Pacific Islands linguistic miscellany.

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Pacific Islands linguistic miscellany.

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Contents: 1, Tongan grammar, and a vocabulary of Meriam (Papuan, Torres straits); 2, extracts from writings of P. Lambert, missionary to New Caledonia, on native tribes (in French); 3, copies of letters from native chieftains translated from Rotuma into French; 4, extracts from legal documents, 1869, at the Mission de la Motte Rouge, Papeete (in French); 5, Liste des arbres des Iles Samoa communiquée par le medecin Henry C. Eckstein au Cte Buade; 6, Christian sermon in Tahitian, a vocabulary and phrase-list relating to canoes, and Tahitian ethnographical texts with English translations. Some copied by Alphonse L. Pinart.

Originals : 6 folders in portfolio.Copies : partial microfilm reel (65 exposures) : negative and positive.

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Pinart, A. L. (Alphonse Louis), 1852-1911

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Alponse Louis Pinart (1852-1911), French linguist, traveled in America collecting vocabularies for various Indian languages for publication. From the description of Native American vocabularies, 1646-1789, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702128592 ...