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Title:Deadly Snakes and Scorpions
Qustan502
Documentation of the Beth Qustan Dialect of the Central Neo-Aramaic language, Turoyo
Contributor (consultant):Gevriye Altun
Coverage:Germany
Date:2016-09-05
Description:Gevriye speaks about deadly snake and scorpion bites in the village. He witnessed a girl being stung by a scorpion and she died instantly. He also tells us that he has been told that two men have been bitten by snakes and they too died instantly.
The Beth Qustan dialect of the Central Neo-Aramaic, Turoyo, which is the language of Tur 'Abdin, South Eastern Turkey, with an estimated 20 families remaining in the village.This project will document socio-cultural practices of the Turoyo speaking community in Tur 'Abdin, focusing on vernacular tales, particularly those that demonstrate cultural interaction between Muslims and Christians, including Muslim visitations to the shrines of Christian saints, and consultation of soothsayers by Christians.
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Gevriye was born in the village of Beth Qustan in 1946 and immegrated to Germany in 1969. He completed his education in the local traditional school of Beth Qustan.
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Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1050894
IPF0244
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1050894%23
Publisher:Mikael Oez
SOAS, University of London
Subject:Narrative
Turoyo language
English language
Subject (ISO639):tru
eng
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Archive:  Endangered Languages Archive
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OaiIdentifier:  oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1050894
DateStamp:  2017-03-25
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Citation: Gevriye Altun (consultant). 2016-09-05. Mikael Oez.
Terms: area_Asia area_Europe country_GB country_TR iso639_eng iso639_tru

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Country: United KingdomTurkey
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