Ghari (also known as Gari, Tangarare, Sughu, and West Guadalcanal) is an
Oceanic language spoken on
Guadalcanal
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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.
References
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External links
Na Voihavo Matena na Hahani Tabuonline text of Anglican liturgy in Vaturanga, digitized by Richard Mammana
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Paradisec
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open acces
vocabulary list of the Vaturanga dialect*Paradisec open acces
Swadesh list of Vaturanga*Paradisec open acces
full text of A Grammar of the Language of Vaturanga, Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands*Paradisec open acces
map of languages of Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal languages
Languages of the Solomon Islands
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