Historical information: This collection contains sound recordings in the Romani (or "Gypsy") language (ISO 639-3 code: rmy), collected between 1964 and 1972. These recordings were collected in Los Angeles, California by Guy Tyler working with multiple consultants who spoke different varieties of Romani.
Scope and content: The collection contains elicitation sound recordings in Romani, as well as field notes used during recording sessions.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Joe Adams, Bessy, Sally Bumbalow, Mary Cooper, Bob Davis, Janet George, Gus, Helen Herezegh, Danny John, Nick Johnson, Raida Johnson, John Lee, Mary Lee, George Marks, Linda Marks, Bini (Ben) Miller, Catherine Miller, Frank Mitchell, Edith Quick, Raita, Mara Richard, Rachel Richard, Steve Richard, Cookie Riste, Danny Riste, Frank "Dudo" Riste, Morena Riste, Rosie, Eda Siganoff, Roy Siganoff, Ruby Siganoff, Nina Signo, Joe Sztogka, Mary Thomas, Tom Thomas, Frank Thompson, Guy Tyler. Romani Sound Recordings, SCL 2018-30, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X298855F
Description: Side 1 (2018-30.014A.wav) consists of a recording beginning with names of pets. It ends with eliciting the phrase "I forgot." Side 2 (2018-30.014B.wav) consists of a recording starting with a repeat of "I forgot" and ending with the phrase in Romani "she ought to develop her talent."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.014, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25761
Item number: 2018-30.017
Date: 1968
Relations to this bundle:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description: Side 1 (2018-30.017A.wav) consists of a recording of a sentence and lexical elicitation session beginning with the sentence "I loosened it" and ends with "pour me some water." Side 2 (2018-30.017B.wav) consists of a recording begins with "pour me some water" and ends with "it takes her as long as she lives to get ready."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.017, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25764
Item number: 2018-30.013
Date: 1968
Relations to this bundle:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description: Side 1 (2018-30.013A.wav) consists of a recording begining with a description of bartering for a bride. Black feasts and funerals are also described. Side 2 (2018-30.013B.wav) consists of a recording which continues the discussion of Romani funerals. It ends with a listing of Romani tribes.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.013, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25760
Item number: 2018-30.016
Date: 1968
Relations to this bundle:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description: Side 1 (2018-30.016A.wav) consists of a recording involving sentence elicitation beginning with "I shall go to the movies tonight." It ends with a description of playing cards. Side 2 (2018-30.016B.wav) consists of a recording beginning with eliciting the word "king" and ends with eliciting the sentence"I'm loosening it."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.016, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25763
Item number: 2018-30.012
Date: Dec 1967 to Jan 1968
Relations to this bundle:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description: Side 1 (2018-30.012A.wav) consists of a recording involving eliciting sentences. The session begins with translations to Russian Romani of "plane crash," "car wreck," "knife," "blade of grass," etc. It ends with "he bought a new car." Side 2 (2018-30.012B.wav) consists of a recording begins with "the father of the boy" and ends with "on their price" and a discussion about Romani life.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.012, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25754
Item number: 2018-30.015
Date: Apr 1968
Relations to this bundle:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description: Side 1 (2018-30.015A.wav) consists of a recording of sentence elicitation beginning with "I ought to work harder." It ends with "a small cooking pot" (Pirí). Side 2 (2018-30.015B.wav) consists of a recording begins with "the pig is cooked over a fire." It ends with "I shall go to the movies tonight."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.015, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25762
Item number: 2018-30.019
Date: 19 Jun 1968
Relations to this bundle:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description: Side 1 (2018-30.019A.wav) consists of a recording involving eliciting sentences starting with "the scales did not balance." It ends with "the sun will shine today," but the translation is not completed. Side 2 (2018-30.019B.wav) consists of a recording starting with "the sun will shine today" and ends with eliciting the word "cotton field."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.019, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25766
Item number: 2018-30.018
Date: 1968
Relations to this bundle:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description: Side 1 (2018-30.018A.wav) consists of a recording involving eliciting sentences starting with "I've got to go and milk the cows." It ends with "he hit him in the mouth." Side 2 (2018-30.018B.wav) consists of a recording beginning with a repeat of "he hit him in the mouth." It ends with "the scales did not balance."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.018, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25765
Item number: 2018-30.020
Date: 1968 to 1970
Relations to this bundle:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description: Side 1 (2018-30.020A.wav) consists of discussions about Romani vocabulary. It also includes eliciting sentences such as "I guess so" and ends with copies of Romani music originally on records. Side 2 (2018-30.020B.wav) consists of a recording with discussions of how Kaldarash Romani is different from Russian Romani.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.020, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25767
Description: This file bundle contains four audio files. Side 1A (2018-30.025A-1.wav) contains lexical elicitation body terms and horse terms, sentence elicitation relating to horses (e.g. "he trades horses", "he trades horses for a living", "it is hard to make a living"). Side 2A (2018-30.025A-2.wav) contains lexical elicitation on coal terms (e.g. "coal", "blacksmith", "fire", "embers", "horseshoe nail"), additional horse terms (e.g. "blinders", "tether", etc.), and more (e.g. "overcome", "pasture"). Side 1B (2018-30.025B-1.wav) includes lexical elicitation of food terms (e.g. "peas"), household terms (e.g. "door", "sink", "faucet") and more. The recording also contains sentence elicitation (e.g. "I come from home", "I could not go", "he could not go", "I would not help him"). Side 2B (2018-30.025B-2.wav) contains lexical such as divination terms (e.g. "hypnotist", "a medium", "fortune telling ball", "to talk to the dead") and sentence elicitation (e.g. "he is hypnotized") with some verbal paradigms with the verb "talk" in past and future tense. Sides 1A and 1B are Hungarian Romani, and Sides 2A and 2B are Russian Romani.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Linguistic elicitation], 2018-30.025, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25772
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