tɾumaj wankate ̪ daint'a: ̪ kowow 'A Trumai narrative: the Smooth-billed Ani'

<p>The story of the Smooth-billed Ani (a type of bird in the cuckoo family1 ) is a myth<br> told by the Trumai people of the central region of Brazil. It was video recorded<br> in 2000 by the author (Raquel Guirardello-Damian) and narrated by Kumaru<br> Trumai, a middle-aged woman who has since died. She learned it from her father,<br> Ɨnɨtɨarɨ, a great and respected storyteller. The myth was later transcribed and<br> analyzed with the assistance of a young man, Tarukuy, who is bilingual in Trumai<br> and Portuguese. The text is presented in its phonological form with IPA symbols,<br> followed by English glosses and free translation. </p> <p> </p> <p>This dataset contains the mediafiles. A glossed version with annotations is found in</p> <p>On this and other worlds -- Voices from Amazonia<br> Edited by Kristine Stenzel and Bruna Franchetto</p> <p> </p>