[An-lang] Kerebi

[Harald Hammarström]

Dear all,
Several people helped me get in touch with Jim Farr and Evgeniya Korovina
alerted me to Jan Hasselberg who had done fieldwork in the Tufi area
recently. Both Jim Farr and Jan Hasselberg reported that Kerebi is a
dialect of the Arifama-Miniafia language, specifically beloning to the
Miniafia group, though I have not seen the 1972 (or any other) wordlist.
There may be a speaker still alive. Thanks to everyone who helped, H


Pada tanggal Min, 22 Mar 2020 pukul 17.18 Harald Hammarström <
harald at bombo.se> menulis:

> Dear all,
> In Cindi Farr's grammar of Korafe (1999:9) there is mention of a (now
> extinct)
> Austronesian --- presumably Papuan tip Oceanic --- language/community
> called Kerebi, that the Korafe killed and married the remainder of. In
> footnote 9, it is said that
>
> When we arrived in the Tufi area in 1972, only a few Kerebi speakers
> were left mostly at Kasiava and Koafurina, and they were bilingual in
> Korafe. A word list was recorded at Kasiava.
>
> I understand that Cindi Farr has passed away and the most recent email
> address I could find for James (Jim)/Cynthia (Cindi) j-c.farr at sil.org.pg
> is no longer active.
>
> Does anyone know if/where this wordlist can be found and/or which Oceanic
> language Kerebi was closest to?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Harald
>
> Farr, Cynthia J. M. (1999) The interface between syntax and discourse in
> Korafe: a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea (Pacific Linguistics: Series
> C 148). Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian
> National University.
>
>
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