| Description |
Audio-visual recordings and transcription of Mawes, a language isolate spoken in Bonggo District, Sarmi Regency, Papua, Indonesia. The data was collected by a team of researchers from Palacky University Olomouc and Udayana University, namely George Saad, Komang Sumaryana, Wahyu Widiatmika, Ari Segara, Gita Kesuma. It was done as part of a project hosted at Udayana University by I Made Netra.
For all Items (except for MGK_20231126_WORDLIST see below):
(1) Location of variety collected:
kampung (hamlet):
desa (village): Mawesdai
kecamatan (district): Bonggo Timur (East Bonggo)
kabupaten (regency): Sarmi
provinsi (province): Papua
island:
(2) Geo coordinates of Mawesdai: 2°21'00.8"S 139°44'04.2"E
(3) Area where the same language is spoken: Only in Mawesdai village
(4) Migration history of community: Mawesdai community is originally located in Mawesdai village. They also have their old hamlet (named Wesron) still in Mawesdai village
For Item MGK_20231126_WORDLIST:
(1) Location of variety collected:
(Indonesian example)
kampung (hamlet):
desa (village): Maweswares
kecamatan (district): Bonggo (Bonggo)
kabupaten (regency): Sarmi
provinsi (province): Papua
(2) Geo coordinates of [hamlet or village]: -2.342683, 139.397001
(3) Area where the same language is spoken: Only in Maweswares village
(4) Migration history of community: The elders from Mawesdai village told that people from Mawesdai and Mawes Wares were once inhabited the same area of old hamlet of Mawesdai. However, due to social conflict caused by intermarriage between the two community, Mawes Wares moved out. |
