Sisma Andrew and Peter Black: working on a translation Sisma-Andrew-and-Peter-Black-working-on-a-translation Ramari Hatohobei

For eight seconds on October 9, 2014, Barbara W. Black videoed Peter W. Black and Sisma Andrew working on a document in the Blacks’ room in Koror, Palau. Sisma read a line of text. The words that Sisma read seem to be as follows: mei anti (?) ma hatei fara biri mei nama (mei?) (hei?) sa bira. A slightly more detailed description of this session is included here at tb40-04347-faa-2014-10-09.pdf. Photographs included here are tb40-04144-faa-2014-10-09.jpg (Sisma), tb40-04145-faa-2014-10-09.jpg (Sisma), tb40-03971-faa-2014-10-09.jpg (Peter and Sisma), and tb40-03970-faa-2014-10-09.jpg (Sisma and Barbara). Photographs by Barbara W. Black 2014. Recorded: 2014-10-09. Documenting Ramari Hatohobei (literally the Tobian language of Tobi), a severely endangered Micronesian language. Tobi is one of the Southwest Islands of the Republic of Palau, a Micronesian nation in the western Pacific. Severely endangered, Tobian is currently spoken by approximately 150 people. Tobian and the dialects of Sonsorol, Merir, and Pulo Anna, the other three Southwest Islands, are closely related to the languages spoken in the outer islands of Yap and Chuuk. Born: Tobi Resides in: Echang, Koror Born: Chicago IL US Resides in: Hawaii US Born: Rome NY US Resides in: Hawaii US