Language Problems

Ajor Problem In The Islands

king a Key to NG Language Problems

>Ney University Has

lublished a linguistic mono raph by an American onary in New Guinea which ins a modern technique for mg primitive languages to ig, in an exact and scientific ler. ; author is the Rev. Dr. Louis izbetak, described as a Divine missionary, linguist and opologist, who spent four years 'lew Guinea on language •ch. i monograph, second in a new stic series published by the rsity, proposes a “phonemic” * than “phonetic” alphabet, neans that orthography is based ly on the reactions of the i, on what he hears, rather what the European might Luzbetak claims that a mic orthography was recog by modern linguists as the iccurate, most economical and st way of writing a language, duced dialectal differences erably, thus making regional tges feasible. his study, “Middle Wahgi logy: The Standardisation of graphics in the New Guinea nds,” the author makes nendations for standardising thographies of the Southern, •n and Eastern Highlands of ruinea. aid his system of orthography tie added advantage of not g unwieldy symbols. The >le printing facilities were all e used.

Wahgi dialects, which the says are now scientifically writing for the first time, iken by about 40,000 natives n Hagen and Chimbu. rNOTE: Many, many ts to co-ordinate and y the languages of New (of which there are at >00) have been made, but tias had much success, as ditor. ■im that Islanders were be lted and taken to Auckland alse pretences was made re by Cr. G. F. H. Forsyth at ■mg of the Auckland City • Old houses were being sold iders for small deposits, high rates of payment and high f interest. An Islander and tfid agent in the city were mg a “racket,” he said. The health committee is to in ?ate overcrowding in old and make a report, if