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2010-05-21
https://hdl.handle.net/1839/00-0000-0000-0016-A9F3-2
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MPI corpora : Language and Cognition : africa : Avatime : Shared
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anansi_SO
2008-09-09
Sammy tells a moral tale
Africa
Ghana
Green house, Vane
Avatime
A Description and Documentation of Avatime
Saskia van Putten and Rebecca Defina
MPI for Psycholinguistics, P.O. Box 310, 6500 AH Nijmegen, The Netherlands
saskia.vanputten@mpi.nl
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
The Avatime project aims to describe and document Avatime. The researchers involved in this project are Rebecca Defina and Saskia van Putten. The project included fieldwork in Ghana in 2008 and was completed in 2009. Outcomes of the project are: (1) audio and video recordings of different genres, of which 13,5 hours have been transcribed and annotated, (2) an Avatime-English wordlist, (3) grammar notes and (4) two Master's theses, one on the expression of motion in Avatime (Saskia van Putten) and one on aspect and mood in Avatime (Rebecca Defina).
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speech
anansi
interactive
semi-spontaneous
non-elicited
Controlled environment
Monologue
Face to Face
The story is told in Avatime
ISO639-3:avn
Avatime
true
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Avatime (also called Siyase or Sideme) is one of a group of languages called Togo Remnant, Central Togo or preferably Ghana-Togo Mountain (GTM). These languages are usually classified as Kwa, Niger-Congo. Avatime is most closely related to Tafi and Nyangbo. Avatime is spoken in eight villages in the Volta Region of Ghana by approximately 10,000 speakers. The language is bordered to the west by Tafi and Nyangbo, to the north by Logba and to the east and south by Ewe. Ewe is the dominant language in the region. Most Avatime speakers also speak Ewe and those who have been to school speak English too. Ewe is mainly used in the first years of primary school, in church and to a certain extent on the market. English is used in the higher years of school. In events where important non-Avatimes are present, Ewe and English are used. Radio and television programmes are usually in English or Akan, and sometimes in Ewe. Avatime is only spoken in domestic and traditional domains of use. There is not yet a standard orthography for Avatime.
ISO639-3:eng
English
false
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Unspecified
English is a Germanic (Indo-European) language spoken by many people throughout the world. It is the national language of Ghana.
A moral tale about a spider
Sammy tells the story to Rebecca and Saskia
Researcher
Rebecca
Rebecca Defina
RD
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1983-04-15
Female
University
false
25
5
18
Rebecca Defina
P.O. Box 310, 6500 AH Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Rebecca.Defina@mpi.nl
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Rebecca Defina is one of the researchers in this project. She did her bachelors in Linguistics and Mathematics at the University of Sydney and her research master in Linguistics at Leiden University. She started PhD studies at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in 2010. She grew up in Australia and now lives in the Netherlands.
Rebecca is a native speaker of (Australian) English. She studied French for one year at university, gaining basic understanding of the language. She has also acquired a basic knowledge of Dutch since moving to the Netherlands and a basic knowledge of Avatime during four months of fieldwork.
ISO639-3:fra
French
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false
French is a Romance (Indoeuropean) language spoken by many people throughout the world. It is the national language of many West-African countries, including all neighbouring countries of Ghana.
ISO639-3:avn
Avatime
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false
Avatime (also called Siyase or Sideme) is one of a group of languages called Togo Remnant, Central Togo or preferably Ghana-Togo Mountain (GTM). These languages are usually classified as Kwa, Niger-Congo. Avatime is most closely related to Tafi and Nyangbo. Avatime is spoken in eight villages in the Volta Region of Ghana by approximately 10,000 speakers. The language is bordered to the west by Tafi and Nyangbo, to the north by Logba and to the east and south by Ewe. Ewe is the dominant language in the region. Most Avatime speakers also speak Ewe and those who have been to school speak English too. Ewe is mainly used in the first years of primary school, in church and to a certain extent on the market. English is used in the higher years of school. In events where important non-Avatimes are present, Ewe and English are used. Radio and television programmes are usually in English or Akan, and sometimes in Ewe. Avatime is only spoken in domestic and traditional domains of use. There is not yet a standard orthography for Avatime.
ISO639-3:eng
English
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true
English is a Germanic (Indoeuropean) language spoken by many people throughout the world. It is the national language of Ghana.
ISO639-3:nld
Dutch
false
false
Dutch is a Germanic (Indoeuropean) language spoken mainly in the Netherlands.
Consultant
Sammy
Sammy Kwami Oboni
SO
Unspecified
Unspecified
Male
Completed some post-secondary schooling
false
31
Sammy Kwami Oboni
The big green house, Vane, Ghana
Sammy was one of our main informants for this project. He was born in Vane and has lived there most of his life. He has also spent some time in Accra. He speaks good English and Ewe.
Sammy is a native speaker of Avatime (Vane dialect, though he has some knowledge of other dialects as well). He speaks good English and Ewe.
ISO639-3:eng
English
false
false
English is a Germanic (Indoeuropean) language spoken by many people throughout the world. It is the national language of Ghana.
ISO639-3:ewe
Ewe
false
false
Ewe is a Kwa (Niger-Congo) language spoken in Ghana and Togo. It is the dominant language of the Volta Region of Ghana.
ISO639-3:avn
Avatime
true
true
Avatime (also called Siyase or Sideme) is one of a group of languages called Togo Remnant, Central Togo or preferably Ghana-Togo Mountain (GTM). These languages are usually classified as Kwa, Niger-Congo. Avatime is most closely related to Tafi and Nyangbo. Avatime is spoken in eight villages in the Volta Region of Ghana by approximately 10,000 speakers. The language is bordered to the west by Tafi and Nyangbo, to the north by Logba and to the east and south by Ewe. Ewe is the dominant language in the region. Most Avatime speakers also speak Ewe and those who have been to school speak English too. Ewe is mainly used in the first years of primary school, in church and to a certain extent on the market. English is used in the higher years of school. In events where important non-Avatimes are present, Ewe and English are used. Radio and television programmes are usually in English or Akan, and sometimes in Ewe. Avatime is only spoken in domestic and traditional domains of use. There is not yet a standard orthography for Avatime.
Researcher
Saskia
Saskia van Putten
SvP
Unspecified
Unspecified
Female
University
false
23
5
29
Saskia van Putten
P.O. Box 310, 6500 AB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
saskia.vanputten@mpi.nl
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Saskia van Putten is one of the researchers in this project. She did her bachelor in Languages and Cultures of Africa and her research master in Linguistics, both at Leiden University. She started PhD studies at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in 2009. Saskia grew up and still lives in the Netherlands.
Saskia speaks Dutch and English fluently (Dutch is her mother tongue). She has intermediate knowledge of French and understands some German. She speaks basic Ewe after studying this languages at university and staying in an Ewe town for two months. She also has basic knowledge of Avatime after four months of fieldwork on this language.
ISO639-3:avn
Avatime
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false
Avatime (also called Siyase or Sideme) is one of a group of languages called Togo Remnant, Central Togo or preferably Ghana-Togo Mountain (GTM). These languages are usually classified as Kwa, Niger-Congo. Avatime is most closely related to Tafi and Nyangbo. Avatime is spoken in eight villages in the Volta Region of Ghana by approximately 10,000 speakers. The language is bordered to the west by Tafi and Nyangbo, to the north by Logba and to the east and south by Ewe. Ewe is the dominant language in the region. Most Avatime speakers also speak Ewe and those who have been to school speak English too. Ewe is mainly used in the first years of primary school, in church and to a certain extent on the market. English is used in the higher years of school. In events where important non-Avatimes are present, Ewe and English are used. Radio and television programmes are usually in English or Akan, and sometimes in Ewe. Avatime is only spoken in domestic and traditional domains of use. There is not yet a standard orthography for Avatime.
ISO639-3:nld
Dutch
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true
Dutch is a Germanic (Indo-European) language spoken mainly in the Netherlands.
ISO639-3:eng
English
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English is a Germanic (Indo-European) language spoken by many people throughout the world. It is the national language of Ghana.
ISO639-3:fra
French
false
false
French is a Romance (Indo-European) language spoken by many people throughout the world. It is the national language of many West-African countries, including all neighbouring countries of Ghana.
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The recording was made using a Marantz PMD flash recorder. The recording is mono, 16 bit and 48 kHz.
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This is cut out from RS0809091