OLAC Record oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1102626

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Title:		John Kingston working with Juana and Francisco Hernandez
		Pesh_car_2017_19_John
		A cross-varietal documentation and description of Pesh, a Chibchan language of Honduras
Contributor (consultant):		Juana
		Francisco
Contributor (researcher):		John
Coverage:		Honduras
Date:		2017-05-18
Description:		John Kingston working with Juana and Francisco Hernandez
		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 and Pesh is her first language. She lived in Culmi, then she arrives with her family in Las Marias in 1990 where they lived during 15 years. In 2005, they moved to Moradel. She is married with Hernan Martinez who also speaks Pesh. She has had 12 children, but only 8 are alive. She speaks Pesh with her children, they all understand this language but only some speak it.
		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).
		professor of phonology at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) agreed in 2016 to describe the phonetics and tonology of Pesh and to conduct fieldwork in Honduras in 2017
Format:		image/jpeg
Identifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1102626
		MDP 0276
Identifier (URI):		https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1102626%23
Publisher:		Claudine Chamoreau
		CNRS
Subject:		Picture
Type:		Image
OLAC Info
Archive:		Endangered Languages Archive
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/soas.ac.uk
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1102626
DateStamp:		2019-03-07
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Citation:		Juana (consultant); Francisco (consultant); John (researcher). 2017-05-18. Claudine Chamoreau.