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Annotated Texts in Beá¹á¹a Kurumba
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Beá¹á¹a Kurumba is a Dravidian language spoken in the Nilgiri and Waynad Hills of India. Annotated Texts in Beá¹á¹a Kurumba presents folktales and dialogues in this language, together with a grammatical sketch and a glossary. These interlinearised texts provide rich data for linguistic analysis, as well as some of the earliest published cultural information about a highly understudied ethnic group. The cultural information is presented, for the most part, by the Beá¹á¹a Kurumbas themselves, who speak in their own native language about aspects of their lifestyle, spiritual beliefs, and social organization into clans.
Gail Coelho, Ph.D. (2003, University of Texas at Austin), is Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Delhi. She has several publications in language analysis and documentation, including The Re-emergence of Finite Serial Verbs in South Dravidian (Walter de Gruyter, 2012).
"The texts in ATBK are only a part of those that Coelho has collected over the past quarter century. Dravidian scholars will applaud her admirable achievement and look forward to the future publication of additional texts and grammatical analysis of this fascinating, understudied language. ATBK is the foundational study on which all subsequent study of BK will stand."
-Sanford B Steever, in Linguist List, Tue Oct 01 2019.
-Sanford B Steever, in Linguist List, Tue Oct 01 2019.
Acknowledgements Illustrations Symbols and Abbreviations
1 Introduction â1.1âGeneral Overview â1.2âOverview of the Language â1.3âGrammatical Information â1.4âThe Physical and Social Context â1.5âThe Texts in This Book
2 Prelude to the Folktales â2.1âGeneral Overview â2.2âThe Storytellers â2.3âThe Folktales in English Translation
3 The Turban Maker
4 The Fish Prince
5 The Offended Daughter
6 The Prince Who Subdivided Himself
7 Prelude to the Dialogues â7.1âGeneral Overview â7.2âCultural Background â7.3âThe Dialogues in English Translation
8 Aspects of Community Life â8.1âCatching Fish â8.2âCooking Fish â8.3âGathering Forest Honey â8.4âBuilding Houses â8.5âThe Head of the Clan â8.6âThe binji: a Spirit Invocation Ritual â8.7âWorking with Elephants â8.8âAn Encounter with a Wild Bear â8.9âTraditional Healing
9 Legends about Deities
10 Legends about Ancestors
Glossary References Index
1 Introduction â1.1âGeneral Overview â1.2âOverview of the Language â1.3âGrammatical Information â1.4âThe Physical and Social Context â1.5âThe Texts in This Book
Part 1 Folktales
2 Prelude to the Folktales â2.1âGeneral Overview â2.2âThe Storytellers â2.3âThe Folktales in English Translation
3 The Turban Maker
4 The Fish Prince
5 The Offended Daughter
6 The Prince Who Subdivided Himself
Part 2 Dialogues
7 Prelude to the Dialogues â7.1âGeneral Overview â7.2âCultural Background â7.3âThe Dialogues in English Translation
8 Aspects of Community Life â8.1âCatching Fish â8.2âCooking Fish â8.3âGathering Forest Honey â8.4âBuilding Houses â8.5âThe Head of the Clan â8.6âThe binji: a Spirit Invocation Ritual â8.7âWorking with Elephants â8.8âAn Encounter with a Wild Bear â8.9âTraditional Healing
9 Legends about Deities
10 Legends about Ancestors
Glossary References Index
All interested in the grammar of the worldâs languages, particularly the Dravidian languages, and in the culture of the Nilgiri-Waynad region, including, its folklore, social organization, and religious practices.