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Title:El sumbre
pesh_ndn_alm_t_20160417_02
A cross-varietal documentation and description of Pesh, a Chibchan language of Honduras
Contributor:Angel
Contributor (consultant):Alba Esperanza
Coverage:Honduras
Date:2016-04-17
Description:Alba Esperanza Martinez describes how her father, a traditional shaman, could blow on the body of patients and treat them when they had a disease. He used a common reed grass to blow on all the parts of the body, from the head to the feet. He also handled the body of the patients. All the processes were accompanied by music and ritual discourses. He could reduce the fever and then cure them.
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.
She was born in Culmi. She is living in Nuevo Dulce Nombre. Pesh is her first language. She learnt Spanish in School and Miskito in Las Marias. She speaks Spanish and Miskito with her husband and children.
He was born in Culmi. He is living in Moradel. Spanish is his first language and he learnt Pesh at home with his parents.He began speaking Pesh 10 years ago. He learnt Miskito in Las Marias. He speaks Spanish and Pesh with his spouse and children. He is teacher and a leader in his village
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Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1102238
MDP 0276
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1102238%23
Publisher:Claudine Chamoreau
CNRS
Subject:Discourse
Type:Video
Audio

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Citation: Alba Esperanza (consultant); Angel. 2016-04-17. Claudine Chamoreau.


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