Series 08 - Vanuatu - Regions and Languages


ProvenanceCapell, Arthur
Description

This is a higher level grouping of all series whose content includes specific linguistic materials relating to languages from the Vanuatu. The areas covered include Maewo Island, Aboa Island, Tongoa, the Shepherd Islands, Ambrym, Lonwolwol, Dakaka, Port Vato, Aneityum Island, Futuna Island, Tanna Island, Erromanga Island, Efate Island, Emae Island, Epi Island, Espiritu Santo Island, Malekula Island, Malo Island, Mele Island, Pentecost Island, Paama Island, Lopevi Island, Kuliviu, and the Torres Isles.

The Republic of Vanuatu is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago is located some 1,750 km east of Australia, 500 km north-east of New Caledonia, west of Fiji and south of the Solomon Islands. It was named New Hebrides during its colonial period.

For more information: External site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatu

Related Series
Sub Series

VMAEWO  North Vanuatu - Maewo Island

VMAEMAE  North Vanuatu - Maewo Island 1936 - 1945

VAOBA  Northern Vanuatu - Aboa Island - North East Aoba 1927 - c. 1957

VMAK  Vanuatu - Makura Island, South Tongoa and Shepherd Islands 1882 - 1957

VCGS  Vanuatu - All Vanuatu Languages 1978

VAMBRYM  Vanuatu - Ambrym Island - North Ambrym, South East Ambrym, Lonwolwol, Dakaka, Port Vato 1956 - 1958?

VANEIT  Vanuatu - Aneityum Island 1958 - 1960?

VCOMVO  Vanuatu - Aneityum, Futuna, Tanna, Erromanga and Efate Islands 1913 - 1973?

VBANMT  Vanuatu - Banks Islands and Mota Island c. 1890 - 1961

VEMALCV  Vanuatu - Eastern Islands

VSEFAT  Vanuatu - Efate Island c. 1959

VEFAT  Vanuatu - Efate Island and Other Southern Islands 1877 - 1939s

VEMAE  Vanuatu - Emae Island 1866

VEPI  Vanuatu - Epi Island and Adjacent Islands 1870? - 1956

VERO  Vanuatu - Erromanga Island 1979? - 1981?

VFN  Vanuatu - Erromanga Island, et cetera 1900? - 1939s

VES  Vanuatu - Espiritu Santo Island 1880s - 1957?

VFA  Vanuatu - Futuna and Aniwa Islands 1891 - 1958

VMCOMG  Vanuatu - Malekula and Offshore Islands

VMAL  Vanuatu - Malekula Island c. 1926

VURI  Vanuatu - Malekula Island - Central East Coast c. 1891

VVIN  Vanuatu - Malekula Island - Central West Coast 1934?

VUNU  Vanuatu - Malekula Island - East Coast 1957

VRER  Vanuatu - Malekula Island - East Coast c. 1938

VAUL  Vanuatu - Malekula Island - East Coast 1891 - 1956

VATC  Vanuatu - Malekula Island - North East Coast 1958 - 1975?

VVAO  Vanuatu - Malekula Island - North East Coast 1936? - 1938?

VSWB  Vanuatu - Malekula Island - South West Coast

VWCV  Vanuatu - Malekula Island West Coast - Espiegle Bay - South West Bay 1983

VMALO  Vanuatu - Malo Island

VMELE  Vanuatu - Mele Island 1975

VNEFAT  Vanuatu - North Efate and Offshore Islands, Nguna Island and Parts of Tongoa and Emwae, Shepherd Isles 1866 - c. 1957

VNMALV  Vanuatu - North Malekula (above Line from Bushman's Bay to Dixon Reef) c. 1936 - 1968

VPENRA  Vanuatu - North Pentecost Island 1870? - c. 1958

VTONNE  Vanuatu - North Tongoa Island

VPAAPAA  Vanuatu - Paama and Lopevi Islands 1956?

VAXA  Vanuatu - South East Malekula Island - Axamb and Maskeleyne Islands - Kuliviu 1957

VSPEN  Vanuatu - South Pentecost Island c. 1920 - 1935

VTLEN  Vanuatu - Tanna Island 1901 - 1975

VTAN  Vanuatu - Tanna Island 1890? - 1974

VTOR  Vanuatu - Torres Isles 1955 - 1958

VNT  Vanutatu - Northern Tanna Island


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