Darrell Tryon, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDarrell Tryon
New Zealand linguist
Date of Birth: 20-Jul-1942
Date of Death: 15-May-2013
Profession: academic, linguist
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Darrell Tryon
- Darrell T.
- Tryon (20 July 1942 – 15 May 2013) was a New Zealand-born linguist, academic, and specialist in Austronesian languages.
- Specifically, Tryon specialised in the study of the languages of the Pacific Islands, particularly Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, and the French-speaking Pacific.From 1970 to 1971, Tryon completed the first systematic study of the languages of Vanuatu, known at the time as the New Hebrides.
- His study, which collected a list of vocabulary words from communities throughout the islands, determined that there were more than one hundred distinct languages in Vanuatu.
- Tryon determined that the modern, indigenous languages of Vanuatu are part of Austronesian language family.Tryon began to study the languages of the Solomon Islands beginning in 1978.
- He was also authored works on the pidgin and creole languages of the Pacific Islands, including Pijin of the Solomon Islands and Bislama of Vanuatu.
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