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Title:funeral_rites_TTL
Documenting Totoli, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Contributor:Winarno
Ibrahim Saudah
Rizal
Claudia
Date:2008-08-21
Description:Pak Rizal explains the Totoli funeral rites in Totoli language after being asked to do so by WN. Before that he already explained the different rites for gentry and normal people in Indonesian.
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.
SR, Harun, Amri, Harun's wife and another man were also present.
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
Pak Ibrahim was the head of the departement for tourist affairs and before that head of the departement of education in Toli-Toli. He is now retired, but still active as "Ketua dewan adat" (chairman of the council for local traditions). He is married to Ibu Hj. Nurseha Bantilan and has five adult children. He claims to speak Bugis, Jawa, Kaili and English in addition to Totoli and Indonesian.
Pak Rizal lived in Malaysia for 29 years and only came back to to his native village Lalos, Kec. Galang, a couple of years ago. His last position in Malaysia was General Manager of of a land development society. By now he is general secretary of GP3A (Gabungan Perkumpulan Petani Pemakai Air, = Federation of associations for farmers using water) at Tende Lalos, Kec. Galang, and chair of Bidang Hukum dan Pengembbangan Budaya Tolitoli, Majelis Adat Kec. Galang (= Area (?) of law and cultural development Tolitoli, tradition's committee Kec. Galang). In his spare time he is a writer and artist. Pak Rizal knows many regional languages and a little bit of English.
CL is PhD student in this documentation project and conducts most of the fieldwork in Indonesia.
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Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_ED974AB5-9685-46D9-BD64-01FBE5673FA3
Publisher:Prof Dr Nikolaus Himmelmann; Claudia Leto, MA
Institut für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Subject:Discourse
Conversation
Unknown
Totoli language
Blafe language
Indonesian
Subject (ISO639):txe
bfh
Type:audio
video

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Citation: Winarno; Ibrahim Saudah; Rizal; Claudia. 2008-08-21. Prof Dr Nikolaus Himmelmann; Claudia Leto, MA.
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