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Title:Origem dos Trumai
Origem_dos_Trumai
Organization of a Text Collection in Trumai, Aiming at its Scientific Documentation
Contributor:Raquel
Contributor (consultant):Speaker1
Coverage:Brazil
Date:2004-05-15
Description:ENGLISH: Analysis of a text about the history of the Trumai people. The narrative analyzed here is from the session RG91H-Migration; it was recorded in 1991 with an old Trumai speaker, who is already deceased. He describes how the Trumai people came to live in the Xingu region. The text was narrated in Trumai; it was transcribed and translated into Portuguese with the help of bilingual consultants, and it was analyzed by the researcher. ----- PORTUGUÊS: Análise de um texto sobre a história dos Trumai. A narrativa aqui analisada está no arquivo RG91H-Migration, e foi gravada em 1991, com um velho Trumai já falecido. Ele descreve como os Trumai vieram viver no Xingu. O texto foi narrado na língua Trumai; foi transcrito e traduzido para o Português com a ajuda de informantes bilingües e analisado pela pesquisadora.
The purpose of the project is to document Trumai, a genetically isolate language spoken in Brazil. The archive consists of a collection of texts in the language, plus other kinds of materials relative to the Trumai culture, such as photos, drawings, songs, educational materials, etc.
Study about the narrative of origin of the Trumai people.
The study is presented in Portuguese. There are terms and names in Trumai.
The study was based on a text narrated by Speaker1. The analysis was conducted by the researcher (Raquel).
Speaker1 was a native speaker of Trumai. He was considered the best storyteller of the Trumai people. He was also an expert in ritual chants, being very respected by other Xinguan groups. He had knowledge about medicinal plants and roots, and shamanism practices. He was old (above 70) when the died in 1995.
Raquel is a Brazilian linguist. She has been working with the Trumai people since 1989. She has a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Rice University (Houston, Texas, U.S.A).
Format:application/pdf
Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0015-1D52-6
Documentation of Trumai
Publisher:Raquel Guirardello-Damian
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Subject:Studies
Historical
Study on History
Trumai language
TRUMAÍ
Portuguese language
PORTUGUESE
Subject (ISO639):tpy
por

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Citation: Speaker1 (consultant); Raquel. 2004-05-15. Raquel Guirardello-Damian.
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