Records for this series could include CVs, correspondence, obituaries, lists and publications and other materials that would be useful in understanding Arthur Capell, his life and career.

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This is a ‘super-series’ - it contains all the series whose content includes ethnological and linguistic materials of a general nature. Several series are, however, based on material from Vanuatu. The series contained herein include draft manuscripts, letters to and from Capell, and articles (many of which are annotated).

This is a higher level grouping of all series whose content includes specific linguistic materials concerning various Indonesian local languages. The areas covered include the Flores Islands, Java, Irian Jaya, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Madura Island, Sumatra, Sulawesi and the Teon Island Chain. Documents include typed and handwritten notes and comparative wordlists by Capell and others, printed articles (in languages including English and Dutch) discussing the linguistics of the various languages, texts in local languages annotated with vocabulary and grammar, and maps of language distribution.

The Republic of Indonesia is located in the Malay Archipelago, the world's largest archipelago, between Indochina and Australia, between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the most populous Muslim-majority nation in the world and the fourth most populous overall. It has had free elections since the 1998 Revolution which led to the resignation of President Suharto, who came to power in 1965.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia

This is a higher level grouping of all series whose content includes specific linguistic materials relating to languages from Bougainville Province of Papua New Guinea (including the North Solomons). The areas covered include Bougainville Island, Buka Island, Arawa Bay, the Buin District, Vito, Green Island, Taiof, Teop Island, Teperoi, the Torokina River and its surrounds, Amun, West Baku Island, and other islands off Bougainville. The series includes materials such as comparative vocabulary lists, grammatical notes, texts in local languages, typed papers on local languages, and correspondence.

Solomon Islands is a nation in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea and is part of the Commonwealth of Nations. It consists of more than 990 islands, which together cover a land mass of 28,000 square kilometres.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainville

This is a higher level grouping of all series whose content includes specific linguistic materials relating to languages from Melanesia and Oceania. The areas covered include (more generally) Papua New Guniea, West Irian, the Solomon Islands, (and more specifically) Baik, Numfor, parts of Waigeo, the Yapen Islands, Taqula Island, and Rossel Island. The series include material on Proto-Oceanic linguistic studies, field note books, printed publications on grammar, comparative vocabulary lists (often in Capell’s own notebooks), and texts in local languages.

Oceania is a geographical (often geopolitical) region consisting of numerous countries and territories – mostly islands – in the Pacific Ocean. The exact scope of Oceania is controversial, with varying interpretations including East Timor, Australia, New Zealand, or none of these.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania

Melanesia is a region extending from the western side of East Pacific to the Arafura Sea, north and north-east of Australia. The term was first used by Jules Dumont d'Urville in 1832 to denote an ethnic and geographical grouping of islands distinct from Polynesia and Micronesia. Today d'Urville's racial classification is known to be inaccurate because it obscures Melanesia's cultural, linguistic, and genetic diversity. Most importantly, this term combines two quite distinct groups, the Austronesians and the Papuans (who themselves can be considered as comprising a number of distinct groups).

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia

This is a higher level grouping of all series whose content includes specific linguistic materials relating to languages from the Solomon Islands. The areas covered include Cloiseul Island, East San Cristoval Island, the Florida Islands, Guadalcanal Island, Hoava, Malaita and the North Malaita Islands, New Georgia Island, Mamrasike Island, Santa Isabel Island, Rennell Island, Bellona Island, the Russell Islands, Santa Cruz, Savo Island, Shortland Island, Rendova Island, Vella Lavella Island, Simbo Island, and Treasury Island.

Solomon Islands is a nation in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea and is part of the Commonwealth of Nations. It consists of more than 990 islands, which together cover a land mass of 28,000 square kilometres.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands

This is a higher level grouping of all series whose content includes specific linguistic materials relating to languages from Timor. The areas covered include central Timor Island, East Timor (formerly Portuguese Timor), the Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, and the north east coast and hinterland of Timor Island. The series includes materials on languages including (inter alia) Bunak, East Timorese Nan, Galoli, Fataluku, Tetun and Vaikenu.

Timor is an island at the south of the Malay Archipelago, divided between the independent state of East Timor, and West Timor, part of the Indonesia province of East Nusa Tenggara with the surface of 11,883 sq mi/ 30,777 km². The name is a variant of timur, Malay for "east"; it is so called because it is at the east end of a chain of islands.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timor_Island

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: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatu

This series includes printed ethnological articles and handwritten notes compiling various sources, all of which are concerned with string figures and totemism in Oceania and Polynesia.

For more information on ethnology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnology

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This series includes Capell’s filed note books from around Papua New Guniea, covering various Papuan languages within the Eastern Highlands Province (but including some from Chimbu and Morobe Provinces). It includes grammatical notes, words, phrases, comparative vocabulary lists, and short texts in local languages such as Taiora-Fore, Binumarien, Asaro, Hofaya, Yamafi-Chuave, Gahuku, Pia, and Lagaria.

The Independent State of Papua New Guinea (informally, Papua New Guinea or PNG) is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands (the western portion of the island is occupied by the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Irian Jaya). It is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in a region defined since the early 19th century as Melanesia. Its capital and one of its few major cities is Port Moresby. It is one of the most diverse countries on Earth, with over 700 indigenous languages and at least as many indigenous societies, out of a population of just over 5 million. It is also one of the most rural, with only 18% living in urban centres.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea

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This series contains material from Biak, Numfor and parts of the Waigeo and Yapen Islands, concentrating on the Biak and Numfor Austronesian languages. It includes a 156-page printed dictionary cum wordlist (in Dutch), with a brief forward.

Biak is a small island located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just northwest of New Guinea. Biak is the largest island in its small archipelago, and has many atolls, reefs, and corals.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biak

Waigeo is an island in West Irian Jaya province of eastern Indonesia. It is located in the Raja Ampat Islands archipelago, between Halmahera and the northwest coast of Papua. The town of Wasai, on Waigeo, is the capital of the district of Raja Ampat.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waigeo

For information on Yapen Island: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yapen

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This series contains material from West Nassau to Mountains, east and west of lakes Paniai and Tigi, concentrating on Ekagi and Kapauku. It includes an English-Ekagi vocabulary, pronunciation and grammatical details, and Kapauku phonemes with translations.

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This series contains material from Headwaters of Kamandoga and Fou Rivers and Obata River in South Sudirman Mountains, concentrating on the Moni language. It includes details of syntax, morphology and Moni phonemes.

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This series contains material from Sudirman Mountains, source of Balim, Yamo and Toli Rivers, concentrating on the Dani, Wolani and Western Dani and Dani- Mbogondini dialects. It includes translations of biblical texts, lexical notes and comparative vocabulary, phrase and sentence lists.

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This series contains material from Alor Island (in the Lesser Sunda Islands). It includes a typed article (in Dutch) of comparative vocabulary, a handwritten letter from Myron Bromley to Capell (including a brief typed comparative vocabulary list), a brief typed and annotated vocabulary list, and handwritten grammatical notes in Capell’s hand.

The Nusa Tenggara, or Lesser Sunda Islands, are a group of islands in the middle-south part of the Malay Archipelago. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up the Sunda Islands.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_Sunda_Islands
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Alor is the largest island in the Alor archipelago located at the eastern-most end of the chain of islands that runs through southern Indonesia, which from the west include such islands as Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo, Flores Solor and Lomblen.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alor

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This series contains material from Sulawesi (formerly the Celebes, in Indonesia). It includes a hand drawn map of local language distribution, the first page Condrington’s 70-word list (a comparative vocabulary list compiled by Capell of English, Sangir, Banggai, Simolur and Makassar Bugis), and a table of pronouns and other words compiled by Capell based on other papers.

Sulawesi (formerly Celebes) is a large island in Indonesia. It is the world's eleventh largest island, covering an area of 174,600 km². The island is surrounded in the west by Borneo, the north by the Philippines, east by Maluku, and to the south by Flores and Timor. The island has a distinctive shape, dominated by four large peninsulas (see Sulawesi peninsulas). The central part of the island is ruggedly mountainous, such that the island's peninsulas have traditionally been remote from each other, with better connections by sea than by road.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulawesi

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This series contains material from the Teon Island Chain (south east of Ceram, in Indonesia). It includes a handwritten comparative vocabulary list of English, Watubela, Teonkur, Geser, Wakam compiled by Capell.

The Republic of Indonesia is located in the Malay Archipelago, the world's largest archipelago, between Indochina and Australia, between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the most populous Muslim-majority nation in the world and the fourth most populous overall. It has had free elections since the 1998 Revolution which led to the resignation of President Suharto, who came to power in 1965.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia

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This series contains material from right around the Indonesian Archipelago. It includes a two handwritten comparative vocabulary lists: one of English, ordinary Javanese, ceremonial Javanese, Kawi, Malay, ordinary Balinese, ceremonial Balinese, ordinary Madura, ceremonial Madura, and ordinary Sunda, and the other of German, Batta, general Sunda, Ceremonial Sunda, general Javanese, and ceremonial Javanese.

The Republic of Indonesia is located in the Malay Archipelago, the world's largest archipelago, between Indochina and Australia, between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the most populous Muslim-majority nation in the world and the fourth most populous overall. It has had free elections since the 1998 Revolution which led to the resignation of President Suharto, who came to power in 1965.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia

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This series contains material from the East Indonesian Archipelago and beyond to Irian Jaya. It includes comparative vocabularies in English, Malay, Solor, Roti, Kupang, Makassar, Tonsea, Toba, Numfor, Ormu, Ohei, Nafri, Tabati, and Seko (Sekau).

The Republic of Indonesia is located in the Malay Archipelago, the world's largest archipelago, between Indochina and Australia, between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the most populous Muslim-majority nation in the world and the fourth most populous overall. It has had free elections since the 1998 Revolution which led to the resignation of President Suharto, who came to power in 1965.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia

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This series contains material on the Austronesian language of the Flores Islands. It contains several comparative vocabulary wordlists (often from Indonesian to local languages), handwritten lists of sentences in local languages, and textual as well as grammatical notes, mostly by Capell (based on other papers).

Flores (Portuguese for "flowers") is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, an island arc with an estimated area of 14,300 km² extending east from the Java island of Indonesia. Flores is located east of Sumbawa and Komodo and west of Lembata and the Alor archipelago. To the southeast is Timor. To the south, across the Sumba strait, is Sumba and to the north, beyond the Flores Sea, is Sulawesi.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flores

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This series contains material from Halmahera and the Maluku Islands, the main focus being the local languages of Loda and Galela. It contains printed papers (some in Dutch) on grammar, spelling, vocabulary and orthography, comparative vocabulary lists, maps showing relative positions of local languages, grammatical comparisons between Loda and Galela, and general notes (by unknown authors) on the languages.

Halmahera (also Jilolo or Gilolo) is the largest island in the Maluku Islands. It is part of the North Maluku province of Indonesia. Halmahera has a land area of 17,780 km² (6,865 sq mi) and a population in 1995 of 162,728. About sixty percent of its inhabitants are Muslim, and about forty percent are Christian.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halmahera

The Maluku Islands (also known as the Moluccas, Moluccan Islands or simply Maluku) are an archipelago in Indonesia, and part of the larger Malay Archipelago. They are located on the Australian continental plate, lying east of Sulawesi (Celebes), west of New Guinea, and north of Timor. The islands were also historically known as the "Spice Islands" by the Chinese and Europeans, but this term has also been applied to other islands.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moluccas

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This series contains material about the language of the Aro and Kai Islands. It contains photocopies of two printed articles in Dutch (one dealing more with grammar, the other being more a vocabulary list), as well as Capell’s own handwritten comparative vocabulary list.

The region of West New Guinea is the western half of the island of New Guinea and has also been known as Irian Jaya or West Papua. A part of Indonesia since 1963, the region contains the provinces of West Irian Jaya and Papua, which shares its eastern border with the nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG).

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_New_Guinea

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This series contains one inventory item. It is two pages of handwritten notes, probably by Capell, and is a comparative wordlist between Old Javanese and English. It also contains some additional notes on the reverse which appear to be citations of sources.

Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa) is an island of Indonesia, and the site of its capital city, Jakarta. It is the most populous island in the world; indeed, it has a larger population than either the continents of Australia or Antarctica (see the list of islands by population).

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_%28island%29

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This series contains material from the Lesser Sunda Islands, in particular from Ndao, Sumba, Roti, and Sumbawa (however it is not limited to languages from these places). It includes one printed article (in Dutch), as well as comparative vocabulary lists between several languages and handwritten grammatical notes in Capell’s hand.

The Nusa Tenggara, or Lesser Sunda Islands, are a group of islands in the middle-south part of the Malay Archipelago. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up the Sunda Islands.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_Sunda_Islands
See also http://www.indo.com/indonesia/lesser.html

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This series contains material from Madura Island (off the north east coast of Java). It includes a Madura - English comparative word list, annotated in many hands including Capell’s, partly typed and partly handwritten. The list includes two columns of Madura words: one as collected and one as transcribed into appropriate orthography.

Madura is an Indonesian island off the northeastern coast of Java, near the port of Surabaya. It has an area of approximately 4,250 km² and a population of about four million, most of whom are ethnically Madurese. The main language of Madura is Madurese, which is also spoken on many of the 66 outlying islands. Madura is administered as part of the East Java province.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madura

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This series contains material from Pantar Island (in the Lesser Sunda Islands) and focuses on the various Papuan dialects spoken there. It includes a typed and annotated 210-word comparative vocabulary list (comparing English, Indonesian and several local languages), a printed article (in Dutch), and typed notes on the languages of Pantar Island including maps of language distribution.

The Nusa Tenggara, or Lesser Sunda Islands, are a group of islands in the middle-south part of the Malay Archipelago. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up the Sunda Islands.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_Sunda_Islands
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Pantar is the second largest island in the Indonesian Alor archipelago.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantar

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This series contains material from Rote Island, focusing on texts and phrases in Roti.

Rote Island is part of the East Nusa Tenggara province of the Lesser Sunda Islands. It occupies an area of around 1200km².

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rote_Island

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This series contains material from Atjeh, Sumatra. It includes grammatical notes, vocabulary, phrase and sentence lists in Atjeh and English, as well as contrasting words from Atjeh, Gayo, and neighbouring languages.

Atjeh, or Aceh, is governed as a special territory of Indonesia and is located in the north of the island of Sumatra. The territory covers an area f approximately 57,365km² and its capital is Banda Aceh. In 2004 Aceh was the closest land point to a massive Indian Ocean earthquake that triggered a tsunami, which killed thousands of people, left many more homeless, and devastated the western coast of the region.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aceh

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This series contains material from Sawu Island (in the Lesser Sunda Islands). It focuses on the local languages of Sawu and Hawu, and contains handwritten notes on grammar, diachronic development of the language, and pronunciation by Capell, comparative vocabulary lists (some possibly written and annotated by Capell), and local story texts.

The Nusa Tenggara, or Lesser Sunda Islands, are a group of islands in the middle-south part of the Malay Archipelago. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up the Sunda Islands.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_Sunda_Islands
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This series contains material from north west Sumatra (in Indonesia). It includes a handwritten German-Batta comparative vocabulary list (by an unknown author), and a handwritten page of notes (itself largely a long quote) from a paper, all in German.

Sumatra (also spelled Sumatara and Sumatera) is the sixth largest island of the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the 3rd largest island of Indonesia after Kalimantan and Irian.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatra

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This series contains the five parts of an exercise book in Capell’s hand, containing material from the Lesser Sunda Islands, Timor and Halmahera. It contains grammatical notes, comparative vocabulary lists, and sentences of local languages including Makasai, Bunak, Basa, Vaikenu, Isam, Tololiku, Galila, Lôda, Tobila, Madole, Tabani, Waioli, Ibu, Ternate, and Tidore.

The Nusa Tenggara, or Lesser Sunda Islands, are a group of islands in the middle-south part of the Malay Archipelago. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up the Sunda Islands.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_Sunda_Islands
See also http://www.indo.com/indonesia/lesser.html

Timor is an island at the south of the Malay Archipelago, divided between the independent state of East Timor, and West Timor, part of the Indonesia province of East Nusa Tenggara with the surface of 11,883 sq mi (30,777 km²). The name is a variant of timur, Malay for "east"; it is so called because it is at the east end of a chain of islands.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timor

Halmahera (also Jilolo or Gilolo) is the largest island in the Maluku Islands. It is part of the North Maluku province of Indonesia. Halmahera has a land area of 17,780 km² (6,865 sq mi) and a population in 1995 of 162,728. About sixty percent of its inhabitants are Muslim, and about forty percent are Christian.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halmahera

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This series contains material regarding languages of Melanesia, including vocabularies and references to Capell’s Oceanic linguistic work.

Melanesia is a region extending from the western side of East Pacific to the Arafura Sea, north and north-east of Australia. The term was first used by Jules Dumont d'Urville in 1832 to denote an ethnic and geographical grouping of islands distinct from Polynesia and Micronesia. Today d'Urville's racial classification is known to be inaccurate because it obscures Melanesia's cultural, linguistic, and genetic diversity. Most importantly, this term combines two quite distinct groups, the Austronesians and the Papuans (who themselves can be considered as comprising a number of distinct groups).

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia

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This series contains material from the regions of Melanesia not covered in other series. It includes Capell’s notes on other linguists’ papers, Capell’s ethnographic notes on social organisation, Capell’s handwritten notes on the distribution of culture within Melanesia, and a paper by John W. Layard on the island of Atchin.

Melanesia is a region extending from the western side of East Pacific to the Arafura Sea, north and north-east of Australia. The term was first used by Jules Dumont d'Urville in 1832 to denote an ethnic and geographical grouping of islands distinct from Polynesia and Micronesia. Today d'Urville's racial classification is known to be inaccurate because it obscures Melanesia's cultural, linguistic, and genetic diversity. Most importantly, this term combines two quite distinct groups, the Austronesians and the Papuans (who themselves can be considered as comprising a number of distinct groups).

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia

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This series includes material from south Bougainville Island. It focuses on the Baitsi language. It includes an exercise book in where there are comparative vocabulary lists (English-Baitsi), grammatical notes on Baitsi, and texts in English translated line-by-line into Baitsi.

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands. Buka, Bougainville, and most of the Solomons are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainville_Island

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This series contains material from the central west coast of Bougainville Island (in Papua New Guniea), covering the Banoni language and its dialects (Amun, Piva, Torokina, and Mabes). It includes letters to Capell from Peter C. Lincon, typed papers by Lincon (one on Banoni orthography, another on ‘Papuanization’), a large English-Banoni vocabulary list (also by Lincon), a typed and annotated survey vocabulary list, handwritten notes on Banoni kinship terms, and Capell’s own notes on contrastive phoneme patterns in certain Austronesian languages.

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands. Buka, Bougainville, and most of the Solomons are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

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This series contains material from south east Bougainville Island, concentrating on the Buin language. It includes grammatical notes on Buin in Capell’s hand, tables of tense and number markers for verbs in Capell’s hand, notes on Buin (in German), and various psalms translated into Buin.

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands. Buka, Bougainville, and most of the Solomons are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

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This series contains material from Bougainville and Buka Islands. It includes five comparative vocabulary lists, some of which are handwritten (one by Capell), and covers languages including Buin, Siwai, Nasioi, Nagovisi, Baitsi, Mabtn, Koram, Saposa, Petats, and Kunua.

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands. Buka, Bougainville, and most of the Solomons are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

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Buka Island is the second largest island in the Papua New Guinean province of Bougainville. The island was the site of fighting between Australian, American and Japanese troops during World War II.

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This series contains material from north Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea), concentrating on the Hahon language. It includes a typed standard survey vocabulary list (English-Hahon), and a map in Capell’s hand showing the distribution of local languages on northern Bougainville and Buka Islands.

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands. Buka, Bougainville, and most of the Solomons are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

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This series contains material from eastern and northern Buka Island (in Papua New Guinea). It includes printed papers on grammatical aspects of the Halia language, comparative vocabulary lists (between English and Halia), and texts in English translated line-by-line into Halia.

Buka Island is the second largest island in the Papua New Guinean province of Bougainville. The island was the site of fighting between Australian, American and Japanese troops during World War II.

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This series contains material from the north west coast of Bougainville Island (in Papua New Guinea). It includes a printed paper on the grammar and vocabulary of the Konua language, and a typed and annotated Melanesian vocabulary list (also of Konua).

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands. Buka, Bougainville, and most of the Solomons are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

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This series contains material from south central Bougainville Island, concentrating on the Nagovisi language. It includes a comparative vocabulary list (English-Nagovisi), and a comparative list of kinship terms (Nagovisi-English) in Capell’s hand.

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands. Buka, Bougainville, and most of the Solomons are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

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This series contains material from the south east coast of Bougainville Island, concentrating on the Nasioi language. It includes both typed and handwritten comparative vocabulary lists (Nasioi-English), typed and handwritten notes on Nasioi grammar, sentences translated from English into Nasioi, and a comparative table of kinship terms (Nasioi-English).

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands. Buka, Bougainville, and most of the Solomons are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

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This series contains material from Green Island (in the Nissan Islands, Papua New Guinea). It includes a typed standard survey vocabulary list of the Nehan language.

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands. Buka, Bougainville, and most of the Solomons are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

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This series contains material from Teperoi, focusing on the local language of Papapana. It includes a typed comparative vocabulary list (English-Papapana).

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands. Buka, Bougainville, and most of the Solomons are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

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This series contains material from west Baku Island and other offshore islands, concentrating on the Petats and Matsungan languages. It includes an annotated phrasebook of Petats (original by J.H.L. Waterhouse), the Gospel of St Mark in Petats, correspondence between Capell and Allan H. Cropp, comparative vocabulary lists (Petats-English), as well as grammatical notes and tables on Petats (some handwritten by Capell).

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands. Buka, Bougainville, and most of the Solomons are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

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This series contains material from the surrounds of the Torokina River and Amun, concentrating on the local languages of Piva and Amun. It includes two typed standard survey vocabulary lists which are believed to be in the Amun dialect of Piva.

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands. Buka, Bougainville, and most of the Solomons are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

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This series contains material from east central Bougainville Island (in Papua New Guniea). It includes a typed article on the phonemes of the Rotokas language, which itself includes a map of local language distribution.

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands. Buka, Bougainville, and most of the Solomons are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

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This series contains material from north Bougainville Island, Taiof and other islands, concentrating on the Saposa language. It includes a typed standard survey vocabulary list (English-Saposa).

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands. Buka, Bougainville, and most of the Solomons are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

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This series contains material from south west Bougainville Island, concentrating on the Siwai-Motuna language. It includes letters to Capell from the missionary A.H. Joyce, typed and handwritten comparative vocabulary lists (some compiled by Capell), texts translated line-by-line from English into Siwai-Motuna, biblical texts in Siwai-Motuna, grammatical notes on Siwai-Motuna, and several tables documenting Siwai-Motuna verbs (some compiled by Capell).

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands. Buka, Bougainville, and most of the Solomons are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

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This series contains material from the west coast of Buka Island, concentrating on the Solos-Gagan and Solos-Sumoun languages. It includes a typed standard survey vocabulary list (English into Solos-Gagan), and a typed and annotated comparative vocabulary list (English into Solos-Sumuon).

Buka Island is the second largest island in the Papua New Guinean province of Bougainville. The island was the site of fighting between Australian, American and Japanese troops during World War II.

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This series contains material from Teop Island and the adjacent coast of Bougainville Island, concentrating on the Teop language. It includes handwritten grammatical notes on Teop, comparative vocabulary lists (English-Teop), correspondence from J.H.L. Waterhouse to Capell, and an English-Losiara comparative vocabulary list.

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands. Buka, Bougainville, and most of the Solomons are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

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This series contains material from north east Bougainville Island, concentrating on the Timputz language. It includes a typed standard survey vocabulary list (English-Timputz), and typed notes with some comparisons between Timputz and Teop.

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands. Buka, Bougainville, and most of the Solomons are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

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This series contains material from a small enclave near Vito on the east coast of Bougainville Island (in Papua New Guinea), and covers the Torau language. It includes a typed standard survey vocabulary list, and a comparative vocabulary list in Capell’s hand of 17 kinship terms (Torau-English).

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands. Buka, Bougainville, and most of the Solomons are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

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This series contains material from the Hinterland of the Buin District (Bougainville Island, Papua New Guniea). It includes a text in the local language of Uisai, and a typed and annotated English-Uisai comparative vocabulary list.

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands. Buka, Bougainville, and most of the Solomons are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

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This series contains material from Arawa Bay (on the central coast of Bougainville Island). It includes a standard survey vocabulary list (English - Uruaba), as well as handwritten grammatical and lexical notes by Capell on the Uruava and Torau languages.

Bougainville is the largest of the Solomon Islands and a province of Papua New Guinea. Bougainville and the adjacent island of Buka are sometimes called the North Solomons, and are ecologically and geographically, although not politically, considered part of the Solomon Islands. Buka, Bougainville, and most of the Solomons are part of the Solomon Islands rain forests ecoregion.

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This series contains Capell’s field note books from around Oceania. They contain (inter alia) grammatical notes, words, phrases, and short texts in local languages from the north east Irian Java coast such as Ase, Ajapo, Arso, Sobei, Boikin, Malol, Suain, Wamsak, Maprik, and Tabu.

These field note books cover various Papuan and Austronesian languages from the North East Irian Jaya Coast to Wewak in the West and East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea.

Oceania is a geographical (often geopolitical) region consisting of numerous countries and territories – mostly islands – in the Pacific Ocean. The exact scope of Oceania is controversial, with varying interpretations including East Timor, Australia, New Zealand, or none of these.

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This series contains material from around Oceania, specifically Melanesia and Polynesia. It includes several Oceanic grammatical linguistics studies and also proto studies of Oceanic languages. It includes four printed papers on various aspects of these topics, some of which are (at times heavily) annotated (usually) by Capell.

Melanesia is a region extending from the western side of East Pacific to the Arafura Sea, north and north-east of Australia. The term was first used by Jules Dumont d'Urville in 1832 to denote an ethnic and geographical grouping of islands distinct from Polynesia and Micronesia. Today d'Urville's racial classification is known to be inaccurate because it obscures Melanesia's cultural, linguistic, and genetic diversity. Most importantly, this term combines two quite distinct groups, the Austronesians and the Papuans (who themselves can be considered as comprising a number of distinct groups).

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Polynesia (from Greek: p???? many, ??s?? island) is a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.

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This large series contains material from (inter alia) Papua New Guinea, West Irian, and the Solomon Islands. It includes many of Capell’s note and exercise books (which themselves include comparative vocabulary lists of many Papuan languages, translations of other linguists’ papers, phonetic transcriptions, miscellaneous grammatical notes, notes on other papers, and the Lord’s Prayer in 24 languages).

The Independent State of Papua New Guinea (informally, Papua New Guinea or PNG) is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands (the western portion of the island is occupied by the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Irian Jaya). It is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in a region defined since the early 19th century as Melanesia. Its capital and one of its few major cities is Port Moresby. It is one of the most diverse countries on Earth, with over 700 indigenous languages and at least as many indigenous societies, out of a population of just over 5 million. It is also one of the most rural, with only 18% living in urban centres.

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Papua is a province of Indonesia comprising part of the western half of the island of New Guinea and nearby islands (see also Western New Guinea). (The name Papua has had a somewhat confusing history: for details see the discussion under New Guinea). The name West Papua is preferred among nationalists who hope to separate from Indonesia and form their own country (the region was promised a referendum on independence from the Netherlands). The province was known as West Irian or Irian Barat from 1969 to 1973—Irian is the Indonesian term for the island of New Guinea.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Irian

Solomon Islands is a nation in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea and is part of the Commonwealth of Nations. It consists of more than 990 islands, which together c