Description and Documentation of Bena
Language | Bena |
Depositor | Michelle Morrison |
Affiliation | University of Maryland |
Location | Tanzania |
Collection ID | 0065 |
Grant ID | BCS-817518 |
Funding Body | National Science Foundation |
Collection Status | Collection online |
Landing Page Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/2196/a5d030f5-77c3-45b0-a82c-879485ff8f15 |
Summary of the collection
This collection consists of the first digital audio and video recordings of speakers of Bena, spoken in Iringa Region, Tanzania, resulting from fieldwork conducted between August 2008 and July 2009.
Group represented
Bena
Language information
Language name: Bena (bez); Alternate names: Kibena, Hibena;(Elicitation sessions primarily conducted using Swahili as the contact language)
Special characteristics
This data represents the sole digital record of the Bena language.
Collection contents
The collection comprises over 320 audio and video files, as well as copies of the depositor’s fieldnotes, elicitation tools and musical scores, and some transcriptions.
Genres include narration, conversation, elicitation and choral performances.
Acknowledgement and citation
Any reference to this collection should acknowledge the National Science Foundation, Documenting Endangered Languages Program (the funding body), BCS 817518 as well as the help of the Tanzanian Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH).
To refer to any data from the collection, please cite as follows:
Morrison, Michelle. 2009. Description and Documentation of Bena. Endangered Languages Archive. Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-0001-8FB8-1. Accessed on [insert date here].