OLAC resources in and about the Nakanai language

ISO 639-3: nak

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

• Primary texts
• Language descriptions
• Other resources about the language

Other known names and dialect names: Auka, Babata, Bileki, Lakalai, Losa, Loso, Mamuga, Maututu, Muku, Nakonai, Tarobi, Ubae, Vele, Vere

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Primary texts

1. ONLINEGenesis Abridgement. The Long Now Foundation. 1976. S.I.L. Printing Department. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_nak_gen-1

Language descriptions

1. Nakanai of New Britain : the grammar of an Oceanic language. Johnston, Raymond Leslie. 1980. Pacific linguistics. Series B ; no. 70. oai:gial.edu:25388
2. Nakani of New Britain: The grammar of an oceanic language. Johnston, Raymond L. 1980. Pacific Linguistics B. oai:sil.org:23152
3. ONLINENakanai Organised Phonology Data. Johnston, Ray. 1992. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:42392
4. Nakanai syntax. Johnston, Raymond L. 1978. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:9528
5. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Nakanai. Dryer, Matthew S. & Haspelmath, Martin (editor). 2011-02-08. Max Planck Digital Library. oai:wals.info:languoid/nak

Other resources about the language

1. ONLINENakanai of New Britain: the grammar of an oceanic language. Johnston, Raymond Leslie. 1980. Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University for Linguistic Circle of Canberra. oai:refdb.wals.info:2458
2. ONLINEDimensions of Variation in Multi-Pattern Reduplication. Spaelti, Philip. 1997. WALS Online RefDB. oai:refdb.wals.info:3025
3. ONLINEThe evolution of grammar: Tense, aspect and modality in the languages of the world. Bybee, Joan L.; Perkins, Revere; Pagliuca, William. 1994. The University of Chicago Press. oai:refdb.wals.info:4270
4. Lakalai (Nakanai). Johnston, Raymond L. 1974. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:39201
5. The semantics of irrealis in Austronesian languages of Papua New Guinea. A cross-linguistic study. Bugenhagen, Robert D. 1993. Semaian. oai:sil.org:23004
6. Serial verbs and the expression of concepts of location and motive in Nakanai. Johnston, Raymond L. 1978. Pacific Linguistics C. oai:sil.org:22815
7. Accounting for word order: Nakanai agentless sentences. Johnston, Raymond L. 1978. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:39322
8. Legends from Papua New Guinea. McElhanon, Kenneth A. (editor). 1974. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:39334
9. The languages and communities of the Kimbe Bay region. Johnston, Raymond L. 1980. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:39242
10. La vigilemulimulile Pakasa Uru me Tulagola. Johnston, Raymond L. (editor). 1974. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21745
11. Ale la mulule New Britain. Putagu, Nelson; Saleo, Darius T.; Uma, Dimon. 1974. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:22382
12. Magurei: La vigilimulimulile Magurei. Johnston, Marilyn (editor); Johnston, Raymond L. (editor). 1972. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21384
13. Conceptualizing in Nakanai and English: a case study of grammatical categories. Johnston, Raymond L. 1981. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:39297
14. ONLINENakanai: a language of Papua New Guinea. n.a. 2013. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:nak

Other known names and dialect names: Auka, Babata, Bileki, Lakalai, Losa, Loso, Mamuga, Maututu, Muku, Nakonai, Tarobi, Ubae, Vele, Vere

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