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Dinka Data
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Speech and song data on Dinka
Electronic resource on Dinka suprasegmentals
In the context of our research on the suprasegmentals of Dinka, we have made recordings focusing on the way this language uses tone, quantity, and voice quality. The data focusing on tone and quantity in the Luanyjang dialect of Dinka have been processed, analysed and interpreted, and they are now publicly available, at http://archive.lel.ed.ac.uk/NiloticProsody/. More data will be added there as our research progresses.
Dinka song collection
We are developing an electronic archive of Dinka songs. This collection will be made publicly available at the end of project (December 2011). But if you are interested to get a sense of what a Dinka song sounds like, you do not have to wait until that time - one song is already available for download now.
The singer of this song is Kodok Chan, who is from the Twic section of Dinka (Bahr El Ghazal region of South Sudan). The song deals with the tragic death of John Garang, the charismatic leader of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army. The song was recorded in Juba by Tatiana Reid in August 2009. You can choose to download or play the complete song (5.93 Mb) or a 45-second section (1.43 Mb).
To access the web-based repository on Dinka songs, click here. [For now this repository represents work in progress, and is therefore only available to team members.]