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oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1072006

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Title:First visit of Tombakopa
Y15_Canon_0103
Audio-visual documentation of Meakambut ways of speaking
Contributor (researcher):Darja
Contributor (speaker):John
Mak
Parayp
Yakalok
Coverage:PNG
Date:2015-06-13
Description:A conversation while cooking a meal
The Meakambut are semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers, numbering about 60, moving between camps and rock shelters in their mountainous territory in East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea. As one of very few semi-nomadic groups in Melanesia, they are key for understanding the (socio)linguistic situation which would have prevailed before agriculture. Apart from basic word-lists there has been no prior research on the language. Using observational filming to supplement basic linguistic and ethnographic documentation, this project provides audio-visual documentation and analysis of a variety of Meakambut speech practices, embedded in rich ethnographic data.
In this video John, Mak, Parayp and Yakalok are cooking a meal after arriving at Tombakopa
age estimated John is fluent in TP, as he spent extended periods in other places
age estimated can sing in Anday, Enga, fluent in TP
age estimated Parayp has a basic knowledge of Tok Pisin.
age estimated fluent in TP, spent extended periods of time in other places. can understand a bit of Anday, a litttle less of Enga Learned a bit of Awiakay when assisting my research in Kanjimei quick learner, good language assistant, VERY communicative
Darja's mother tongue is Slovene, her working languages are Tok Pisin and English. She is fluent in Tok Pisin and Awiakay, but has only basic knowledge of Meakambut. She's the researcher and filmmaker.
Format:video/mp4
text/plain
Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1072006
IPF0221
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1072006%23
Publisher:Darja Hoenigman
The Australian National University
Subject:Conversation
Meakambut
Tok Pisin language
Subject (ISO639):tpi
Type:Video

OLAC Info

Archive:  Endangered Languages Archive
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OaiIdentifier:  oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1072006
DateStamp:  2017-11-08
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Search Info

Citation: John (speaker); Mak (speaker); Parayp (speaker); Yakalok (speaker); Darja (researcher). 2015-06-13. Darja Hoenigman.
Terms: area_Pacific country_PG iso639_tpi

Inferred Metadata

Country: Papua New Guinea
Area: Pacific


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