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letters and minutes of a conference discussing the differences in writing of Ga and Twi words

Die meisten Briefe sind von Joh. G. Christaller / most letters by Joh. G. Christaller

Folder containing 9 items: 7 letters concerning the editing of two new reading-books for Primary schools and a 29 page report written by Missionary Rottmann.

letters by various missionaries concerning the reprinting of the Old Testament in Twi, some letters by the British and Foreign Bible Society, also containing lists of printing mistakes in the Old Testament of the Twi-Bible

Folder containing 4 items, all of them concerning the editing of a hymn-book in the Twi language (discussions about the usefulness of a hymn-book with tunes etc.)

Folder containing 2 letters by A. Jehle concerning a new edition of the Twi hymn-book 1910

Orthography of the Twi language. Contains 26 items, mainly letters written by D. Westermann of the International Institute for African Languages and Cultures, London (Internationales Institut für Afrikanische Sprachen und Kulturen), addressed to…

Translation of an English report on the languages of Ghana and the way of printing them.

Letter commenting on Martinson's "Outline of a Common Script for the Akan languages". Written in English. Plus 5 items about the pronunciation and change in the writing of Twi words.

1 manuscript by Christaller; 20 pages, and a number of uncoordinated drafts on the same subject.

E.g. a proposed primer in Twi by W. Rottmann. Including 5 letters on the subject written by Rottmann himself 1889-1891 and addressed to Christaller.

Extracts from "Becker, Organism of languages." Apparently in Christaller's handwriting.

Remarks concerning regulations for congregations, in Ga. By Br. Heck. In Christaller's handwriting.

Miscellaneous manusscripts and notes by Christaller.

Miscellaneous manusscripts and apparently uncoordinated notes on language problems (mainly Twi), including a draft of a letter to Prof. Lepsius

Copy of a travel report to German Togo.

43 exercise-books mostly with test papers on various subjects, written by students of Abetifi Teachers' Seminary in 1912.

Cardboard folder containing documents dealing with the differences between A. Riis (BV 124) and the Danish Governor 1836-1838 (II. 1-10) and his leaving the mission in 1846 (II a).

3 typescripts on the mission church in Ghana. By I. Bello], 1915 and 1918. 28 pages plus 24 pages, and a handwritten essay on the same subject by F. Renz, 1918 (?)
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