Lakon
Glottocode : lako1245 ISO 639-3 : lkn
Lakon is one of the six languages spoken on Gaua, the largest of the Banks Islands, in northern Vanuatu. It has about 800 speakers. Its phylogenetic affiliation is the same as the other 138 languages spoken in Vanuatu: it is an Oceanic language – and thus a member of the vast Austronesian family that covers most islands in the Pacific.
Resources
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00:09:06 | Wuwut, the orphan | François, Alexandre | Klera Romalev | ||
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00:00:25 | Presentation of the Jolap choir | François, Alexandre | ||
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00:02:29 | Jolap chorus “Tok blong God” | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:01:21 | Chorus | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:00:49 | Introduction à L'Origine du lac | François, Alexandre | François, Alexandre | ||
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00:03:55 | The Origin of the great Lake of Gaua | François, Alexandre | Nelson Vagel | ||
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00:03:16 | A story of the Gaua lake | François, Alexandre | Nelson Vagel | ||
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00:01:23 | The spirit and the lake | François, Alexandre | Nelson Vagel | ||
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00:00:52 | Introduction to “Octopus and Moray eel” | François, Alexandre | François, Alexandre | ||
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00:04:10 | Octopus and Moray eel | François, Alexandre | Nikson Wevales | ||
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00:06:21 | The Bird of the Great Lake | François, Alexandre | Wini Rovales | ||
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00:03:16 | The Bird of the Great Lake (Bislama version) | François, Alexandre | Wini Rovales | ||
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00:02:41 | The Council of Birds | François, Alexandre | Marcel Wuwut | ||
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00:00:25 | Introduction to “The origin of Gaua's great lake” | François, Alexandre | François, Alexandre | ||
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00:04:10 | The origin of Gaua's great lake | François, Alexandre | Nikson Wevales | ||
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00:17:14 | Kpwat and his brothers against the Ogre | François, Alexandre | Moses Steven Weting | ||
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00:02:51 | Wenawon the Trickster | François, Alexandre | Derik Vanvan | ||
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00:40:08 | String band from West Gaua | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:00:54 | Introduction | François, Alexandre | François, Alexandre | ||
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00:09:06 | Wuwut, the boy cut in a tree | François, Alexandre | Klera Romalev | ||
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00:04:33 | Mantuutuu and Weweret | François, Alexandre | Klera Romalev | ||
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00:01:55 | A demon | François, Alexandre | Benkoliak | ||
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00:07:11 | Story of Mwelchuch | François, Alexandre | Klera Romalev | ||
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00:00:25 | Introduction to "The significance of Hawks" | François, Alexandre | François, Alexandre | ||
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00:03:20 | On the symbolic significance of Hawks in Gaua | François, Alexandre | Nelson Vagel | ||
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00:00:36 | Introduction to “The Origin of dances Leng and Magh” | François, Alexandre | François, Alexandre | ||
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00:04:20 | The Origin of dances Leng and Magh | François, Alexandre | Nikson Wevales | ||
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00:01:37 | The main parts of a magh dance | François, Alexandre | Nikson Wevales | ||
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00:02:20 | Lake and Volcano | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:01:20 | Leng – a women's dance | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:02:56 | The two ships (a women's song) | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:03:24 | A leng song: The Great Cyclone | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:01:42 | Äh avan mulmulä (section of the magh) | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:04:59 | A magh performance, by dancers from Jolap | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:02:32 | Väräh saasaa (section of the magh) | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:03:37 | Vile mate mag (section of the magh) | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:02:19 | Ron̄täg qale laklake (section of the magh) | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:01:46 | Vanvan woo (section of the magh) | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:03:55 | Mag mätmät (section of the magh) | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:01:30 | Mulmulä (section of the magh) | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:00:47 | Presentation of the St Bartholomew festival | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:03:22 | Väräh saasaa (section of the magh) | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:04:17 | Vile mate mag (section of the magh) | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:00:34 | Mag ga tow (section of the magh) | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:00:22 | Short presentation of the dances | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:08:56 | Large slit gong | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:04:14 | A leng song: The Great Cyclone (rehearsal) | François, Alexandre | |||
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00:05:37 | Water music | François, Alexandre |