Letters written by various missionaries, e.g. Johannes Zimmermann and Christian Buhl, and the British and Foreign Bible Society concerning the printing of literature in the Ga language. Several letters about the new edition of the Ga-bible and the…
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.)
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…
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.
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).
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