OLAC Record oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1074278

Metadata
Title:		Inland sea and origin of living beings
		Y16_Canon_0435
		Audio-visual documentation of Meakambut ways of speaking
Contributor (researcher):		Darja
Contributor (speaker):		Kapukam
Coverage:		PNG
Date:		2016-01-12
Description:		Myth
		The Meakambut are semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers, numbering about 60, moving between camps and rock shelters in their mountainous territory in East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea. As one of very few semi-nomadic groups in Melanesia, they are key for understanding the (socio)linguistic situation which would have prevailed before agriculture. Apart from basic word-lists there has been no prior research on the language. Using observational filming to supplement basic linguistic and ethnographic documentation, this project provides audio-visual documentation and analysis of a variety of Meakambut speech practices, embedded in rich ethnographic data.
		A story about ancient sea. Only a wild breadfruit jutted out of the sea. A vine grew on it, its name was Parmaŋgum. It produced a possum. First a male, then a female. The possum then bore a man. This is how the earth got populated. Parmaŋgum, the vine, produced a kapul, and the kapuls (possums) gave birth to man, so the population became big.
		age estimated At the time of research Kapukam was the oldest man in the group. He can understand and speak a little bit of Anday and Enga, but is not fluent in either. His Tok Pisin is basic, but can communicate in it. He also knows a bit of Awiakay.
		Darja's mother tongue is Slovene, her working languages are Tok Pisin and English. She is fluent in Tok Pisin and Awiakay, but has only basic knowledge of Meakambut. She's the researcher and filmmaker.
Format:		video/mp4
		text/plain
Identifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1074278
		IPF0221
Identifier (URI):		https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1074278%23
Publisher:		Darja Hoenigman
		The Australian National University
Subject:		Narrative
		Meakambut
		Tok Pisin language
Subject (ISO639):		tpi
Type:		Video
OLAC Info
Archive:		Endangered Languages Archive
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/soas.ac.uk
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for OLAC format
GetRecord:		Pre-generated XML file
OAI Info
OaiIdentifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1074278
DateStamp:		2017-11-08
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
Search Info
Citation:		Kapukam (speaker); Darja (researcher). 2016-01-12. Darja Hoenigman.
Terms:		area_Pacific country_PG iso639_tpi
Inferred Metadata
Country:		Papua New Guinea
Area:		Pacific