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ISO 639-3: vao

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

Other known names and dialect names: Fooa

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Primary texts

  1. ONLINELetter to Capell from Rev. E.A. Corbette (missionary, Bushman's Bay, Malekula).. Rev. E.A. Corbette. 1938. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VNMALV101C
  2. ONLINELetter to Capell from Rev. E.A. Corbette (missionary, Bushman's Bay, Malekula).. Rev. E.A. Corbette. 1938. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VNMALV101D
  3. ONLINENorth Malekula Comparative Vocabularies from E.A. Corlette.. Rev. E.A. Corlette. 1937. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VNMALV105A
  4. ONLINELetter from John Layard to Capell. Note giving additional verb-pronoun forms.. John Layard. 1936. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VVAO102A
  5. ONLINELetter from John Layard to Capell. Response to queries by Capell in letter of 8 June 1937, re Malekula spoken and song languages.. John Layard. 1937. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VVAO102D
  6. ONLINEVao phrases. Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (researcher); Peter Newton (depositor); John Layard (compiler). 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VVAO104
  7. ONLINEVao pig grades. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VVAO107
  8. ONLINERecipe - laplap bambu. Aviva MPI Shimelman (compiler); Gregoire Kota (speaker). 2016. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:ASMPI-Vao005
  9. ONLINEDescription of traditional technique/knowledge - weaving coconut fronds. Aviva MPI Shimelman (compiler); Matilde Virvir (speaker). 2016. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:ASMPI-Vao006
  10. ONLINECommunity life - public debate, sharing, respect, conflict and its resolution. Aviva MPI Shimelman (compiler); Armand Felsesai (speaker). 2016. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:ASMPI-Vao007
  11. ONLINEOrigin stories - Vao Island, a girl born of a pig. Aviva MPI Shimelman (compiler); Armand Felsesai (speaker). 2016. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:ASMPI-Vao008
  12. ONLINEA video - weaving with coconut fronds. Aviva MPI Shimelman (compiler); Matilde Virvir (speaker); Marie-Dolores Betsesai (speaker); Eliette Melterongrong (speaker). 2016. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:ASMPI-VaoV001
  13. ONLINEVao Island, Vianney. VKS (compiler); Vianney Atpatoun (recorder); Meteghrel (speaker). 1981. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:VKS-69_25

Lexical resources

  1. ONLINESet of Pronoun Systems for several Vanuatu languages (draft). Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VCGS302
  2. ONLINEVanuatu languages comparative vocabularies II. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VMAL102
  3. ONLINENotes on Vao syntax and a vocabulary. John Layard. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VVAO101
  4. ONLINEVao Language (Draft) by A. Capell and J. Layard. Arthur Capell; John Layard. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VVAO105
  5. ONLINEEnglish - Vao vocabulary. Arthur Capell (compiler); 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-VVAO106
  6. ONLINEVao vocabulary. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VVAO108

Language descriptions

  1. ONLINEGlottolog 5.1 Resources for Vao-Vovo. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:vaoo1237
  2. ONLINESet of Pronoun Systems for several Vanuatu languages (draft). Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VCGS302
  3. ONLINEGeneral Phonetic Laws on Malekula Island (Draft) by A. Capell. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VMCOMG102
  4. ONLINEMalekula comparative grammar (draft) by A. Capell. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VMCOMG103
  5. ONLINEFuture and Past Tenses in Malekula Languages (draft) by A. Capell. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VMCOMG105
  6. ONLINEPhonetic tables in several North Malekula languages. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VNMALV108
  7. ONLINENotes on Vao syntax and a vocabulary. John Layard. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VVAO101
  8. ONLINELetter from John Layard to Capell. Response to queries by Capell in letter of 8 June 1937, re Malekula spoken and song languages.. John Layard. 1937. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VVAO102D
  9. ONLINEVao Language (Draft) by A. Capell and J. Layard. Arthur Capell; John Layard. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VVAO105

Other resources about the language

  1. ONLINEVao: a language of Vanuatu. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:vao
  2. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Vao. Damir Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2017-09-27. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_vao
  3. ONLINESong - a boy and a turtle. Aviva MPI Shimelman (compiler); Gildasio Meltemal (singer). 2016. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:ASMPI-Vao002
  4. ONLINESongs and stories - World War II. Aviva MPI Shimelman (compiler); Matilde Virvir (singer); Marie-Dolores Betsesai (singer); Eliette Melterongrong (singer). 2016. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:ASMPI-Vao003
  5. ONLINEDictionaries. Father Pierre Chauvel. 1900. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:PAMBU-DOC59
  6. ONLINESongs and stories - World War II. Aviva MPI Shimelman (compiler); Matilde Virvir (singer); Marie-Dolores Betsesai (singer); Eliette Melterongrong (singer). 2016. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:ASMPI-Vao004

Other resources in the language

  1. ONLINEThe making of men : an analysis of Malekulan myth, ritual, & social organization. Harwood, Frances Hine. 1966. Pacific Collection at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Hamilton Library. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:497885

Other known names and dialect names: Fooa

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