Ghari language
Encyclopedia
Ghari is an Oceanic language spoken on Guadalcanal
island of the Solomon Islands
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The Vaturanga dialect has been used extensively in missionary and liturgical translations, leading linguist Arthur Capell
to describe it as a mission/ecclesiastical language.
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal is a tropical island in the South-Western Pacific. The largest island in the Solomons, it was discovered by the Spanish expedition of Alvaro de Mendaña in 1568...
island of the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
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The Vaturanga dialect has been used extensively in missionary and liturgical translations, leading linguist Arthur Capell
Arthur Capell
Arthur Capell was an Australian linguist, who made major contributions to the study of Australian languages, Austronesian languages and Papuan languages.-Life:...
to describe it as a mission/ecclesiastical language.
External links
- Ethnologue report for language code:gri
- Na Voihavo Matena na Hahani Tabu online text of Anglican liturgy in Vaturanga, digitized by Richard Mammana