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ISO 639-3: dob

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

Other known names and dialect names: Central Dobu, Dawada-Siausi, Dobuan, Galubwa, Loboda, Roboda, Sanaroa, Ubuia

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Primary texts

  1. ONLINEReport on Arthur Capell Estate by Peter Newton. Peter Newton. 1995. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-000
  2. ONLINEDobuan sentences (cont. side 2). Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (recorder); Olive Baloili (speaker). 1970. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-124A
  3. ONLINEDobuan sentences (both sides). Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (recorder); Olive Baloili (speaker). 1970. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-124B
  4. ONLINEMilne Bay languages: Collected by Andrew Pawley and Wiliiam Tomasetti, 1969-70, from students at various high schools in Milne Bay District. Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (researcher); Peter Newton (depositor); Andrew Pawley (compiler); William Tomasetti (compiler). 1970. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-PNGMBCV101
  5. ONLINEDobu. Malcolm Ross (compiler). 1980. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:MR1-021
  6. ONLINEThe Bible in the Dobu Language. The Long Now Foundation. 1993. Bible Society of Papua New Guinea. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_dob_gen-1
  7. ONLINEPapers in five Austronesian languages: A grammatical analysis of a Dobu text. Lithgow, David. 1975. Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_dob_vertxt-1
  8. ONLINEPapers in five Austronesian languages: A grammatical analysis of a Dobu text. Lithgow, David. 1975. Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_dob_vertxt-2
  9. ONLINEA grammatical analysis of a Dobu text. Lithgow, David. 1975. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:23677

Lexical resources

  1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Dobu. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:dob
  2. ONLINEComaparative word list of languages from East and South Divisions in Papua. Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (researcher); Peter Newton (depositor). 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-OLVOC402
  3. ONLINEMilne Bay languages: Collected by Andrew Pawley and Wiliiam Tomasetti, 1969-70, from students at various high schools in Milne Bay District. Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (researcher); Peter Newton (depositor); Andrew Pawley (compiler); William Tomasetti (compiler). 1970. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-PNGMBCV101
  4. ONLINESection B 1-13 Milne Bay languages: Collected by Andrew Pawley and Wiliiam Tomasetti, 1969-70, from students at various high schools in Milne Bay District. Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (researcher); Peter Newton (depositor); Andrew Pawley (compiler); William Tomisetti (compiler). n.d. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-PNGMBCV103
  5. ONLINEDobu vocabulary. Arthur Capell. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-PNGMBDOB101
  6. Dobu-English dictionary. Lithgow, Daphne (compiler). 1977. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21435
  7. ONLINEDobu lexicon. Lithgow, Daphne (compiler); Lithgow, David (compiler). 2006. SIL International. oai:sil.org:31131

Language descriptions

  1. Orthography and phonology database : Highlands and Papuan Regions. Hemmilä, Ritva; Summer Institute of Linguistics. Papua New Guinea Branch. 1999. Data papers on Papua New Guinea languages ; v. 44. oai:gial.edu:28275
  2. ONLINEWorkpapers in Papua New Guinea languages vol. 22-25. Geary, Elaine. 1977. 1977. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea : Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:gial.edu:28717
  3. ONLINEGlottolog 5.0 Resources for Dobu. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:dobu1241
  4. ONLINEComaparative word list of languages from East and South Divisions in Papua. Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (researcher); Peter Newton (depositor). 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-OLVOC402
  5. ONLINEUnited Church Choir, Drumming, Sea lapping on shore. Ian Blue (compiler); Mike Thomas (participant); Ian Blue (depositor); United Church Choir (performer). 1969. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:IB1-001
  6. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Dobu. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:dobu1241
  7. ONLINEPhonologies of five Papua New Guinea languages: Dobu Phonemics. Lithgow, Daphne. 1977. Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_dob_ortho-1
  8. ONLINEPhonologies of five Papua New Guinea languages: Dobu Phonemics. Lithgow, Daphne. 1977. Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_dob_phon-1
  9. ONLINEPractical spelling. Lithgow, Daphne; Lithgow, David. 1987. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:23661
  10. Miscellaneous papers on Dobu and Arapesh. Loving, Richard (editor). 1978. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:23735
  11. ONLINEDobu Organised Phonology Data. Lithgow, David. 1992. SIL International. oai:sil.org:42453
  12. ONLINEInfluence of English Grammar on Dobu and Bunama. Lithgow, David. 1987. SIL International. oai:sil.org:56337

Other resources about the language

  1. ONLINEStudies in componential analysis. Franklin, Karl J. (Karl James); Summer Institute of Linguistics. Papua New Guinea Branch. 1989. Data papers on Papua New Guinea languages ; v. 36. oai:gial.edu:28907
  2. ONLINEDobu: a language of Papua New Guinea. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:dob
  3. Dobu new reader, book 1. Lithgow, Daphne. 1997. Bible Society of Papua New Guinea. oai:sil.org:21315
  4. Tada sawa ʼena Dobu 1, 2. Lithgow, Daphne. 1974. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21608
  5. Emwasala tubudao. Lithgow, David (compiler). 1976. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21622
  6. Tada sawa ʼena dimdim. Lithgow, Daphne. 1977. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21638
  7. Dobu iyaninao tetelidi. Lithgow, Daphne (compiler). 1975. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:21731
  8. Teacher’s guide for Dobu primers 1 and 2. Lithgow, Daphne. 1975. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:22405
  9. ONLINE‘Head and shoulders, knees and toes....’: The semantics of Dobuan body parts. Edoni, Gail. 1989. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:23672
  10. ONLINEDobu phonemics. Lithgow, Daphne. 1977. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:23690
  11. ONLINEFirst things first in Dobu. Lithgow, David. 1978. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:23815
  12. aeiou AEIOU. Lithgow, Daphne (compiler). 1993. SIL-PNG. oai:sil.org:94102
  13. Dobu Vernacular Curriculum in Community Schools. n.a. 1974. SIL-PNG. oai:sil.org:94112
  14. Tada sawa ‘ena Dobu 1. Lithgow, Daphne. 1990. SIL International. oai:sil.org:94339
  15. Tada sawa ‘ena Dobu 2. Lithgow, Daphne. 1990. SIL International. oai:sil.org:94340
  16. ONLINEUnited Church Choir, Salamo Fergusson Island, PNG. Ian Blue (compiler); Ian Blue (depositor); Lu Piper (performer); United Church Choir (performer); Rev Eric Lawson (translator). 1969. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:IB1-002
  17. ONLINEUNited Church Choir, Salamo. Ian Blue (compiler); Ian Blue (depositor); United Church Choir (performer). 1969. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:IB1-003
  18. ONLINEUnited Church Choir sings translated Christian hymns in Waru Dobu, local language. Ian Blue (compiler); Ian Blue (depositor); Lu Piper (performer); United Church Choir (performer); Rev Eric Lawson (performer). 1969. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:IB1-004
  19. ONLINEDobu. Arthur Capell (compiler). 1946. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-506
  20. ONLINEDobu, Motu, and Roro with songs. Arthur Capell (compiler). n.d. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-521
  21. ONLINEDobu Hymn, Hula address, songs. Arthur Capell (compiler); Steven Gagau (data_inputter); Eileen Bobone (transcriber). n.d. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-524
  22. ONLINEDobu speech, songs. Arthur Capell (compiler). n.d. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-526
  23. ONLINEMotu, Dobu, Hiri Motu, Toaripi, Wedau, Kiriwina, Mekeo. Arthur Capell (compiler). n.d. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-528
  24. ONLINEDiaries of J.K. Arnold. Reverend John Kissack Arnold. 1923. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:PAMBU-DOC628
  25. ONLINEArticles, letters and miscellaneous papers. Rev. Lorimer Fison. 1873. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:PAMBU-DOC1042
  26. ONLINEA grammatical analysis of a Dobu text. Lithgow, David. 1975. Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_dob_detail-1

Other resources in the language

  1. ONLINEDobuan reader. no. 1. Grant, R. V. (Ralph Vernon). 1952. East Cape, Papua, Methodist Mission Press. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:6229
  2. ONLINEBuki Tabu teterina. Grant, R. V. (Ralph Vernon). 1955-. East Cape, Papua, Methodist Mission Press. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:510586
  3. ONLINEBuki Tapwaroro. Tapwaroro ana eonai. Tapwaroro ana wari. Ena Dobu. Dobuan catechism and hymn book. Methodist Overseas Missions. 1904. Sydney, Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:510696
  4. ONLINEBuki tapwaroro : Tapwaroro 'ana eonai, tapwaroro 'ana wari 'ena Dobu = Dobuan catechism and hymn book. Methodist Overseas Missions. 1920. Sydney : Printed for the Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia by the Epworth Printing and Publishing House. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:510697
  5. ONLINEA grammar of the language of Edugaura. Arnold, John K. 1928. Port Moresby, E.G. Baker. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:511523
  6. ONLINETada sawa 'ena dimdim = let's read English, Dobu language. Lithgow, Daphne. 1980. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea : Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:534947
  7. ONLINEMe'udana--Neuguinea (Normanby-Island). Schlesier, E. (Erhard). 1965-1967. Encyclopaedia cinematographica ; E530-E535. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:539224
  8. ONLINEHesio : eaubada ena riba aniona abo aba heatadi : catechism in language of South Cape, New Guinea. n.a. 1885. Sydney : Edward Lee. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:607661
  9. ONLINEDobu-English dictionary. Dixon, J. W. 197-?]. [Place of publication not identified : Publisher not identified. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:638084
  10. ONLINEEnglish-Dobu dictionary. Dixon, J. W. 1970. [Papua New Guinea : Publisher not identified. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:638103
  11. ONLINERhyme in the Pacific. Draper, John William, 1893-. 1959. West Virginia University bulletin, ser. 60, no. 2-1. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:874693
  12. ONLINEA comparative vocabulary of the dialects of British New Guinea. Ray, Sidney Herbert, 1858-1939. 1895. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:877897
  13. ONLINELanguages of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands. Lithgow, David. 1965. [Port Moresby] Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:878723
  14. ONLINEA school dictionary in the Dobu language. Grant, R. V. (Ralph Vernon). 1953. Samarai, Papua, Methodist Mission Press. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:879184
  15. ONLINESorcerers of Dobu; the social anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific. Fortune, Reo, 1903-1979. 1963. London, Routledge & K. Paul. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:879757
  16. ONLINEGosedao me Australia (A reading book in Dobuan about Australia and its people). Grant, R. V. (Ralph Vernon). 1953. East Cape, Methodist Mission Press. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:883473
  17. ONLINEAggrey goma Africa; a brief life of Aggrey of Africa, written in the Dobuan language. Grant, R. V. (Ralph Vernon). 1954. East Cape, Papua, Methodist Mission Press. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:897880
  18. ONLINE'Ida sena Papua; an introduction to the geography and history of Papua, written in the Dobuan language. Grant, R. V. (Ralph Vernon). 1954. East Cape, Papua, Methodist Mission Press. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:898621
  19. ONLINESorcerers of Dobu; the social anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the western Pacific. Fortune, Reo, 1903-1979. 1932. New York, E.P. Dutton. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:1173434
  20. ONLINEPhonologies of five P.N.G. languages. Summer Institute of Linguistics. 1977. Workpapers in Papua New Guinea languages ; v. 19. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:1304723
  21. ONLINEDobu iyaninao tetelidi = The fishes of Dobu. Pika, Aisea. 1975. Ukarumpa, P.N.G. : Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:1328908
  22. ONLINEEmwasala tubudao : Traditional folk tales, 1. Lithgow, David; Lithgow, Daphne. 1976. Ukarumpa, P.N.G. : Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:1328912
  23. ONLINESongs of Papua-New Guinea. Helfert, Roy. 1974. Milton, [Australia] : Jacaranda Press. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:1335991
  24. ONLINEMiscellaneous papers on Dobu and Arapesh. Loving, Richard; Summer Institute of Linguistics. Papua New Guinea Branch. 1978. Workpapers in Papua New Guinea languages ; v. 25. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:1362798
  25. ONLINEPapers in five Austronesian languages. n.a. 1975. Workpapers in Papua New Guinea languages ; v. 12. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:1462511
  26. ONLINEDobu-English dictionary. Lithgow, Daphne. 1984. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea : Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:1534655
  27. ONLINEStudies in componential analysis. Franklin, Karl J. (Karl James); Summer Institute of Linguistics. Papua New Guinea Branch. 1989. Data papers on Papua New Guinea languages ; vol. no. 36. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:1566623
  28. ONLINECulture change, language change : case studies from Melanesia. Dutton, Thomas Edward, 1935-. 1992. Pacific linguistics. Series C ; 120. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:1675390
  29. ONLINEOrthography and phonology database : highlands and Papuan Regions. Hemmil*a, Ritva; Summer Institute of Linguistics. 1999. Data papers on Papua New Guinea languages ; v. 44. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:1808241
  30. ONLINEVICAL : Papers from the Fifth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Auckland, New Zealand, January 1988. International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics 1988 : Auckland, N.Z.); Harlow, Ray; Hooper, Robin; Linguistic Society of New Zealand. 1989-. Auckland : Linguistic Society of New Zealand. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:1854622
  31. ONLINESorcerers of Dobu; the social anthropology of the Dobu islanders of the western Pacific. Fortune, Reo, 1903-1979. 1963. A Dutton paperback, D119. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:1936593
  32. ONLINEDobu : ethics of exchange on a Massim island, Papua New Guinea. Kuehling, Susanne. 2005. Adelaide, Australia : Crawford House. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:2364875
  33. ONLINEDobu : ethics of exchange on a Massim island, Papua New Guinea. Kuehling, Susanne. 2005. Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:2525385
  34. ONLINEA polymath anthropologist : essays in honour of Ann Chowning. Lyons, Harriet; Counts, Dorothy Ayers; Chowning, Ann; Gross, Claudia, 1960-; University of Auckland. Department of Anthropology. 2005. Research in anthropology & linguistics, 1174-5967 ; no. 6. oai:pacific.library.manoa.hawaii.edu:2877840

Other known names and dialect names: Central Dobu, Dawada-Siausi, Dobuan, Galubwa, Loboda, Roboda, Sanaroa, Ubuia

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