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ISO 639-3: nwi

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

Other known names and dialect names: Nafe, Naha, Narpaimene, Nowai, Nvhal, Siporo, Southwest Tanna, Vaha, Yahurmene

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Primary texts

  1. ONLINEReport on Arthur Capell Estate by Peter Newton. Peter Newton. 1995. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-000
  2. ONLINEAustronesian language on Tanna. Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (recorder). 1900. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-225
  3. ONLINEImreang, Aneityum stories, B & C Launalang, Eromanga. Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (recorder). 1900. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-231A
  4. ONLINENotebook containing information about Efate and other South Vanuatu languages. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VSEFAT301
  5. ONLINEComparative translation of Tanna Island languages. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VTAN202
  6. ONLINEMap of Tanna Island showing dialectal variations in the term 'Master of the Canoe'. Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (researcher); Peter Newton (depositor). 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VTAN503
  7. ONLINEKastom stori mo singsing blong Tanna. VKS (compiler); Tom Nanal (speaker); Semu Kaukare (speaker); Jean Michel Charpentier (recorder). n.d. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:VKS2-41215

Lexical resources

  1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Southwest Tanna. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:nwi
  2. ONLINESome word lists from the Southern New Hebrides by John Lynch. John Lynch. 1974. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VCOMVO203
  3. ONLINENotebook containing information about Efate and other South Vanuatu languages. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VSEFAT301
  4. ONLINEStrip of 22 words with English meanings.. Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (researcher); Peter Newton (depositor). 1899. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VTAN201A
  5. ONLINEWord structure and Functions using examples from Tanna Island languages. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VTAN203
  6. ONLINEA Comprehensive Comparison of Lexemes in the Major Languages of Tanna, Vanuatu. Nehrbass, Kenneth. 2012. SIL International. oai:sil.org:47767

Language descriptions

  1. ONLINEGlottolog 5.0 Resources for Southwest Tanna. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:sout2869
  2. ONLINEConsonant changes in New Hebrides languages. Arthur Capell. 1900. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VCOMVO204
  3. ONLINEWord structure and Functions using examples from Tanna Island languages. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VTAN203
  4. ONLINETanna Island grammar and map of dialects. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VTAN204
  5. ONLINETanna sound system. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VTAN406
  6. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Tanna (Southwest). n.a. 2022. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:tns

Other resources about the language

  1. ONLINESouth-West Tanna Grammar Outline and Vocabulary. Lynch, John. 1982. Papers in Linguistics of Melanesia 4. oai:refdb.wals.info:1678
  2. ONLINETanna, Southwest: a language of Vanuatu. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:nwi
  3. ONLINELegacy materials digitised from tapes at the Vanuatu Cultural Centre. This tape's label says: Kastom stori mo sinsing blong Tanna. Tom. n.d. Nick Thieberger. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1196500
  4. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Tanna, Southwest. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_nwi
  5. Fasin blong rid long Saot Wes Tanna lanwis: buk ia i soem olsem wanem ol leta blong Saot Wes Tanna lanwis oli defren long ol leta blong Bislama. n.a. 2005. Saot West Tanna Baebol Translesen Projek. oai:sil.org:17524
  6. ?Kamrai nəgkiarien tuk naha?. n.a. 2003. SW Tanna Translation Committee. oai:sil.org:17539

Other resources in the language

  1. ONLINEThe linguistic history of southern Vanuatu. Lynch, John (John Dominic). 2001. Pacific linguistics ; 509. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:2106619

Other known names and dialect names: Nafe, Naha, Narpaimene, Nowai, Nvhal, Siporo, Southwest Tanna, Vaha, Yahurmene

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