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oai:www.mpi.nl:MPI1053650

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Title:Dugout canoe
dugout canoe
Documentation and desription of Lokono
Contributor (consultant):Lorrita Lingaard
Coverage:Suriname
Date:2009-11-23
Description:A short narrative about how Indians in Washabo/Apoera build the traditional dugout canoe called ‘kojarha’. The process itself and the uses of the canoe are mentioned.
This project aims at creating a lasting record of multimedia texts documenting the speech of the Lokono, the speakers of a moribund Arawakan language. Lokono is still spoken by few elderly members of the communities in French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana and Venezuela. However, the geographical proximity of the Lokono settlements to the urban and coastal Creole settlements, exposes them to their constant influence. Speaking mostly the official language or the creole lingua franca, the non-Amerindian communities propel the process of linguistic and cultural erosion among the Lokono. In cooperation with the Lokono communities, we intend to document and describe the Lokono language, focusing on such aspects as dialectal differences, the grammar of space and the native terminology for the local fauna and flora. The outcomes of the project will include a collection of audio-visual recordings, a publication on the perception and expression of space in Lokono and a lexicographical publication on the indigenous knowledge of the local plants and animals.
Format:video/mp4
audio/x-wav
video/x-mpeg1
video/x-mpeg2
text/x-eaf+xml
Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:MPI1053650
Identifier (URI):http://corpus1.mpi.nl/ds/imdi_browser?openpath=MPI1053650%23
Publisher:Konrad Rybka
University of Amsterdam
Subject:Arawak language
Lokono
Subject (ISO639):arw
Type:video
audio

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OAI Info

OaiIdentifier:  oai:www.mpi.nl:MPI1053650
DateStamp:  2010-09-10
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Citation: Lorrita Lingaard (consultant). 2009-11-23. Konrad Rybka.
Terms: area_Americas country_SR iso639_arw

Inferred Metadata

Country: Suriname
Area: Americas


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