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oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1281818

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Title:Hymn 1
ninde062
Ninde documentation and orthographic design project
Contributor (singer):Letpen
Contributor (translator):Letpen
Coverage:Vanuatu
Date:2016-07-15
Description:Elder Letpen sings a hymn from the hymnal Ol Sing Blong Niu Laef (Book 4, Hymn #971) that she had translated from Bislama into Ninde - it is one of several hymns the she has translated or composed over the years. The hymn number she reports is not in this hymnal, but appears to be set to the tune of "Down by the Suwanee River."
Elda Letpen i singim wan singsing we i kam long Ol Sing Blong Niu Laef (Buk 4, Namba #971). Hem i bin tanem singsing long Bislama i go long Ninde - hem i wan long plante we hem i bin tanem hem o raetem hem tru long yias. Namba blong singsing ia i no stap long buk ia, be hem i luk se jun blong hem i kam long singsing "Down by the Suwanee River".
This project is concerned with the documentation of Ninde, a threatened Central Malekula (Oceanic) language spoken in five villages in the South West Bay region of Malekula island of Vanuatu. Ninde is almost entirely undocumented; there is a sketch grammar based on data from one young speaker. The language is spoken by at most 1000 people, and in four of the five villages is not being transmitted to children. One of the immediate goals of this project is the community-led creation of an orthography and possibly even pedagogical materials in order to facilitate Ninde-language education and preserve traditional knowledge.
Format:audio/x-wav
video/mp4
Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1281818
SG0424
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1281818%23
Publisher:Caroline Crouch
University of California, Santa Barbara
Subject:Singing
Labo language
Ninde
Bislama language
Subject (ISO639):mwi
bis
Type:Audio
Video

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Archive:  Endangered Languages Archive
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OaiIdentifier:  oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1281818
DateStamp:  2019-04-03
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Citation: Letpen (singer); Letpen (translator). 2016-07-15. Caroline Crouch.
Terms: area_Pacific country_VU iso639_bis iso639_mwi

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Country: Vanuatu
Area: Pacific


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