Indonesian-Fijian dictionary

Indonesian-Fijian dictionary

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Linguists from Cendrawasih University
(Uncen) in Jayapura and Papua New Guinea's National University
are working on an Indonesian-English-Fijian dictionary to bridge
the gap between the countries.

Rector of the UNCEN, Frans A. Wospakrik, said here Tuesday the
dictionary will be published early next year.

He said the dictionary would help ease communication problems
between governments and the people of Indonesia and Papua New
Guinea. To date, language has been a handicap to communication.

"Compiling the dictionary was a goal of the International
Melanesian Linguistic Conference held in Jayapura in 1994," he
said.

Besides creating the Indonesian-English-Fijian dictionary,
Wospakrik said the two universities had approved an exchange of
students and lecturers.

"We have sent an Indonesian language lecturer to teach in
NUPNG, while four students from the NUPNG have been learning the
Indonesian language at UNCEN," he said. (swe)