John Z'graggen

John Z'graggen (an haife shi Hans Anton Z'gratgen a ranar 24 ga ga watan Yuni shekara ta 1932 a Schattdorf, Canton na Uri, Switzerland; ya mutu a ranar 20 ga Mayu 2013 a Menzingen, Switzerland) ya kasance firist na Roman Katolika na Switzerland, mai wa'azi, masanin harshe, kuma masanin ilimin ɗan adam wanda aka sani da aikinsa mai yawa a kan yarukan Papua da Oceanic, musamman yarukan Madang. [1] Ya kuma rubuta harsuna a lardunan Sepik, Manus, da Gulf.[2][3]

## Tarihin rayuwa
Z'graggen ya halarci Kwalejin St. Gabriel a Mödling, inda ya kammala karatu tare da difloma a Ethnology a 1961. Ya koma Madang a 1963, inda ya fara rubuta Harsunan Madang na gida. A cikin 1965 ko 1966, ya shiga Jami'ar Kasa ta Australiya, inda ya kammala karatun digiri na Classificatory da nazarin nau'ikan a cikin harsunan Gundumar Madang a shekarar 1969. An buga rubutun a cikin 1971 tare da ƙarin bayanan filin.

A shekara ta 1981, ya shiga sabuwar Cibiyar Maganar Allah (DWI; daga baya aka sake masa suna Jami'ar Maganar Allah). Ya kafa kuma ya jagoranci Cibiyar Bincike ta DWI a shekarar ta 1984. Z'graggen ya ci gaba da yin bincike kan ilimin ɗan adam da ilimin harshe na Madang har sai an sanya shi ya koma Switzerland a 1991. 

Yawancin rikodin tef na Z'graggen da bayanan filin ana kiyaye su a Gidan Tarihi na Al'adu na Basel, da kuma Jami'ar Magana ta Allah a Madang. 

## Littattafai

### Ilimin Harshe
Z'graggen ya tattara jerin kalmomi da yawa na yarukan Madang, da yawa daga cikinsu an buga su a matsayin litattafai ta Pacific Linguistics:

* 1975. *Harsunan Gundumar Madang, Papua New Guinea* . Canberra: Ilimin harshe na Pacific. 
* 1980. *Jerin kalmomi na kwatankwacin yarukan Rai Coast, Lardin Madang, Papua New Guinea*. Canberra: Ilimin harshe na Pacific.  ya kamata a yi amfani da shi:
* 1980. *Jerin kalmomi na Arewacin Adelbert Range, Lardin Madang, Papua New Guinea*. Canberra: Ilimin harshe na Pacific.  ya kamata a yi amfani da shi:
* 1980. *Jerin kalmomi na kwatankwacin Harsunan Mabuso, Lardin Madang, Papua New Guinea*. Canberra: Ilimin harshe na Pacific.  ya kamata a yi amfani da shi:
* 1980. *Jerin kalmomi na Kudancin Adelbert Range, Lardin Madang, Papua New Guinea*. Canberra: Ilimin harshe na Pacific.  ya kamata a yi amfani da shi:

* 1975. Ƙananan ɓangaren Madang-Adelbert Range. A cikin yarukan yankin New Guinea da nazarin harshe, vol. 1: *Harsunan Papua da yanayin harshe na New Guinea*, ed. A cikin S. A. Wurm, 569-612. Canberra: Ilimin harshe na Pacific.  ya kamata a yi amfani da shi:
* 1975.  (tare da Donald C. Laycock) The Sepik-Ramu Phylum . A cikin yarukan yankin New Guinea da nazarin harshe, vol. 1: Harsunan Papuan da yanayin harshe na New Guinea, ed. A cikin S. A. Wurm, 731-763. Canberra: Ilimin harshe na Pacific.  ya kamata a yi amfani da shi:

### Tarihin kabilanci
Z'graggen ya rubuta abubuwa da yawa game da tatsuniyoyi da ilimin sararin samaniya na mutanen Madang. Wasu daga cikin littattafansa game da tatsuniyoyin Madang sune:

* 1992. *Kuma ta haka ne ya zama mutum da duniya*. [Inda Aka Ɗauko Hoto da ke shafi na 9]
* 1995. *Halitta ta hanyar mutuwa da yaudara*. [Inda Aka Ɗauko Hoto da ke shafi na 9]
* 1996. *Kuma ta haka ne ya zama Allah*. [Inda Aka Ɗauko Hoto da ke shafi na 9]
* 2011. Lady Daria da Mister Kamadonga: Labari ne na Papua New Guinea . Gidan Crawford na Ostiraliya.

## Manazarta