Sources
The project employs various sources such as:
- the journal of George Augustus Robinson
- the records of the French d'Entrecasteaux expedition of 1793
- word lists compiled by Brian Plomley
- the recordings of Fanny Cochrane Smith, one of the last native speakers
Another source of material for the project is community knowledge where a surprising number of words, phrases and snippets of lore have survived. The reconstruction project also uses linguistic data of related mainland native languages if necessary.
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