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oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1083719

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Title:Savkan and Kusunkuma // Савкан и Кусункума
DIN_savkan
Documentation of Negidal, a nearly extinct Northern Tungusic language of the Lower Amur
Contributor:E. Kalinina
O. Birjuk
Contributor (annotator):B. Pakendorf
Contributor (speaker):D.I. Nadeina
Contributor (translator):D.I. Nadeina
Coverage:Russia
Date:2007-08-10
Description:This is the tale of two brothers, the elder of whom takes a fairy-like woman for a wife, who escapes after duping the younger brother into bringing her her wings. The elder brother then sets off to find her and has to overcome several obstacles to get her back. The names of the brothers are Savkan, which means "all-knowing" and Kusunkuma, which means "very strong person". This is most probably a fairy tale from some other ethnic group that was translated into Negidal by Daria Nadeina's deceased sister Tamara, which DIN then read. Recorded in 2007 by Elena Kalinina and Olga Biriouk. A first transcription and translation into Russian were done in Word by members of the Kalinina team. The text was retranscribed and time-aligned in ELAN by Brigitte Pakendorf, and the transcription was checked and a more accurate Russian translation, where necessary, was provided by Daria Nadeina in March 2017. Glossed by Brigitte Pakendorf, questions checked with Daria Nadeina. // Сказка про двух братьев, Савкан ("все-знающий") и Кусункума ("силач"). Старший, Кусункума, женится на женщине-колдунье, которая хитростью убеждает Савкана принести ей спрятанные крылья, чтобы она могла улететь. Кусункума ее преследует и должен преодолеть много препятствий, чтобы получить ее обратно.
This project focuses on the documentation of Negidal, a highly moribund Northern Tungusic language spoken by at most a handful of individuals on the Amgun’ and Lower Amur rivers in the Russian Federation. The language comprises two dialects, Upper and Lower Negidal, of which the latter might already be extinct. The project will result primarily in an extensive corpus of interlinearized texts from the Upper dialect together with accompanying audio recordings.
Linguist working on previously collected data.
Linguist involved in data collection 2005-2010.
A student who accompanied EK to the field in 2007.
Worked in the kindergarten as teacher and director, worked as a schoolteacher, in a shop, and also in the village administration. Is very active in maintaining Negidal culture and the language.
Format:audio/x-wav
application/pdf
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Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1083719
MDP0346
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1083719%23
Publisher:Brigitte Pakendorf
DDL, CNRS & Université Lyon 2
Subject:Folklore
English language
Russian language
Undetermined language
Negidal
Subject (ISO639):eng
rus
und
Type:Audio

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Archive:  Endangered Languages Archive
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OaiIdentifier:  oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1083719
DateStamp:  2018-03-19
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Citation: B. Pakendorf (annotator); E. Kalinina; O. Birjuk; D.I. Nadeina (speaker); D.I. Nadeina (translator). 2007-08-10. Brigitte Pakendorf.
Terms: area_Europe country_GB country_RU iso639_eng iso639_rus iso639_und

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Country: United KingdomRussian Federation
Area: Europe


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