Materials of the Choguita Rarámuri Language Project
Creators: name: Holguín, María Dolores
name: Cervantes Guerrero, María Del Rosario
name: Chaparro Gardea, Rosa Isela
name: Díaz, María Guadalupe
name: Fuentes Díaz, Miguel Ángel
name: Fuentes Guerrero, Reyes
name: Fuentes Hernández, Morales
name: Fuentes Holguín, Sebastián
name: Fuentes Loya, Bertha
name: Fuentes Loya, Yeni
name: Fuentes Moreno, Guillermina
name: Fuentes Moreno, Valentina
name: Fuentes Moreno, Vicente
name: Fuentes Palma, Giltro
name: Guerrero Fuentes, Rocío
name: Guerrero Herrera, Teresa
name: León Holguín, Roberto
name: León Ramírez, Luz Elena
name: Loya Guerra, Jesusita
name: Moreno Fuentes, Francisco
name: Moreno Morales, Sebastián
name: Valencia Nevárez, María Ignacia
name: Aguilar, Andrés Ehécatl
name: Caballero, Gabriela
name: Carroll, Lucien
name: Garellek, Marc
name: German, Austin
name: Kapatsinski, Vsevolod
name: Pintado Cortina, Ana Paula
name: Espino, Mateo
name: Fuentes Hernández, Cornelio
name: Fuentes, José María "Chemale"
name: Fuentes, Rosa
name: Holguín Fuentes, Javier
name: León Pacheco, Federico
name: Rosesio
name: Moreno Romero, Jorge Esteban
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2019

description: The core materials of this collection are primary sound recordings made between 2011 and 2018. These materials are separated into file bundles that reflect the organization of the materials (i) as designed to either elicit specific types of data for phonological, morphological, or syntactic analysis, or (ii) as recordings of narratives in different genres and as chosen by community member collaborators. The first general category is represented by file bundles 2019-01.001 through 2019-01.014, with PDF copies of field notes in 2019-01.012 and associated published and unpublished analytical materials in 2019-01.014. These are often large bundles consisting of many digital files with abstract alphanumeric names, following project-internal file naming conventions. To interpret them, consult the master metadata spreadsheet in bundle 2019-01.076. Elicited data (bundles 2019-01.001 through 2019-01.011, and 2019-01.013) involved experimental methods to probe processing of redundant morphology and intonational patterns in the language, as well as more traditional methods to elucidate grammatical patterns for the completion of a reference grammar (in progress as of March 2019).

The second general category is represented by bundles 2019-01.015 through 2019-01.075, a set of personal, historical, and procedural narratives, conversations, interviews, prayers, and oratory, each of which is contained in its own bundle for maximal visibility of its associated metadata. Most of these bundles contain a single .wav and single .eaf file, that is, the original sound recording and an associated annotation file. Some of these bundles contain additional sound recordings of annotation sessions, with some follow-up text-based elicitation. Although all relevant metadata for these bundles has been entered into the catalog, the same metadata is also contained in the master metadata spreadsheet for comprehensiveness.

The master metadata spreadsheet (2019-01.076) is organized with one row per digital file, in 11 columns: Bundle Identifier, Bundle Title, File Name, Format, Date (of creation), Duration (when relevant), Language(s), Contributor(s), Creator(s), Description, Recording Circumstances. In order to determine the contributor(s) to any of the files in a particular bundle, it is necessary to search for the relevant file name in this spreadsheet, and then correlate the three-letter initials with the full names used in the catalog metadata. This is especially true of the larger file bundles described above. In general, annotation files have the same name as their associated sound recordings, and so are easy to track when browsing the digital files. Relevant relations between files are often mentioned in the Description column.

File bundle titles are given in English and Spanish. Descriptions are given in English, and, in bundles 2019-01.015 through 2019-01.075, include relevant details extracted from the master metadata spreadsheet. The primary speaker in a monologic text, as well as the interviewee in an interview, is listed as an author. (Interviewers are interviewers.) Speakers in elicitation recordings are listed as consultants. Other roles are transparent. Date ranges in bundles are based on the earliest and latest dates of creation of primary recordings, ignoring derivative materials such as annotation files.