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During the period from February 2020 through May 2020, I conducted a complete revision to the twenty-eight (28) lists of resources which I had posted on the LLORG during the previous three-year period. As revising these types of documents directly on the LLORG in the “Edit Mode” is fraught with difficulties, I removed their contents from the LLORG, stored them on my computer, and completed the revisions. During the revision process an event occurred which prevented me from reposting the contents to their original files and, as a contingency measure, I have posted them here on the HTLAL in the anticipation that either the Administrator or the Moderators of the LLORG will copy/paste them to the LLORG. - Speakeasy 1. INTRODUCTION Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Marshallese: Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ), is an island country and a United States associated state near the equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the International Date Line. Geographically, the country is part of the larger island group of Micronesia. The country's population of 58,413 people (at the 2018 World Bank Census) is spread out over 29 coral atolls, comprising 1,156 individual islands and islets. The capital and largest city is Majuro. It has most of its territory made of water of any sovereign state, at 97.87% … Micronesian colonists reached the Marshall Islands using canoes circa 2nd millennium BC, with interisland navigation made possible using traditional stick charts and eventually settled there. Islands in the archipelago were first explored by Europeans in the 1520s … The US government formed the Congress of Micronesia in 1965, a plan for increased self-governance of Pacific islands. The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in 1979 provided independence to the Marshall Islands, whose constitution and president were formally recognized by the US. Full sovereignty or self-government was achieved in a Compact of Free Association with the United States … Source: Wikipedia Marshall Islands Peoples and Languages The majority of the citizens of the Republic of Marshall Islands, formed in 1982, are of Marshallese descent, though there are small numbers of immigrants from the United States, China, Philippines, and other Pacific islands. The two official languages are Marshallese, which is one of the Malayo-Polynesian languages; and English … Source: Wikipedia Marshallese Language The Marshallese language (Marshallese: new orthography Kajin M̧ajeļ or old orthography Kajin Majōl [kɑzʲinʲ(i)mˠɑːzʲɛlˠ], also known as Ebon, is a Micronesian language spoken in the Marshall Islands. The language is spoken by about 44,000 people in the Marshall Islands, making it the principal language of the country. There are also roughly 6,000 speakers outside of the Marshall Islands, including those in Nauru and the United States. There are two major dialects: Rālik (western) and Ratak (eastern) … Source: Wikipedia Byron W. Bender (1929 – 2020) Students of the Marshallese language owe a debt of gratitude to Byron W. Bender, the author of the most prominent set of materials for the study of this language. Byron W. Bender (August 14, 1929 – January 4, 2020) was a professor of linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi specializing in Micronesian languages, primarily Marshallese, and Oceanic languages more generally. Professor Bender’s website contains a list publications which touch upon the language. 2. MARSHALLESE RESOURCES As there are few resources for the study of Marshallese, and as the most prominent ones which are available date from the 1970’s, legacy and contemporary materials have been grouped together by type of resource. Marshallese Courses, Supplements, etc. Glossika Marshallese – NONE Circa 2018: announcement of prospective expansion of languages. Marshallese materials not yet available. National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) – University of Maryland - NONE Practice Course in Marshallese (2004), 249 pages, by Peter Rudiak-Gould; Independently published Free downloadable PDF file. The author of this free course on the basics of Marshallese also wrote “Climate Change and Tradition in a Small Island State". Refer to the listing below under “Marshallese Culture, Society, History, etc.” Spoken Marshallese: An Intensive Language Course with Grammatical Notes and Glossary (1969), 464 pages, by Byron W. Bender; University of Hawaii Press Byron W. Bender (1929 – 2020) was a professor of linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi specializing in Micronesian languages, primarily Marshallese, and Oceanic languages more generally. Circa 1970, he authored an introductory course in the study of Marshallese accompanied by a Grammar and a bilingual dictionary of the language. To this today, this collection remains the most prominent set of resources available.
Marshallese Phrasebooks, Language Guides, etc. DLI Marshallese Language Survival Kit - NONE Marshallese-English Phrasebook for Secondary Students and Teachers (2013), 43 pages, by Malie Tarbwilin et al.; Independently published Marshallese.org – Learn Marshallese Marshallese Phrasebook (with audio files) – website of the Republic of Marshall Islands Omniglot - Useful phrases in Marshallese U.S. Peace Corps Marshallese Training Manual (1992), 97 pages, by Richard Cook In contrast to many U.S. Peace Corps language guides, this training manual is much more a phrasebook than it is a course. wikiKnowHow – How to Learn Marshallese Marshallese Grammar, Orthography, etc. ======= Grammars: General ======= Marshallese Reference Grammar (1976, reprinted 2016), 360 pages, by Byron W. Bender et al.; University of Hawaii Press ======= Orthography, etc. ======= Marshallese Alphabet (2004), by Lori Phillips; Bess Press Marshallese Spelling Reforms (article) (2004); Far Outliners blogspot ====== Special Interest ======= Oceanic Linguistics Oceanic Linguistics is the only journal devoted exclusively to the study of the indigenous languages of the Oceanic area and parts of Southeast Asia. The thousand-odd languages within the scope of the journal are the aboriginal languages of Australia, the Papuan languages of New Guinea, and the languages of the Austronesian (or Malayo-Polynesian) family. Articles in Oceanic Linguistics cover issues of linguistic theory that pertain to languages of the area, report research on historical relations, or furnish new information about inadequately described languages. Marshallese Dictionaries, etc. Marshallese-English Dictionary (1976) by by Takaji Abo, Byron W. Bender et al.; University of Hawaii Press Marshallese-English Dictionary (1976) by by Takaji Abo, Byron W. Bender et al.; Online Pali Text version Marshallese-English Online Dictionary and Keyboard Marshallese-English Online Dictionary - Naan Webster’s Marshallese - English Thesaurus Dictionary (2008), 32 pages, by Philip M. Parker; ICON Group International From the author/editor: If you are learning Marshallese, this book was not created for you, and you should not purchase it. It was created for completely fluent mother-tongue speakers of Marshallese who already know the full meaning of Marshallese words, but who need to learn how a single English translation of a Marshallese word may have ambiguous meanings in the English language. It is designed for bi-lingual education for the non-English reader who wants to improve English-language test scores covering English synonyms. Marshallese Readers, Literature, etc. Marshallese Bible with Footnotes / Jeje Ko Rekwojarjar (2010); Bible Society Stories from the Marshall Islands: Bwebwenato Jan Aelon Kein (2001), 424 pages, by Jack A. Tobin; University of Hawaii Press Marshallese Culture, Society, History, etc. Climate Change and Tradition in a Small Island State (2015), 244 pages, by Peter Rudiak-Gould; Routledge Peter Rudiak-Gould - website Marshall Islands Legends and Stories (2003), 270 pages, by Daniel A. Kelin II; Bess Press Marshallese Language, Recordings from the 1950s: Traditional Legends During the years Byron W. Bender lived and worked at Majuro, he was able to record traditional legends as told by three esteemed raconteurs: Lemmaan from Rongelap, Jauwej from Wotje, and Jibaaj from Ebon. He also recorded a session by Lōjjellañ, paramount chief of the Rālik chain of atolls at the Marshall Islands Intermediate School on Majuro. Kaipuleohone is the University of Hawai'i's digital ethnographic archive for audio and video recordings as well as notes, dictionaries, transcriptions, and other materials related to small and endangered languages. Marshallese Media ABYZ News Links Marshallese Language - YouTube Marshallese Miscellany Byron W. Bender, Department of Linguistics, University of Hawai‘i Nitijela: Parliament of Republic of Marshall Islands - website OLAC resources in and about the Marshallese language University of Hawaii NFLRC – NONE In light of the University of Hawaii’s participation in Byron W. Bender’s collection of materials for the study of Marshallese, it is rather curious that their NFLRC presently contains no publications on the language. 3. IMPROVING THIS FILE? Please feel at liberty to post your own recommendations and/or comments and I’ll see what I can do about incorporating them into the lists above. 4. SUBSEQUENT COMMENTS Visitors to this file are encouraged to review the subsequent comments, posted below, as they include members’ suggestions concerning materials and form a running commentary on resources for the study of this language. |
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