German-Nauran Dictionary
In 1907, still living in Nauru, Delaporte published his pocket German-Nauruan dictionary (Taschenwörterbuch Deutsch-Nauru), some of which is relicated in the table below.
The dictionary is small, measuring about 4" x 5" (10.5 cm x 14 cm) in size. The book was of nearly 100 pages, with 65 devoted to a glossary and a dozen to alphabetically arranged phrases in German and Nauruan. Some 1650 German words appear in the dictionary, along with about 1300 'unique' Nauruan forms (excluding diacritical marks).
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