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Collection ID CCLD07
Title A documentation of Hrusso Aka language "Seasons of life: Birds, plants and people through the year"
Description Hrusso Aka (ISO 639-3: hru, Glottocode: hrus1242) is a Trans-Himalayan language spoken by a small community of approximately 4,000 speakers in West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, India. The language is variably referred to in the literature as Hrus(s)o Aka, Hrus(s)o, or Aka. The addition of “Aka” distinguishes it from Koro Aka, a neighboring group which is culturally affiliated but linguistically distinct from Hrusso Aka. Notably, Aka appears to be an exonym, as native speakers typically refer to their language as Hrusso [ʁusso]. Hrusso Aka is primarily spoken in and around the localities of Thrizino, Jamiri, Buragaon, and Bhalukpong, as well as in a few villages across the Bichom River.
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This documentation project was carried out by Anu Jebisow, a member of the Hrusso Aka community, with support from a 2022 FLICR Fellowship awarded by the Centre for Cultural-Linguistic Diversity (Eastern Himalaya). The program is co-directed by Mark W. Post and Yankee Modi, with Kellen Parker Van Dam and Zilpha Modi serving as Associate Directors. Financial support for the 2022 Fellowships was generously provided by the Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research, through a grant administered by the University of Sydney. The project was mentored by Yankee Modi.

Anu Jebisow’s project, titled “Seasons of Life: Birds, Plants, and People Through the Year,” explores the interwoven cycles of nature and human activity in Hrusso Aka society. The collection includes several hours of audio and video recordings documenting various aspects of village life and the local subsistence economy. A selected number of these recordings - focused on the Hrusso agricultural calendar, and including references to significant birds, insects, and plants — have been annotated with time-aligned transcriptions and translations into English and Arunachali Hindi. Of particular note is the documentation of a highly endangered component of the Hrusso ritual language, known today to only a few surviving ritual specialists.

Please also note that a small number of files in this collection are under restricted access. For assistance with access or further information, kindly contact the archive administrator.
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/CCLD07
Collector
Anu Jebisow
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Operator Nick Ward
Originating university University of Sydney
Countries
India - IN
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Languages
Hruso - hru
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DOI 10.26278/1n2w-eh14
Cite as Anu Jebisow (collector), 2022. A documentation of Hrusso Aka language "Seasons of life: Birds, plants and people through the year". Collection CCLD07 at catalog.paradisec.org.au [Open Access]. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/1n2w-eh14

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Edit access Nick Ward
Mark W. Post and Yankee Modi
Mark Post
Aleisha Lam
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Data access details Open, Except for Items 07 and 08 which are Closed access.
Items in Collection (76)

Item Title Actions
00 Photos View
01 Recollection of childhood days_01 View
02 Crops and Farming_01 View
03 Formation of Lepang Huda village_01 View
04 Formation of Lepang Huda village_02 View
05 Value of native language_01 View
06 Value of native language_02 View
07 Personal lifestory_01 View
08 Personal lifestory_02 View
09 Making of fishing net_01 View
10 Making of fishing net_02 View
11 Making of fishing net_03 View
12 Making of fishing net_04 View
13 Making of fishing net_05 View
14 Plants, Seasons and Birds_01 View
15 Personal lifestory_01 View
16 Personal lifestory_02 View
17 Personal lifestory_03 View
18 Personal lifestory_04 View
19 Personal lifestory_05 View
20 Indigenous ritual_01 View
21 Indigenous ritual_02 View
22 Indigenous ritual_03 View
23 Indigenous ritual_04 View
24 Indigenous ritual_05 View
25 Seasons and months_01 View
26 Seasons and months_02 View
27 Seasons and months_03 View
28 Buragaon village_01 View
29 Buragaon village_02 View
30 Buragaon village_03 View
31 Birds, seasons and insects_01 View
32 Miscellaneous talk_01 View
33 Miscellaneous talk_02 View
34 Story of an insect, ñañ ñañ_01 View
35 Buragaon Self Help Group_01 View
36 Miscellaneous talk_01 View
37 Birds and flowers_01 View
38 Birds and flowers_02 View
39 Birds and flowers_03a View
40 Birds and flowers_03b View
41 Birds and flowers_04 View
42 Birds and flowers_05 View
43 Diseases and remedies_01 View
44 Diseases and remedies_02 View
45 Diseases and remedies_03 View
46 Diseases and remedies_04 View
47 Diseases and remedies_05 View
48 Diseases and remedies_06 View
49 Bag making training_01 View
50 Bag making training_02 View
51 Bag making training_03 View
52 Bag making training_04 View
53 Bag making training_05 View
54 Bag making training_06 View
55 Bag making training_07 View
56 Bag making training_08 View
57 Bag making training_09 View
58 Bag making training_10 View
59 Bag making training_11 View
60 Bag making training_12 View
61 Bag making training_13 View
62 Bag making training_14 View
63 Bag making training_15 View
64 Bag making training_16 View
65 Bag making training_17 View
66 Indigenous ritual_01 View
67 Indigenous ritual_02 View
68 Indigenous ritual_03 View
69 Indigenous ritual_04 View
70 Animals and humans stories_01 View
71 Animals and humans stories_02 View
72 Animals and humans stories_03 View
73 Making of neckpiece with beads_01 View
74 Making of neckpiece with beads_02 View
75 Making of neckpiece with beads_03 View

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