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oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1193360

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Title:The Murder of Olme
GT1_1
The languages of northern Ambrym
Contributor (consultant):George Tumokon
Contributor (researcher):Michael Franjieh
Contributor (translator):George Andrew
Coverage:Vanuatu
Date:2010-06-12
Description:George Tumokon tells the story of Olme from Lirri who having just returned from working on the sugarcane plantations in Queensland embarked on an affair with Chief Tatator's wife. The wife became fed up with Olme and told her husband. They hatched a plan to kill Olme. The wife invited into her house one night, when he crept in Tatator killed him with his pig-killing club. They buried him in a shallow grave under their cooking fire. Only much later did news of this murder come out. Linguistically this is inthe Ngeye dialect. File Description: This bundle contains audio, video and a PDF of the FLEX export. The PDF is glossed and translated into English and Bislama.
George Tumokon i telem wan storian blong Olme, wan man blong Lirri, I kambak from kwinslan mo i bin stilim woman blong wan jif Tatato. Woman ia i taed blong Olme mo i singaotem man blong hem. Tufala i wantem kilim Olme, Woman ia i singatem hem i kam long haos long naet. Tataor i bin wet long hem mo kilim hem wetem wan nalnal blong kilim pig. Oli berem hem ananit long faea.
Born and lived in Konkon. Mother born in Neuha, Father from Fonwor. Deceased
Born in Ranon. Lives in Ranvetlam. Mother from Fanbo, Father from Lele (West Ambrym).
Linguist
Format:video/mp4
audio/x-wav
application/pdf
Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1193360
IGS0084, IPD0216
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1193360%23
Subject:narrative
traditional narrative
North Ambrym language
English language
Bislama language
Subject (ISO639):mmg
eng
bis
Type:Video
Audio

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Archive:  Endangered Languages Archive
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OaiIdentifier:  oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1193360
DateStamp:  2018-07-07
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Citation: George Tumokon (consultant); George Andrew (translator); Michael Franjieh (researcher). 2010-06-12. Endangered Languages Archive.
Terms: area_Europe area_Pacific country_GB country_VU iso639_bis iso639_eng iso639_mmg

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Country: United KingdomVanuatu
Area: EuropePacific


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