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Skotchiau village recordings

Layer: PARADISEC collections
Link back to source:: https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/LSR2
Type: Other

Details

Latitude: -2.946
Longitude: 140.8145
Start Date: 2002-12-01
End Date: 2002-12-01

Description

Five cassette tapes recorded in Skotchiau (Skotiau) village, Sandaun Province at the end of 2002/beginning of 2003. Languages include: Mnanki: In 2002 noted to be quite strong, kids learning, probably about 100 speakers in Skotiau village, and apparently also spoken in other villages. Probably classified as a variety of Manem. Manem: In 2002 noted to be in a similar situation to Mnanki (not as strong as Mnanki in Skotiau village but is apparently spoken in 5 other villages). Arso: Small amount recorded with a single female speaker, living in Skotchiau village, no other details known. Other languages spoken in the village in 2002 included Tok Pisin and Papuan Malay/Bahasa. No more recent information has been gathered by this researcher.

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Source

https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/LSR2

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