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oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1254345

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Title:Introduction to the Project (1)
FU0023
Documenting Lemo, a Dialect of Bai spoken in the Nujiang Valley of YunnaDocumenting Lemo, a Dialect of Bai spoken in the Nujiang Valley of Yunnan Province, Chinan Province, China
Contributor (consultant):Yang Zhouhui
Contributor (recorder):Fu
Contributor (speaker):Xiafudong
Coverage:China
Date:2017-07-12
Description:This is part 1 of the speech made by Xia Fudong, to introduce the language preservation project to the group gathered, before story telling began. It occurred at Jinzhegan’ s home at Jinman Village on July 27, 2017. Prior to the event, an announcement was made and publicized in community to invite villagers to come and share their Bani stories. Dinner is provided and the story tellers are promised to be compensated for their work. More than ten people shared their stories and some told multiple stories. People sat around fire pit and contributed to each other’s story. Other villagers walked in and out. The whole session lasted about 2 hours. The session was filmed by Jingqi Fu (principle researcher) and Yang Zhouhui (consultant+assistant) using Sony Camcorder Fdr-ax100 4k.
Lemo is considered a Northern Branch of the Bai language. It is spoken by 12,000 people in the Nujiang Valley of the Yunnan Province in China. Lemo culture and language faces a decline due to the encroachment of Lisu and Mandarin Chinese. The current project aims at working with the Language Community to document its language in its dynamic daily uses and cultural performances. It will produce a working orthography, a language learning manual, partially annotated digital audio and video materials that represent the cultural and linguistic practices, a dictionary, and a sketch grammar.
NWG:the story teller Fu:consent collector Xia:translator
Xia Fudong is a retired Teacher at Jinman village. He is fluent in Mandarin and often serves as an interpreter during the interviews. He is a major contributor to story telling.
Lead researcher
Yang Zhouhui is from Gejia Village. She has graduated from a vocational school with a major in education.
Format:video/mp4
audio/x-wav
Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1254345
MDP0350
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1254345%23
Publisher:Jingqi Fu
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Subject:Northern Bai language
Bai, Northern
Subject (ISO639):bfc
Type:Video
Audio

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OaiIdentifier:  oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1254345
DateStamp:  2019-02-19
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Citation: Xiafudong (speaker); Fu (recorder); Yang Zhouhui (consultant). 2017-07-12. Jingqi Fu.
Terms: area_Asia country_CN iso639_bfc

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Country: China
Area: Asia


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