Omrina and Rultuv'e converse, tell stories, explain traditions

• Other Authors: Aleksei Rultuv'e, Tatiana Omrina, Tatiana Yatylkut, Vladimir Yatylkut, Alexander King, Christina Kincaid
• Format: Audio
• Language: Russian; English
• Published: Alexander King 2001
• Subjects: Conversation; Koryak language; Russian language; English language; Pakhachi; Srednie; Kamchatka; Koryak; Tundra
• Online Access: https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1313527%23

Breathy voiced woman speaking near beginning is Omrina. Old man doing most of the talking at beginning is Rultuv'e. Other woman is Yatylkut. High-pitched voice man is Volodya Yatylkut. The second half of the recording includes discussion of funerary rites. Near the end Omrina tells stories. Profession: reindeer herder. Born in the tundra. Speaker is blind since early childhood. Profession: reindeer herder. Estimated year of death: 2008. Learned Russian as 4th language starting in grad school and extensive residence in Kamchatka (1995 5mos, 1997-98 17 months). Had very good conversational skills by summer 1997 and fluent by early 1998, at least in listening. Has thick American accent. Knows a few words of Koryak for social situation. Learned Russian at university and several months in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Fluent in Russian with soft American accent. Many Kamchatkans mistake her for Polish or some other western Slavic woman. Knows a few words of Koryak for social situations.