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Title:intonation 4
intonation_4
Documenting Totoli, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Contributor:Claudia
Winarno
Hasnawati
Gusti
Husrin
Apang
Japar I. Alamudi
Coverage:Indonesia
Date:2006-08-12
Description:Fourth attempt of CL to get intonational data on questions, declarations and imperatives by asking somebody to enact the prepared material. But as this instruction wasn't clear enough, WN just asked to read the sentences which caused some difficulties, as people are not used to read the Totoli language. As this was the second time the sentences were read out that evening, the reading is a bit more fluent than the first time.
Totoli ist eine Sprache, die im nördlichen Zentral-Sulawesi gesprochen wird. Obwohl sie üblicherweise als eine Sprache der Tomini-Tolitoli Gruppe bezeichnet wird, ist ihre genetische Abstammung unklar. Sie besitzt einige einzigartige strukturelle Charakteristika, die eine besondere Rolle in der Geschichte der austronesischen Valenzsysteme spielen (voice and applicatives). Obwohl die Sprechergemeinschaft heute eine muslimische Gesellschaft ist, die sich an den Werten des modernen indonesischen Mainstreams orientiert, haben die älteren Sprecher eine Reihe von Sprechritualen früherer Kulturformen bewahrt; dazu gehört auch eine Form eines verbalen Kampfes, der "Lelegesan" genannt wird. In diesem Projekt wird besonderes Gewicht auf die Einbeziehung von Daten aus Konversation in die Dokumentation gelegt, da dieses Genre meist in den Dokumentationen von Minoritätensprachen in Indonesien fehlt. Ein anderes Ziel ist die Vermittlung von Kompetenz im Bereich der Sprachdokumentation durch lokale und nationale Workshops in Indonesien.
Totoli is a language of northern Central Sulawesi still spoken by at most 5000 speakers. Although it is commonly named as a member of the Tomini-Tolitoli group, its genetic affiliation is unclear. It has some apparently unique structural characteristics which are of central importance to the history of Austronesian valency changing systems (voice and applicatives). While the Totoli speech community nowadays is a Muslim society adhering to the values and aspirations of the modern Indonesian mainstream, the older speakers still master a broad variety of verbal arts, including a form of verbal battling called “lelegesan”. In this project a special effort is being made to include conversational materials in the documentation as this genre is mostly missing in the existing documentations of minority languages in Indonesia. Another aim is a contribution to capacity building in the domain of language documentation through local and national workshops in Indonesia.
Third attempt of CL to get intonational data on questions, declarations and imperatives by asking somebody to enact the prepared material. But as this instruction wasn't clear enough, WN just asked to read the sentences which caused some difficulties as people are not used to read the Totoli language. But because the sentences were reproduced several times some quite natural utterances could be recorded.
Two children were also present.
CL is PhD student in this documentation project and conducts most of the fieldwork in Indonesia.
WN is last but one of seven siblings. Unmarried in 2005. Has been living in Palu for the last 8-10 years. Both parents are Totoli but at home mostly Indonesian was used. He has a reasonably good passive competence in Totoli, but active competence somewhat limited. Son of Salim Alamudi, brother of Hasnawati S. Alamudi, brother-in-law of Gusti Rahmat
Hasnawati is a sister of WN and married to GR. She is one of seven siblings. Both parents are Totoli, but at home mostly Indonesian was used.
GR is husband to Hasnawati S. Alamudi, and thus brother-in-law of WN
Husrin is a brother-in-law of WN, husband of his sister Salfia who lives in Tinabogan, Dondo.
Apang is a neighbour of GR and seems to belong also to the Alamudi family.
Japar I Alamudi is the son of Ibrahim Alamudi and Ibu Johora, first grade cousin of WN and brother of Rosma and Karmila.
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Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0014-C2C6-0
Publisher:Nikolaus Himmelmann; Claudia Leto; Sonja Riesberg
Universität zu Köln, Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
Subject:Stimuli
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Totoli language
Subject (ISO639):txe
Type:video
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Citation: Claudia; Winarno; Hasnawati; Gusti; Husrin; Apang; Japar I. Alamudi. 2006-08-12. Nikolaus Himmelmann; Claudia Leto; Sonja Riesberg.
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Country: Indonesia
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