Diskussion:Torres-Inseln (Vanuatu)

Über Île Lonagavanoua

Guten Tag, (Entschuldigung, I'll speak English). Zollwurf is right. I know the Torres Islands very well, and I confirm that there is no island named Lonagavanoua:

• the supposed island is a peninsula
• it is not called Lonagavanoua, but Nēnye [ˈnɪnjə]
• Lonagavanoua is an attempt (very bad, as usual on maps drawn by non-linguists) to transcribe, using French spelling, the Hiw words Yo Nego Vönyö [ˌjɔnəˌɣɔβɵˈnjɵ]. But this word does not refer to the peninsula; it designates the whole eastern coast of the island, as opposed to Yo Vane [jɔˈβanə] the western coast.
• as for Tinemë Vönyö [ˌtinəˌmeβɵˈnjɵ] (literally ‘island's neck’), it designates the isthmus that ties the peninsula to the mainland.
• all this info is summarised on my toponymic map of Hiw; it is partly reflected on this map too.
• Sorry, but there is no publication (yet) that explains all this. This comes from my research.

In sum, you should remove the entry Lonaganavanoua from WP, and from the Torres-Inseln page. Tschüss, -- Womtelo 00:28, 10. Feb. 2011 (CET)