OLAC resources in and about the North Tanna language

ISO 639-3: tnn

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

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

Other known names and dialect names: East Tanna, Imafin, North Tanna, West Tanna

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Primary texts

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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 North Tanna. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:tnn
2. ONLINEVocabularies of the New Hebrides languages. Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (researcher); Peter Newton (depositor). 1913. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VCOMVO201
3. 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
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. ONLINEPrefixes and suffixes in Lenakel, Kwamara and East Tanna. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VTAN102
6. 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
7. 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
8. ONLINETanna, North Swadesh List. n.a. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tnn_swadesh-1
9. 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 5.2 Resources for North Tanna. n.a. 2025. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:nort2847
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. ONLINEPrefixes and suffixes in Lenakel, Kwamara and East Tanna. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VTAN102
4. 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
5. 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
6. ONLINETanna sound system. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VTAN406

Other resources about the language

1. ONLINETanna, North: a language of Vanuatu. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:tnn
2. 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
3. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Tanna, North. 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_tnn
4. North Tanna. Blaymires, Joan. 1995. Comparative Austronesian dictionary: an introduction to Austronesian studies, part 1: fascicle 2, Darrell T. Tryon (ed.). oai:sil.org:2615

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: East Tanna, Imafin, North Tanna, West Tanna

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