23. Speech database of Aragusuku Dialect (Aragusuku)
Data DOI
https://doi.org/10.32130/src.Aragusuku
Producer, Project
Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University
Prof. Mariko Kuno, Kokugakuin University
Prof. Makoto Kuno, Kochi University
Prof. Makio Oono, Iwate University
Prof. Takao Sugimura, Fukuoka University of Education
Contents
This corpus contains words, short sentences and a song of Simoji dialect in Aragusuku islands of Ya’eyama islands, which belongs to Ryukyu islands. The words and short sentences were chosen from the viewpoint of phonemic and grammatical studies. The song, called ‘Jiraba’, is sung during seasonal festival wishing rich harvest.
The Aragusuku Islands are composed of Shimoji and Kamiji Islands. At present, Shimoji Island is uninhabited and the island dialect is dying. Instead, Shimoji dialect is a valuable dialect which keeps relatively ancient forms indicating its relation with Miyako dialects.
- Words: 101 items
- Verb conjugation: 14 items
- Adjective declension: 8 items
- Sentences: 16 items
- Jiraba (singing): 3 tracks
Recording year
1990, 1991
Speaker
1 male speaker (1 or 2 males for singing)
1 or 3 files per item
Recording environment
In a hotel room
Speech file format
WAV format (44.1 kHz, 16 bit, Stereo)
Distribution media
1 CD-ROM and 1 audio CD
Licensing
For research purpose only
Price
No fee
Note
All documents are written in Japanese.