Atong Texts

Glossed, Translated and Annotated Narratives in a Tibeto-Burman Language of Meghalaya, Northeast India
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-37191-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 582 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1062 g

Reihe: Brill's Studies in South and Southwest Asian Languages

Atong Texts by Seino van Breugel consists of a collection of 37 glossed, annotated and translated narratives in the Atong language (Tibeto-Burman) of Meghalaya, India, presented in phonemic standard orthography. This testimony of cultural and linguistic heritage of the Atongs, who are members of the Garo Tribe, complements the author’s Grammar of Atong, also published by Brill.

Each text is preceded by a systematic literary analysis. The photos in the appendix provide a visual impression of the environment in which the stories are told. This book is of great value to Tibeto-Burmanists, general linguists, discourse analysts and everyone interested in the languages, history and folklore of Northeast-India in general, and Meghalaya in particular.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Breugel, Seino van

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
List of Tables, Maps and Photos
Abbreviations and Symbols

1 Introduction

2 Methodology of Text Collection

3 Atong Orthography in Relation to Its Phonology and Pronunciation
3.1 Some Important Remarks about the Use of Some Letters in the Orthography
3.2 Allohpony
3.3 The Pronunciation of Double Vowels and Double Consonants
3.4 Glottalisation
3.5 The Phonological Word and Its Stress

4 The Presentation of the Texts

5 Glossing

Texts

1 Dabatwari

2 Badri Rongdyng Ha•waimi Ortho

3 Ajot

4 Alsia Raja

5 Pheru aro Magachak

6 Joramigymyn

7 Singho aro Pheru

8 Garo Ha•byri

9 Boba aro Gore

10 Jada

11 Amak aro rukpek

12 Ha•ba

13 Ram nemcha

14 Khem

15 Wai khuruta

16 Phylgym aro Sa•gyrai

17 Nai•nokholthanggaba aro Kynokholthanggaba

18 Do•renggo Wa•dachong

19 Sijyw Durakhal

20 Mongma aro Taw•reksyrup

21 Naweng aro Kumiri

22 Haratgaba Bil

23 Ketketa Bura

24 Pheru aro Gorial

25 Paranggaba Sa•banthai

26 Ja•bek Rymna

27 Amak aro Pheru

28 Thengthonmynggymyn

29 Amakmu Saphaw

30 Kyrynggaba Matsa

31 Amak aro Khu•sum

32 Amak aro Chengchengmachok

33 Magachak aro Rukwak

34 Abu Chakkhen

35 Te•ew Re•enggaba Gawi

36 Nokchi Ang Dyngdang Mu•chiba

37 Bandimynggymyn

Appendix of Photos
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Seino van Breugel, Ph.D. (2009), La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, has written a grammar of Atong based on immersion fieldwork, and developed the orthography for the language. He also conducts research on Atong’s Austroasiatic neighbour Lyngam (a.k.a Megam).