Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
National Museum of Natural History
Publication Year:
1999
Publication Place
Washington, USA
Physical Description:
8 Pages
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Fiji
Tonga
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34633
Legacy PEIN ID:
74634
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Fisheries - Languages - Tonga - Fiji
Fish names - Tonga - Fiji
Abstract
This article provides a record of fish names from two locations in the central Pacific, these being the Vava'u Islands of Tonga, and Taveuni area in northern Fiji. The Handbook for the Collection of Fish Names in Pacific Languages by G.L. Barnett provided a method for the collection of these data during field work at the two places which culturally are part of West Polynesia. Interviews and discussions with fishers yielded a record of the Tongan language names and Fijian language names of approximately 50 fishes that occur in the waters of these islands. These terms are collated with the English names and scientific identifications. The names are the contemporary ones used by Tongans and Fijians in the 1980s and 1990s. The word list is a reference document for marine scientists, fishers, environmentalists, and other work focussed on the maritime cultures of the Pacific, local languages and the nomenclature of fishes.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
National Museum of Natural History
Publication Year:
1999
Publication Place
Washington, USA
Physical Description:
8 Pages
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Fiji
Tonga
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34633
Legacy PEIN ID:
74634
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 06-May-2008
Record Modified: 23-Feb-2021