Language endangerment in the Upper-Lozva Voguls
Language: Vogul
Depositor: Gábor Székely
Location: Russia
Summary of deposit
This deposit consists of audio recordings of 10 speakers of Mansi, spoken in Ivdel, North-West Siberia, resulting from fieldwork conducted between November 2005 and April 2006.
The image shows the depositor, Gábor Székely (right), with one of his consultants, the hunter Vovka Pakin (left).
Deposit contents
The deposit comprises over 50 audio recordings and lexical resources organised as 18 basic thematic vocabulary lists, including animals, plants, body parts, dwelling and hunting.
See also the following websites for photos of the depositor’s work with the Mansi people:
Basic info
Upper-Lozva Mansi people live in the eastern part of the Northern-Ural Mountains along Upper-Lozva river and its tributaries namely Poma, Táltjá. Their language belongs to the Finno-Ugrian family of languages; its relatives are Hungarian, Finnish and Estonian. They live in an endangered language situation. 19 basic thematic vocabulary lists, such as animals, plants, body parts, dwelling, and hunting, were elicited from 9 Vogul native speakers. Word lists are in xml format; the corresponding sound files are in wav format.
Depositor
Deposit
This deposit consists of audio recordings of 10 speakers of Mansi, spoken in Ivdel, North-West Siberia, resulting from fieldwork conducted between November 2005 and April 2006.
The image shows the depositor, Gábor Székely (right), with one of his consultants, the hunter Vovka Pakin (left).
The deposit comprises over 50 audio recordings and lexical resources organised as 18 basic thematic vocabulary lists, including animals, plants, body parts, dwelling and hunting.
See also the following websites for photos of the depositor’s work with the Mansi people:
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