Text collections · 北部土家语文本

Northern Tujia texts

A growing collection of Northern Tujia narratives, conversations, songs and other records gathered from different sources. Each collection keeps its available transcription, translation and media information visible.

Collection 01 · Audio recordings

Liao–Brassett Northern Tujia recordings

Stories, conversations, songs, wedding laments and traditional knowledge recorded with Northern Tujia speakers. This collection includes draft spelling, the original source transcription, English and Chinese translations, and locally stored audio.

26 recordings59 sections685 lines≈3 h audio

Reading this collection. Draft spelling is shown first. The source's original Pinyin-based transcription follows beneath it with tone numbers as superscripts; it is a source transcription, not IPA. Audio and transcription are reproduced with permission.

Traditional stories

土家族传统故事

1.1 Introduction自我介绍 2 sections · 18 lines · audio 1.2 The Story of General Xiang向老官人的故事 1 section · 34 lines · audio 1.3 The Stories of Hero Tian and Duke Peng田好汉与彭公爵主的故事 2 sections · 26 lines · audio 1.4 The Story of the Eight Kings八部大王的故事 1 section · 27 lines · audio

Extemporaneous stories

即席性故事

2.1 Celebrating the Shebajie Festival (Part 1)庆祝舍巴节（第一部分） 1 section · 43 lines · audio 2.2 Celebrating the Shebajie Festival (Part 2)庆祝舍巴节（第二部分） 1 section · 41 lines · audio 2.3 Hunting Duologue打猎对话 1 section · 32 lines · audio 2.4 Tiger Stories有关老虎的故事 3 sections · 24 lines · audio 2.5 Tufei Bandits in Longshan County (Part 1)龙山县土匪（第一部分） 1 section · 44 lines · audio 2.6 Tufei Bandits in Longshan County (Part 2)龙山县土匪（第二部分） 1 section · 45 lines · audio 2.7 Stories from Yongshun County来自永顺县的故事 4 sections · 39 lines · audio

Conversations

自然对话

3.1 Remembering Our Childhood童年回忆 1 section · 23 lines · audio 3.2 Daily Life in Pojiao Rural Township坡脚乡的日常生活 2 sections · 13 lines · audio 3.3 Daily Life in Tasha Rural Township他砂乡的日常生活 2 sections · 26 lines · audio 3.4 Reminiscences about Tufei Bandits有关土匪的回忆 1 section · 11 lines · audio

Descriptive text

描述性文本

4.1 Describing Photos照片的描述 3 sections · 15 lines · audio

Wedding laments

哭嫁歌词

5.1 Kujia Song Cycle (Part 1)哭嫁歌（第一部分） 3 sections · 34 lines · audio 5.2 Kujia Song Cycle (Part 2)哭嫁歌（第二部分） 8 sections · 22 lines · audio 5.3 Other Kujia Lyrics其他哭嫁歌词 1 section · 7 lines · audio

Songs and proverbs

歌曲与谚语

6.1 Antiphonal Singing对唱 2 sections · 37 lines · audio 6.2 Short Songs小曲 8 sections · 18 lines · audio 6.3 Sayings谚语 5 sections · 19 lines · audio

Procedural texts

程序性文本

7.1 Making a Dongdongkui Flute如何制造咚咚喹 1 section · 37 lines · audio 7.2 Tujia New Year Customs土家族过年的传统风俗 1 section · 18 lines · audio 7.3 Making Tangsa Crisped Rice Cakes如何做糖馓 1 section · 16 lines · audio

Speeches

演说

8.1 Two Speeches两篇演说词 2 sections · 16 lines · audio

Recordings and original transcriptions © 2004 Liao Qiaojing and Paul Brassett. Reproduced with permission.