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Languages on this page so far are Dehu, Efate, Marquesan, Marshallese, Palau, and Truk. 

Dehu
						updated 6-9-2003

	Dehu (Austric) belongs to the Micronesian sub-branch of the Austronesian
branch of the Austric family of languages.  Dehu is spoken on the Lifou and Loyalty
Islands in New Caledonia.

499.5		Tryon, Darrell T
T875e			English-Dehu dictionary.
		RID: 73-432078			ITEM #: deh00001
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Efate
						updated 6-27-2002

	Efate (Austric) belongs to the Melanesian sub-branch of the
Austronesian branch of the Austric family of languages.  Efate is
spoken in the Vanuatu Islands; there are two main dialects, North
Efate and South Efate.  North Efate is also called Nguna.

499.5		Schutz, Albert J., 1936-
S396n			Nguna grammar
		RID: 70-626840			ITEM #: ngu00001

499.5		Schultz, Albert J., 1936-
S396ng			Nguna texts
		RID: 68-65921			ITEM #: ngu00002
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Marquesan
						updated 7-26-2004

	Marquesan (Austric) belongs to the Polynesian sub-branch of the Oceanic
sub-branch of the Austronesian branch of the Austric family of languages.  The
language is spoken on the Marquesas Islands.

499.42		Bicknell, James
B583h			He hamani pia pa : Peau mai o Ietu. -- Honolulu,
		Oahu : Ua patua na te poi mihi o Fatuiva me hivaoa, 1868
			A Marquesan reader.
		RID: ---				ITEM #: mrq00001

306.080995	Endangered peoples of Oceania / edited by Judith M.
E5655			Fitzpatrick. -- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood
			Press, 2001
		RID: 00-20468			ITEM #: inc00027

513.07		He tetau toii. -- Honolulu : Paiia e H.M. Wini, 1869
T347			An elementary arithmetic in Marquesan.
		RID: ---				ITEM #: mrq00002
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Marshallese
					updated 6-10-2003

	Marshallese (Austric) belongs to the Micronesian sub-branch of the Austro-
nesian branch of the Austric family of languages.  Also called Marshall and Marshall
Islands, it is the language of the native people of the Marshall Islands.  The language
is written with the Latin alphabet.  Note: An ampersand (&) is included in the alphabet,
to represent an unstressed vowel sound.

499.5		Bender, Byron Wilbur
B458s			Spoken Marshallese
		RID: 68-65039		ITEM #: mah00001
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Palau
						updated 3-13-95

	Palau (Austric) belongs to the Micronesian sub-branch of the Austronesian
branch of the Austric family of languages.  It is spoken on the islands comprising the
country of Palau (sometimes called Belau).  Palau should not be confused with
Palaung which belongs to the Mon-Khmer sub-branch of the Austronesian branch of
the Austric family.

304.80995	Exiles and migrants in Oceania / edited by Michael D. Lieber. -- Honolulu :
E9637			University Press of Hawaii, 1977
		RID: 77-10756				ITEM #: pau00002

306.09966	Hijikata, Hisakatsu, 1900-1977
H639c			Collective works of Hijikata Hisakatsu : society and life in Palau / edited
		by Endo Hisachi. -- Tokyo : Sasakawa Peace Foundation, 1993.
		RID: int wln93-533568		ITEM #: pau00001
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Truk
						updated 8-1-2003

	Truk (Austric) belongs to the Micronesian sub-branch of the Austronesian
branch of the Austric family of languages.  Also called Trukese, it is spoken on Truk
Island, in the Pacific.

499.5		Goodenough, Ward Hunt
G649t			Trukese-English dictionary
		RID: 79-54277			ITEM #: tru00001

499.5		Goodenough, Ward Hunt
G649t			Trukese-English dictionary
Suppl.
1990		RID: wln90-50490		ITEM #: tru00002
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