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oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1311544

Metadata
Title:A description about CORI BIHA literally 'steal marriage'
cori_biha_02
Linguistic Description and Comprehensive Documentation of Mewahang, an undescribed Tibeto-Burman Language of Nepal
Contributor (speaker):Hem Raj
Coverage:Nepal
Date:2018-05-25
Description:A description is about the love marriage (cori biha 'steal marriage' in Mewahang community.
He tells this description in Nepali language instead of speaking into his own mother tongue Mewahang which is a proof of language engangerment of Mewahang and shifting into Nepali language.
He contributes a few chant of Mewahang ritual. He also tells a description of Mewahang ritual aspect. As a proof of how the Mewahang language is being shifted into Nepali. He describes the tradition of Mewahang in Nepali language. The chant or Mantra is on Mewahang language but all other description is in Nepali. In the village of Tamku, All Mewahang people speak only Nepali lanuage and they do not speak the Mewahang language and also they do not understand too.
Format:video/mp4
audio/x-wav
text/x-eaf+xml
Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1311544
IPF0253
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1311544%23
Subject:Discourse
Description
Western Meohang language
Mewahang, Western
Subject (ISO639):raf
Type:Video
Audio

OLAC Info

Archive:  Endangered Languages Archive
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OAI Info

OaiIdentifier:  oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1311544
DateStamp:  2019-06-25
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Search Info

Citation: Hem Raj (speaker). 2018-05-25. Endangered Languages Archive.
Terms: area_Asia country_NP iso639_raf

Inferred Metadata

Country: Nepal
Area: Asia


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