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ISO 639-3: tmb

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

Other known names and dialect names: Avava, Bangasa, Navava, Nevaar, Nevat, Taremp, Tembimbe-Katbol, Timbembe, Tisvel, Vava

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Primary texts

  1. ONLINENotes on Lagalag. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VURI101
  2. ONLINECustom (2): Care of gardens; pregnancy. Aviva MPI Shimelman (compiler). 2015. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:ASMPI-Avava001
  3. ONLINE2 stories and a custom: A woman who climbs a Nakamal; men who steal meleli.. Aviva MPI Shimelman (compiler). 2015. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:ASMPI-Avava002
  4. ONLINEStory: A man, a devil and a flying fox. Aviva MPI Shimelman (compiler). 2015. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:ASMPI-Avava003
  5. ONLINE(Personal) history: Time when life was violent. Aviva MPI Shimelman (compiler). 2015. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:ASMPI-Avava004
  6. ONLINECustom: A healing/killing stone. Aviva MPI Shimelman (compiler). 2015. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:ASMPI-Avava005
  7. ONLINEHistory: The Church. Aviva MPI Shimelman (compiler). 2015. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:ASMPI-Bangaa001
  8. ONLINEStory: A bible and a stone. Aviva MPI Shimelman (compiler). 2015. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:ASMPI-Bangaa002
  9. ONLINEHistory: A group that kills everyone in Lambarap. Aviva MPI Shimelman (compiler). 2015. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:ASMPI-Diver001
  10. ONLINECustoms/daily life: Yams. Aviva MPI Shimelman (compiler). 2015. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:ASMPI-Fifti001
  11. ONLINEAvava. Terry Crowley (compiler); Terry Crowley (recorder). 2004. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:TC4-001
  12. ONLINEKhatbol. Terry Crowley (compiler); Terry Crowley (recorder); Hosek Danman (speaker). 2004. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:TC5-001

Language descriptions

  1. ONLINEGlottolog 5.2 Resources for Avava. n.a. 2025. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:katb1237
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. ONLINENotes on Lagalag. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VURI101

Other resources about the language

  1. The Avava language of central Malakula (Vanuatu). Crowley, Terry. 2006. Pacific linguistics ; 574. oai:gial.edu:28957
  2. ONLINEAvava: a language of Vanuatu. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:tmb
  3. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Katbol. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_tmb

Other resources in the language

  1. ONLINEThe Avava language of central Malakula (Vanuatu). Crowley, Terry. 2006. Pacific linguistics ; 574. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:2869102

Other known names and dialect names: Avava, Bangasa, Navava, Nevaar, Nevat, Taremp, Tembimbe-Katbol, Timbembe, Tisvel, Vava

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