 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier VTOR102 Series VTOR
AC2-VTOR103 St. Luke 15" I-III.
Torres Islands, languages and dialects, Vanuatu - Torres Isles.
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Manuscript. Text translated from Mota Bible to Lang[uage] of Toga, Torres Isles by Jonny, nurse and matron, taped at Mel. Mission Hospital, Lolowai, Oba, N.H.

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VTOR103
Date range 10 June 1958    Quantity 0.02 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier VTOR103 Series VTOR
AC2-VTOR104 Three letters to Capell from Robert Lane (Bishop Museum) re aspects of Torres Islands language (Toga) and ethnographic matters.
Torres Islands, languages and dialects, Vanuatu - Torres Isles.
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Manuscript. A) "Just a note…" July 1958. b) "I am forwarding separately a tape." 14 June 1958. c) " I can't explain the Toga discrepancies…"

Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VTOR104
Date range 14 June 1958 - 25 September 1958    Quantity 0.02 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier VTOR104 Series VTOR

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