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Easter island ; the Rapanui speech and the peopling of southeast Polynesia /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Churchill, William, 1859-1920
Other Authors: Roussel, Hippolyte, 1824-1898
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : The Carnegie institution of Washington, 1912.
Series:Carnegie Institution of Washington publication ; 174.
Subjects:
Polynesians.
Polynesian languages.
Rapanui language.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • I. The Polynesian alphabet
  • II. Rapanui sources and variety
  • III. The Paumotu in the Polynesian scheme
  • IV. Mangareva as a center of distribution
  • V. The dominance of Tahiti over the province
  • VI. The Marquesas in the fairway to Hawaii
  • VII. Determination of the place of Rapanui. Rapanui-English vocabulary. [Translation of H. Roussel's "Vocabulaire de al langue de l'ile-de-Paques, on Rapanui," pub. in Le Museon. nouv. ser. vol. IX. Louvain, 1908] English-Rapanui finding list
  • Appendix. Sundry notices of the island.