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Collection ID DS1
Title Recordings of Paluai
Description Recordings of the Paluai language collected by Dineke Schokkin between 2010-2015, with an additional four recordings from 1995 by Ton Otto. This language is spoken on Baluan Island in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea.

Project funded by the Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research and the ARC.
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/DS1
Collector
Dineke Schokkin
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Operator Tina Gregor
Originating university James Cook University
Countries
Papua New Guinea - PG
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Languages
Baluan-Pam - blq
Tok Pisin - tpi
Titan - ttv
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Region / village Baluan Island
DOI 10.26278/5df25608c0f9f
Cite as Dineke Schokkin (collector), 1995. Recordings of Paluai. Collection DS1 at catalog.paradisec.org.au [Open Access]. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5df25608c0f9f

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Edit access Julia Colleen Miller
Dineke Schokkin
Wolfgang Barth
Data access conditions Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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Items in Collection (96)

Item Title Actions
KM050995 Walking around Baluan View
KM060111 Making gardens View
KM190211 Bride price View
KS030611_1 How yams arrived on Baluan View
KW290311 How a bride is chosen View
KW290611 The snake and the eagle View
LK100411 Casta Reef View
LK250111 Parulabei and Komou View
LL010711 The dog and the cuscus View
LL030611 A visit to Alim View
LL300511_1 The dogs and their tails View
LL300511_2 Chewing betel nut View
LM190611 The man carried away by masalai View
LM240611 History of the Ayap clan View
LM260511_1 How the rain came View
LM260511_2 The conch shell View
LS220511 Clan history View
MK050311 Making tree bark baskets View
MK060211 A fishing trip View
MK220995 Gardening View
MS250311 Koleyep View
NK290311_1 Planting yams View
NK290311_2 Girls' ceremony View
NP190511_1 The Mapou View
NP190511_2 The Mapou View
NP210511_1 How the coconut arrived on Baluan View
NP210511_2 A hunting trip View
NP220611_1 Planting yams View
NP220611_2 Family history View
NP260511 The manuai food taboo View
NS220511_1 How the rain came View
NS220511_2 Clan history View
OBK040311 A discussion about customs View
OL040311 Paluai customs View
OL200111 Clan history View
OL201210 Family history View
PK290411_1 Public speeches at pukan kokon View
PK290411_3 Public speeches at pukan kokon View
PN100411 Fishing with a net View
SP190311 Mourning ceremonies View
SY100411 Mourning ceremonies View
WL020611 Nulik View
WL020711 The two brothers View
YK290411_1 Public speeches at yiwan kup View
YK290411_2 Public speeches at yiwan kup View
dictionary_photos Photos for dictionary View

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