The book consists of oral narratives in the Evenki language, compiled on the basis of the linguistic material collected by Nadezhda Mamontova during several expeditions to the Evenki Municipal District of the Krasnoyarsk Territory in the period from 2011 to 2014.The book includes twenty nine texts in the proper Ilimpii dialect (Chirinda, Ekonda and Tutonchany sub-dialects) and four texts in the Kislokan mixed sub-dialect which contains the elements of both Northern and Southern sets of dialects. In terms of folklore genres, the texts are represented by fairy tales, mythological stories, legends, and epic texts (all of them are called nimŋakar and ulguril (Pl.) in Evenki), including Khosun legends narrating the battle between two ancestral heroes culminating in the killing of the winner by the bear. The Khosun epic traditions are known only among the Ilimpii Evenki and, hence, they are the unique feature of this community’s oral tradition. All the narratives are published in Evenki, with Russian and English translations. Some texts are provided with audio recordings, which are especially valuable for native speakers involved in the revitalization of the Evenki language.

Nadezhda Mamontova (ed.)
2023, Fürstenberg/Havel: Kulturstiftung Sibirien
227 pp., 15,5 x 22 cm
ISBN: 978-3-942883-38-2
Euro 28, paperback

Evenki narratives (nimŋakar and ulguril) in the Ilimpii dialect

The book consists of oral narratives in the Evenki language, compiled on the basis of the linguistic material collected by Nadezhda Mamontova during several expeditions to the Evenki Municipal District of the Krasnoyarsk Territory in the period from 2011 to 2014.The book includes twenty nine texts in the proper Ilimpii dialect (Chirinda, Ekonda and Tutonchany sub-dialects) and four texts in the Kislokan mixed sub-dialect which contains the elements of both Northern and Southern sets of dialects. In terms of folklore genres, the texts are represented by fairy tales, mythological stories, legends, and epic texts (all of them are called nimŋakar and ulguril (Pl.) in Evenki), including Khosun legends narrating the battle between two ancestral heroes culminating in the killing of the winner by the bear. The Khosun epic traditions are known only among the Ilimpii Evenki and, hence, they are the unique feature of this community’s oral tradition. All the narratives are published in Evenki, with Russian and English translations. Some texts are provided with audio recordings, which are especially valuable for native speakers involved in the revitalization of the Evenki language.

Nadezhda Mamontova (ed.)
2023, Fürstenberg/Havel: Kulturstiftung Sibirien
227 pp., 15,5 x 22 cm
ISBN: 978-3-942883-38-2
Euro 28, paperback

Nadezhda Mamontova (ed.)

Nadezhda Mamontova (ed.)

Evenken

Эвенкийские нимӈакар и улгурил на илимпийском диалекте

Надежда Мамонтова (сост.)

Данная работа представляет собрание традиционных нарративов (нимӈакар и улгурил) на илимпийском диалекте северного наречия эвенкийского языка с переводами на русском и английском языках, снабженное комментариями, фотоматериалами и аудиозаписями. Материалами послужили тексты, записанные в ходе нескольких полевых сезонов в Эвенкийском муниципальном районе Красноярского края, проведенных в период с 2011 по 2014 гг. Отдельное внимание в работе уделено так называемому хосунному эпосу, распространенному среди эвенков только на севере Эвенкии. Работа адресована и посвящена представителям илимпийских эвенков, которые щедро делились со мной своими знаниями, традициями и опытом. Она также представляет интерес для антропологов, фольклористов, лингвистов и учителей родного языка.

Nadezhda Mamontova (ed.)
2023, Fürstenberg/Havel: Kulturstiftung Sibirien
227 pp., 15,5 x 22 cm
ISBN: 978-3-942883-38-2
Euro 28, paperback

Mamontova, Nadezhda