Ixil Maya Conversation / Narrative Collection
Colección de Conversación / Narrativa en Ixil Maya
Object Details
| Collection Language | Ixil |
| Language PID | ailla:119533 |
| Title [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Title | |
| Title | Ixil Maya Conversation / Narrative Collection |
| Country(ies) | Guatemala |
| Collector(s) | Gómez de García, Jule García, María Luz Hughes, Michael |
| Depositor(s) | Gómez de García, Jule Axelrod, Melissa García, María Luz Hughes, Michael |
| Project/Collector Website | http://www.investigacionixhil.blogspot.com/ |
| Description [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Description | |
| Description | Audio files and texts of narratives and conversations by members of the Grupo de Mujeres/Hombres por la Paz, all native speakers of Ixil Maya living in Nebaj, el Quiché, Guatemala. The narratives include personal histories and autobiographies, war experiences, how to prepare traditional foods and weavings, retellings of picture book stories such as Frog, Where Are You? and Pancakes for Breakfast. Project funded by BCS grants 0504804 and 0504905 from the National Science Foundation and by California State University University Professional Development Grants. ------------ IXL003: 'Ixil Mayan Grammar Files: Year Two' Contains text and audio files of Ixil speakers analyzing phonetics, phonology, and syntax of the Ixil language as they prepare to write a grammar in Ixil of the Ixil language. Project funded by the National Science Foundation Recordings made with Edirol R05 Digital recorders and Sony Voice recorders. |
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