Grammar and vocabulary of language spoken by Motu tribe (New Guinea),
by Rev. W. G. Lawes ... with introduction by the Rev. George Pratt.

Description

Main Author

Lawes, W. G. (William George), 1839-1907.

Language(s)

English ; Multiple languages

Published

Sydney, C. Potter, government printer, 1896.

Edition

3rd and enl. ed.

Subjects

Motu language.

Summary

"The following pages represent the first attempt to classify and reduce to a written form the grammar and vocabulary of the language spoken by the Motu tribe of New Guinea." From the preface to the first edition.

Note

Comarative vocabulary of seven New Guinea dialects (Motu, Keapara, Galoma, South Cape, Kabadi, Maiva, Toaripi): p. 145-157.
"English-Motu vocabulary": p. [31]-74; "Motu and English": p. [75]- 136.

Physical Description

xiv, 157 p. 22 cm.

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