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Title:RG90M-Flea
Myth: Flea (Tun)
Organization of a Text Collection in Trumai, Aiming at its Scientific Documentation
Contributor:Raquel
Contributor (consultant):Speaker1
Coverage:Brazil
Date:1990-07-23
Description:ENGLISH: A Trumai speaker narrates the myth about the flea, which in Trumai is called: tun. This is an old recording. ----- PORTUGUÊS: Um falante de Trumai narra o mito sobre a pulga, que em Trumai é chamada de: tun. Esta é uma gravação antiga.
The purpose of the project is to document Trumai, a genetically isolate language spoken in Brazil. The archive consists of a collection of texts in the language, plus other kinds of materials relative to the Trumai culture, such as photos, drawings, songs, educational materials, etc.
Myth about the flea.
The speaker talks in Trumai.
The myth is narrated by Speaker1. Sometimes he addresses the researcher (RG).
Raquel is a Brazilian linguist. She has been working with the Trumai people since 1989. She has a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Rice University (Houston, Texas, U.S.A).
Speaker1 was a native speaker of Trumai. He was considered the best storyteller of the Trumai people. He was also an expert in ritual chants, being very respected by other Xinguan groups. He had knowledge about medicinal plants and roots, and shamanism practices. He was old (above 70) when the died in 1995.
Format:audio/mp4
audio/x-wav
CC
Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:MPI539425
Documentation of Trumai
Identifier (URI):http://corpus1.mpi.nl/ds/imdi_browser?openpath=MPI539425%23
Publisher:Raquel Guirardello-Damian
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Subject:Discourse
Narrative
Trumai traditions
Trumai language
Trumaí
Subject (ISO639):tpy
Type:audio

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OaiIdentifier:  oai:www.mpi.nl:MPI539425
DateStamp:  2011-03-03
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Search Info

Citation: Raquel; Speaker1 (consultant). 1990-07-23. Raquel Guirardello-Damian.
Terms: area_Americas country_BR iso639_tpy

Inferred Metadata

Country: Brazil
Area: Americas


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