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Bergsland, Knut, Ed. – 1998
An analysis of Aleut personal names is presented, derived from census data obtained during a 1790-1792 scientific expedition to the Aleutian Islands. The census contained about 1,500 different Aleut male names from 66 villages, listed alphabetically and interpreted here. Some identifiable female names are also included. The work also provides…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Eskimo Aleut Languages, Family (Sociological Unit), Females

Waters, Bruce, Comp. – 1983
A dictionary of Djinang, a member of the Nhangu group of Australian Aboriginal languages, consists of three parts. The first is an alphabetically-organized listing of Djinang words and contains one or more of these fields of information for each: a Djinang word or phrase, dialect information, part of speech, English meaning, Roget's Thesaurus…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Classification, Creoles, Definitions