txu-ailla-bstross-b.wav

Object Details

Language(s)English
Tzeltal
Language PID(s)ailla:119495
ailla:119666
Content typeprimary text
Date Created1964-04-26
Date Archived2020-12-04T04:11:27-06:00
Technical DescriptionThe content notes below were made by AILLA staff in 2020.
txu-ailla-bstross-b.wav:
00:00 Brian Stross addresses Brent Berlin in English, giving updates on his fieldwork and tells about the beginning of his work collecting plant names along a trail. Tells of Alonzo's bout of malaria. Collecting secondary color terms. Majosik' census report. Eating tropical fruits. Farewells in Tseltal.
05:12 Stross says "Can you guess what this is? What language?" Then a child begins to sing.
10:27 Some animal calls and some whistles for people given by Don Manik.
11:35 Whistling for a girlfriend to come out
11:48 When a man visits another man and doesn't want to enter the house
12:16 The visitor can whistle in this fashion
12:30 The owner of the house can whistle to ask "what?" or to let the visitor know that they're home
12:52 Calling chickens
13:02 Calling chicks
13:11 Calling adult turkeys
13:18 Calling baby turkeys
13:27 Calling a dog
13:40 Calling a dog in order to get it to come back to the trail
13:53 Calling pigs to eat
14:01 Calling a bull
14:11 Calling a mule
14:22 Calling a cat
14:30 Laughter. People speak in Tseltal.
15:21 A woman sings in Tseltal.
Length00:16:22
Encoding Specifications24/96 stereo
Platform
Original Mediumaudio:open-reel
Quality of Original Medium5