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JH1-KAIOO
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Title Recording of Urama language and elicitation of some words from Aurai (bush) language
Description The speaker, Kaio'o, was a retired member of the Royal Papuan Constabulary. He describes a patrol up the Purari (probably ca. 1950)in which the party was ambushed & the leader wounded. Kaio'o's skills as a raconteur are limited. The Aurai material consists of a few words elicited through Police Motu. The exact geographical location of its speakers (in the bush behind the area of Kiwai settlement) & its linguistic affiliations are unknown. geographical location
Origination date 1967-12-30
Origination date free form ca. 1964-1967
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/JH1/KAIOO
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John Harris
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Papua New Guinea - PG
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Language as given Urama dialect of eastern Kiwai and Aurai (non-Kiwai) language
Subject language(s)
Kiwai, Northeast - kiw
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Content language(s)
Kiwai, Northeast - kiw
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Dialect Urama
Region / village Urama Island
Originating university Australian National University
Operator John Harris
Data Categories primary text
Data Types Sound
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Roles John Harris : recorder
John Harris : researcher
DOI 10.4225/72/56F40691DFE8D
Cite as John Harris (collector), John Harris (recorder, researcher), 1967. Recording of Urama language and elicitation of some words from Aurai (bush) language. MPEG/VND.WAV. JH1-KAIOO at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/56F40691DFE8D
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JH1-KAIOO-2.mp3 audio/mpeg 6.63 MB 00:07:14.279
JH1-KAIOO-2.wav audio/vnd.wav 120 MB 00:07:14.240
JH1-KAIOO-A.mp3 audio/mpeg 42.9 MB 00:46:53.400
JH1-KAIOO-A.wav audio/vnd.wav 773 MB 00:46:53.360
JH1-KAIOO-Ashort.mp3 audio/mpeg 28.3 MB 00:30:54.359
JH1-KAIOO-Ashort.wav audio/vnd.wav 510 MB 00:30:54.319
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Collection Information
Collection ID JH1
Collection title Northeast Kiwai (Papua New Guinea)
Description Audio recordings of Northeast Kiwai (Papua New Guinea). Recordings include mainly narratives, with some minimal pair and lexical item elicitation.
This material consists of
a) copies of a series of audiotapes; and
b) a set of written texts from the same period.
It was mostly collected in the early to mid sixties, though some goes back to the fifties. I have no record of the exact dates on which the recordings were made.
Some of the written texts (such as the one titled Tuoma) have been transcribed from the audiotapes, others were dictated to the writer. There is one text, written by a semi-literate Gope man, which I have left in the author’s own hand along with a few short autograph letters written by Uroma speakers.
The original audiotapes, the majority of which are 5” BASF reels, remain in my possession.

Nearly all the material is in the language spoken at the village called Kivaumai on the map Kikori Papua New Guinea prepared by the Royal Australian Survey Corps in 1979. The village (Ne’edai/Gowo’u) at the time of my visits was located on a pleasant black sand beach on the seaward side of Uramu [sic] Island, situated between Paia Inlet on the west & Era Bay on the east in the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea; I understand that this village site was subsequently abandoned, perhaps due to the work of the tireless sea.
Countries
Papua New Guinea - PG
Singapore - SG
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Languages
Kiwai, Northeast - kiw
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Edit access John Harris
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