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ISO 639-3: ttu

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

Other known names and dialect names: Rorovana

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Primary texts

  1. ONLINEContrastive phoneme patterns for Benoni, Uruavo and Torau. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-NSBBAN108
  2. ONLINELanguages of the Bougainville District by Jerry Allen and Conrad Hurd. Jerry Allen; Conrad Hurd. 1964. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-NSBCVOC201
  3. ONLINETorau survey word list and texts. Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (researcher); Peter Newton (depositor). 1963. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-NSBTORA101
  4. ONLINEHenry Tioni on Torau Customs and Traditions. Bill Palmer (compiler); Henry Tioni (speaker). 1970. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:BP1-001
  5. ONLINEUncle Lebo's Story or Oral History on Torau People. Bill Palmer (compiler); Lebo (speaker). 1970. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:BP1-002
  6. ONLINETorau Ways Story. Bill Palmer (compiler); Joseph Sirinai (speaker). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:BP1-003
  7. ONLINETorau Migration Story. Bill Palmer (compiler); Herman Lawman Lovinau (speaker). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:BP1-004
  8. ONLINEWorld War II Story. Bill Palmer (compiler); Joseph Aleale (speaker). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:BP1-005
  9. ONLINEKomakomasa Enelela Story. Bill Palmer (compiler); Raymond Pira (speaker). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:BP1-006
  10. ONLINEOseoseloloana Story. Bill Palmer (compiler); Marina Mauku (speaker). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:BP1-007
  11. ONLINEFlying Fox and Sea Eagle Story. Bill Palmer (compiler); Thomas Kokoito (speaker). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:BP1-008
  12. ONLINESugiaiworo Story. Bill Palmer (compiler); Rose Narie (speaker). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:BP1-009
  13. ONLINETapi Samasama Story. Bill Palmer (compiler); Marina Mauku (speaker). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:BP1-010
  14. ONLINEKokonibaka Story. Bill Palmer (compiler); Francis Tiotorau (speaker). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:BP1-011
  15. ONLINECanoe Making Story. Bill Palmer (compiler); Michael Binawata (speaker). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:BP1-012
  16. ONLINETuna Fishing Story. Bill Palmer (compiler); Bill Palmer (researcher). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:BP1-013
  17. ONLINEGarden Making Story. Bill Palmer (compiler); Marina Mauku (speaker). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:BP1-014
  18. ONLINESirinai Life Story. Bill Palmer (compiler); Joseph Sirinai (speaker). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:BP1-015
  19. ONLINETK1 Elicitation. Bill Palmer (compiler); Thomas Kokoito (consultant). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:BP1-E001
  20. ONLINETK2 Elicitation. Bill Palmer (compiler); Thomas Kokoito (consultant). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:BP1-E002
  21. ONLINETK3 Elicitation. Bill Palmer (compiler); Thomas Kokoito (consultant). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:BP1-E003
  22. ONLINETK4 Elicitation. Bill Palmer (compiler); Thomas Kokoito (consultant). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:BP1-E004
  23. ONLINERP1 Elicitation. Bill Palmer (compiler); Raymond Pira (consultant). 2006. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:BP1-E005
  24. ONLINETorau, Teop. Malcolm Ross (compiler). 1980. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:MR1-099

Lexical resources

  1. ONLINESouth Bougainville comparative vocabulary. Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (researcher); Peter Newton (depositor). 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-NSBCVOC103
  2. ONLINETorau survey word list and texts. Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (researcher); Peter Newton (depositor). 1963. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-NSBTORA101
  3. ONLINETorau kinship terms. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-NSBTORA102
  4. ONLINENasioi - Koromira - Urava - Torau - German Comparative vocabulary. Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (researcher); Peter Newton (depositor). 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-OLVOC235
  5. ONLINENorth-West and West Solomon Comparative vocabularies II. Arthur Capell. 1931. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-SICOMPV102

Language descriptions

  1. ONLINEAfBo: A world-wide survey of affix borrowing Resources for Torau. n.a. 2020. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:afbo.info:74
  2. ONLINEGlottolog 5.2 Resources for Torau. n.a. 2025. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:tora1259
  3. ONLINEGrammatical and lexical notes on Uruava and Torau. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-NSBURU102

Other resources about the language

  1. ONLINETorau: a language of Papua New Guinea. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:ttu

Other resources in the language

  1. ONLINECounting systems of Papua New Guinea. Lean, Glendon A. 1991. Lae, Papua New Guinea : Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Papua New Guinea University of Technology. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:1863773

Other known names and dialect names: Rorovana

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