Spoken Rimi, Lessons 1-3, 1961 August 25

Recordings from Howard Olson's collection of materials from his work with Rimi (Nyaturu). This recording is described as "exercises from spoken Rimi lessons", and features various sets of minimal pairs, illustrating the role of characteristics such as tone, vowel height and length, as well as recordings exhibiting the consonants of Rimi that may not be familiar to an English speaker. Subsections within this recording are as follows: 00:00-04:21: Lesson 1: Tonal Differences; 04:22-23:01: Lesson 2: Non-English Sounds; 23:02-26:29: Lesson 3: Vowel Length.
This recording is part of the Howard Olson Family Papers, located at the Yale Divinity School Library. Reference for access to this particular item within this collection is:
Howard Olson Family Papers (RG 238), Special Collections, Yale Divinity School Library. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/4/archival_objects/3236953
This material has been made openly accessible here by permission.