05 Dec 2003

Varisi (or "Waresi") Language Word List
St Dominic's Priory, Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Supplied note: "I have recently put on-line a Word List of the Varisi (or "Waresi") language, spoken on part of Choiseul Island, Solomon Islands. [A 1998 estimate: 7,200 speakers (src: www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=VRS) - ed.]
The word list was compiled by a Catholic missionary, Fr Stephen Tarrant, with local help, when on the island in the 1960s. I have posted it on-line with his permission. You can find it at: [the URL below]. These days Fr Tarrant lives in North Adelaide, South Australia. - mw."
Site contents: English - Varisi Dictionary; Varisi - English Dictionary.
URL http://www.australia.op.org/vicariate/ew_a.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Fr Martin Wallace O.P. (martin.wallace[use"@"]op.org)
[The above link was kindly sent to this e-journal in a response to the Monitor's recent invitation to readers to send details of useful Pacific-related online resources - ed.]
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30