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ABSI - Jesuits in Britain Archives
SJ - Members of the Society (Cataloguing in progress)
1 - Fr Cuthbert Cary-Elwes SJ (1867-1945)
1 - Personal Papers
1 - Linguistic material, including spiritual and liturgical texts for the instruction of the Guyanese
Repository
Jesuits in Britain Archives
Ref No
ABSI/SJ/1/1/1/3
Title
Notebook: 'Notes on the languages of the Indians of British Guyana'. With insert
Date
[1909-1924]
Level
Item
Description
Includes translations of prayers, such as the Ave Maria and Our Father, and of two verses of the hymn "Angels We Have Heard on High". Also includes vocabulary notes on parts of the body, numerals and general comments on the Taruma people.
Physical Description
Mould and insect damage.
Format
Manuscript
Language
English
Waiwai
Wapishana
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