Journal | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
Journal issue | 58 | 2022
Research Article | A Comparative Analysis of an East Sakhalin Ainu Folktale Collected by Bronisław Piłsudski

A Comparative Analysis of an East Sakhalin Ainu Folktale Collected by Bronisław Piłsudski

Elia Dal Corso - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email

Abstract

This contribution presents a linguistic analysis of an East Sakhalin Ainu (East Enciw‘itah) folktale collected by Bronisław Piłsudski in 1903. The author bases his analysis on two different versions of the text, which Piłsudski compiled himself using a cyrillic-script-based and a latin-script-based transcription for Ainu. Taking into account two versions of the folktale where different scripts are used proves insightful with regards to phonetics and phonology and, thanks to Piłsudski’s painstakingly accurate transcription, allows for investigation despite the lack of a backup audio recording. Starting from Piłsudski’s originals, the author provides a re-transliteration of the text, following modern standard conventions for Ainu, and a morphemic analysis. A discussion of the most salient grammatical aspects of the informant’s language follows and a comparison with neighbouring West Sakhalin Ainu (West Enciw‘itah) dialects is drawn.

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Submitted: Feb. 14, 2022 | Published June 30, 2022 | Language: en

Keywords Philology • Folklore • Ainu • Endangered languages • Sakhalin • Piłsudski

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dc.description.abstract	This contribution presents a linguistic analysis of an East Sakhalin Ainu (East Enciw‘itah) folktale collected by Bronisław Piłsudski in 1903. The author bases his analysis on two different versions of the text, which Piłsudski compiled himself using a cyrillic-script-based and a latin-script-based transcription for Ainu. Taking into account two versions of the folktale where different scripts are used proves insightful with regards to phonetics and phonology and, thanks to Piłsudski’s painstakingly accurate transcription, allows for investigation despite the lack of a backup audio recording. Starting from Piłsudski’s originals, the author provides a re-transliteration of the text, following modern standard conventions for Ainu, and a morphemic analysis. A discussion of the most salient grammatical aspects of the informant’s language follows and a comparison with neighbouring West Sakhalin Ainu (West Enciw‘itah) dialects is drawn.
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dc.issued	2022-06-30
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-02-14
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dc.identifier.eissn	2385-3042
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
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dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2022/01/030
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Ainu
dc.subject	Endangered languages
dc.subject	Folklore
dc.subject	Philology
dc.subject	Piłsudski
dc.subject	Sakhalin
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