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Author Sorin, Andre, Father, author

Title First teaching of native reading : 1. What method should be followed? 2. How to apply it to the Roro language? / [Fr. A. Sorin, M.S.C.]
Published Yule-Island, Papua : Catholic Mission, 1945

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 ADPML SPTXT  499.5 Cat/Fto 1945  LIB USE ONLY
Description 15, 24 pages ; 20 cm
Summary Pedagogical text on teaching reading in the Roro language. Roro is an Austronesian language spoken by three tribal groups on the New Guinea mainland and on Yule Island. There are currently fewer than 7000 native speakers of this language, which has three distinct dialects: Roro, Waima and Kevori. [Information adapted from Douglas Stewart Fine Books]. From the collection of Charles Thomas Fletcher, an Australian trader in Papua New Guinea active during the nineteen-sixties and seventies. AU-SyACU
Notes Title from cover
Text in English
Subject Catholic Church -- Missions -- Papua New Guinea -- Yule Island
Literacy.
Waima language -- Study and teaching.
Reading.
Papuan languages.
SUBJECT Papua New Guinea -- Languages. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097692
Genre/Form Australian school textbook collection.
Other Titles What method should be followed? : 2. How to apply it to the Roro language?