Delousing Y15_Canon_0171 Audio-visual documentation of Meakambut ways of speaking

Komley's delousing Marakom The Meakambut are semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers, numbering about 60, moving between camps and rock shelters in their mountainous territory in East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea. As one of very few semi-nomadic groups in Melanesia, they are key for understanding the (socio)linguistic situation which would have prevailed before agriculture. Apart from basic word-lists there has been no prior research on the language. Using observational filming to supplement basic linguistic and ethnographic documentation, this project provides audio-visual documentation and analysis of a variety of Meakambut speech practices, embedded in rich ethnographic data. Conversation occurring while delousing a boy age estimated Julia can speak a bit of Anday, and has a limited command of Tok Pisin. She can also sing in Enga. age estimated Wandimbi can undersatnad a little bit of Tok Pisin age estimated Marakom has a basic knowledge of Tok Pisin age estimated Fluent in TP Can understand a bit of Anday. Very communicative. Limited knowledge of Anday and Enga. Darja's mother tongue is Slovene, her working languages are Tok Pisin and English. She is fluent in Tok Pisin and Awiakay, but has only basic knowledge of Meakambut. She's the researcher and filmmaker.