Published September 27, 2017 | Version v1

tɾumaj wankate ̪ daint'a: ̪ kowow 'A Trumai narrative: the Smooth-billed Ani'

  • 1. University of Bristol, England and Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi

Description

The story of the Smooth-billed Ani (a type of bird in the cuckoo family1 ) is a myth
told by the Trumai people of the central region of Brazil. It was video recorded
in 2000 by the author (Raquel Guirardello-Damian) and narrated by Kumaru
Trumai, a middle-aged woman who has since died. She learned it from her father,
Ɨnɨtɨarɨ, a great and respected storyteller. The myth was later transcribed and
analyzed with the assistance of a young man, Tarukuy, who is bilingual in Trumai
and Portuguese. The text is presented in its phonological form with IPA symbols,
followed by English glosses and free translation. 

 

This dataset contains the mediafiles. A glossed version with annotations is found in

On this and other worlds -- Voices from Amazonia
Edited by Kristine Stenzel and Bruna Franchetto

 

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