Collection details
Collection ID DW1
Title Sekar Language documentation
Description Sekar (ISO 639-3 code: skz) is a language spoken by communities in Fakfak Regency, Kokas District, including the urban village of Kokas Kota, and the villages of Sisir, Sekar, Sosar, and others, including Ugar village on Ugar Island. This language belongs to the Austronesian language family and is classified as “endangered.”

The collection represents a documentation effort for this language and consists of narrative recordings made during fieldwork in Ugar in February and March 2025.

This research is led by Eline Visser, while data collection in the field was conducted by Dendi Wijaya. The data collection took place on Ugar Island, one of the islands inhabited by speakers of the Sekar language in Fakfak Regency, West Papua Province.
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/DW1
Collector
dendi wijaya
Operator Nick Ward
Originating university
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Region / village Fakfak Regency, Kokas District
DOI 10.26278/vhsy-w643
Cite as dendi wijaya (collector), 2025. Sekar Language documentation. Collection DW1 at catalog.paradisec.org.au [Open Access]. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/vhsy-w643
Access information
Edit access Nick Ward
Data access conditions Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Data access details
Items in Collection (8)

Item Title Actions
DOCUMENTATION Consent forms and Collection information View
SKZ_20250225_WORDLIST WORDLIST View
SKZ_20250226_WORDLIST WORDLIST View
SKZ_20250227_WORDLIST WORDLIST View
SKZ_20250301_DON STORY OF DON View
SKZ_20250301_NUSABUAN STORY OF NUSABUAN View
SKZ_20250309_DAILY_ACTIVITY STORY OF DAILY ACTIVITY View
SKZ_20250309_MANCIA_BERIBERI STORY OF VISITOR View

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