OLAC Record oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1102216

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Title:		Las piedras escritas
		pesh_ndn_frh_t_20160418_02
		A cross-varietal documentation and description of Pesh, a Chibchan language of Honduras
Contributor (consultant):		Francisco
Contributor (researcher):		Claudine
Coverage:		Honduras
Date:		2016-04-18
Description:		Francisco Hernandez describes the history (or the myths) of the written stones found in the traditional of la Casa blanca, the white city. This is a mixing between history, reality and myth. Pesh speakers think that the Casa Blanca is the village where the Pesh came from. In this village some stones with apparently writing have been found. Francisco went to the village and tells that these stones were here. They have writings and drawing of faces and animals. He tells that these stones came from the sky and they feel as lightning.
		The general aim of the MDP0276 project is to document and describe three varieties of Pesh in eight villages, the most northern Chibchan language, and the only one spoken in Honduras. Pesh is classified as an isolate in the Chibchan family; it is the sole language that does not belong to Core Chibchan. Pesh is endangered: it has roughly 500 speakers, of whom 80% are more than 50 years old. Pesh is little described. The project has filled a gap, since no documentation or complete description has been carried out in the past. Various genres have been documented, in particular such endangered speech practices as prayers and ceremonial speech, and narratives related to traditional cooking and medicine. More than 30 hours have been recorded.
		He was born in Culmi and arrived in Las Marias in 1990, then he was one of the founder of Nuevo Dulce Nombre. He is living in Nuevo Dulce Nombre. Pesh is his first language. He learnt Spanish in School and Miskito in Las Marias. He speaks Spanish and Pesh with his spouse. He speaks Spanish and Miskito with his children. He speaks Miskito in the village and for working (in Las Marias).
		Responsable of the project
Format:		video/mp4
		audio/x-wav
		text/x-eaf+xml
		application/pdf
Identifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1102216
		MDP 0276
Identifier (URI):		https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1102216%23
Publisher:		Claudine Chamoreau
		CNRS
Subject:		Discourse/ritual
Type:		Video
		Audio
OLAC Info
Archive:		Endangered Languages Archive
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/soas.ac.uk
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OAI Info
OaiIdentifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1102216
DateStamp:		2019-03-07
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Search Info
Citation:		Francisco (consultant); Claudine (researcher). 2016-04-18. Claudine Chamoreau.