Lost and Found in Bipi: A Linguistic Odyssey

All aboard! Mind the wind and the outrigger! This is the spirit of this cheerful conversation with David Faunt, honorary linguist. David moved to Papua New Guinea in his early 20s. Since then, he ahs been compiling date on the language of his adoptive community: Bipi.He tell us about his first impressions of the land, the things he did to learn the language, and his thoughts about the local customs, including the time he got lost in the open sea!Don't miss out on the amazing life story of this unconventional gem of a human!Hosts | Isabella Schulz & Lissara Bergamaschi. Supervisor | Kelly Shoecraft Lecturer of Applied Linguistics. Editor | Raia Pinhati. Music | Doppel. Proudly supported by Griffith University, Australia.