Amazonian Languages Collection of Ernest Migliazza

Colección de Lenguas Amazonicas de Ernest Migliazza

Object Details

Collection LanguageKashinawa
Arutani
Ngäbere
Yanomamö
Katukína
Makiritari
Makushi
Máku
Marúbo
Bocotá
Shanenawa
Sanumá
Ninam
Yanam
Yanomámi
Sapé
Ticuna
Wapishana
Language PIDailla:119567
ailla:119550
ailla:119535
ailla:119548
ailla:119563
ailla:119553
ailla:119551
ailla:119549
ailla:119566
ailla:119498
ailla:119565
ailla:119547
ailla:119544
ailla:119545
ailla:119546
ailla:119555
ailla:119564
ailla:119552
Title [Indigenous]
Language of Indigenous Title
TitleAmazonian Languages Collection of Ernest Migliazza
Country(ies)Venezuela
Panama
Brazil
Collector(s)Migliazza, Ernest
Depositor(s)Migliazza, Ernest
Project/Collector Website
Description [Indigenous]
Language of Indigenous Description
DescriptionThis large collection of audio recordings from the 1960's includes songs, myths, Wayamó trade talk, narratives and Brazilian National Museum word list elicitations for many Amazonian languages, some of which are now extinct. There are also recordings in several languages of Panama.

The preservation of this collection was supported by the grant PD-50003-06 from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

List of resources in this collection by subject language:

Arutani (atx)
17: Swadesh 100 word list
29: Swadesh word list

Bocotá (sab)
3.A: Word List
3.B: Songs
4.A: Word List

Kanamarí (knm)
6.A: Word list 1 - 210

Kariana (spc)
30: Swadesh 100 word list

Kashinawa (cbs)
Word list and story by Abel
Word List

Katukína (knt)
Word List

Makiritari (mch)
22-2a: Words and sentences
25: Non-cultural word list

Makú (xak - AILLA previously used qaa)
31: National Museum list
32: National Museum list
33: National Museum list
34: Words and sentences
35: National Museum list
Plantation Song
Vocabulary pattern form

Makú, Multiple, Ninam (xak, mul, shb)
Halleluja Song #2
Halleluja Song #4
Halleluja Song #5
Halleluja Song #6

Makushi (mbc)
11-2: Words and sentences

Marúbo (qkf)
Word List and Songs
Stories

Multiple (mul)
4.B: Genealogical Discussion of Proto-Chibchan

Ngäbere (gym)
400 Word List and Relative Clauses
100 Word List
1A: 100 Word List and Relative Clauses
1B: 350 Word List

Ninam (shb)
2: Wayamó trade talk

Ninam, Multiple, Makú (shb, mul, xal)
Halleluja Song #1
Halleluja Song #3

Sanumá (xsu)
36: Lexical practice
22-1: Kinship terms and sentences
22-2B: Wayamó trade talk and amoa songs
23: National Museum List

Shanenawa (swo)
Word Lists

Ticuna (tca)
Word List

Wapishana (wap)
27: National Museum word list
28: Words and sentences

Yanam (shb)
Word List
3-2: Amoa songs and wayamó trade talk
4: Sentences
5: Words and sentences
6: Clauses & sentences
7: Sentences and texts
8: Stories, myths, and songs
9-2: Shiriana Songs
10: Old National Museum list
11-1: Words and sentences
12: Seven stories
13: Texts and sentences
14: National Museum questionnaire
15: Texts
16: National Museum word list
18: National Museum list
19: National Museum list
20: National Museum list
21: Wayamó trade talk

Shiriana Lingua Franca
Two Songs by Coão, now in Falsetto
Two Songs by Coão
IPA Chart of Shiriana Phonemes

Yanomámi (wca)
1: Wayamó trade talk
3-1: Amoa songs
37: Word List
38: Word List
References