XXXII Международный конгресс ИИСАА. 26–28 апреля 2023 г.

498 XXXII Международный Конгресс по источниковедению и историографии стран Азии и Африки Секция XIII to be endangered (classified as 6a — threatened). This language is under-described and under-documented. The few existing materials include Masele (2001), Beletskiy/ Diyammi (2019), SIL (1996), Harvey, (www). The present research constitutes an attempt to both document and describe the language while paying attention to folktales and songs accompanying them. The research is guided by two questions: 1) What kind of narrative elements (morphemes) are songs in Ihanzu folktales? 2) Which functions do the songs perform? The data comes from the corpus of Ihanzu folktales collected during short field stays in 2018 and 2019. A total of 6 folktales, containing 9 songs are analyzed within the conceptual framework that combines linguistic approach to Bantu folklore (Toporova, 2012; Ntuli, 2010; Yazyk afrikanskogo foklora [Language ofAfrican foklore], 1997; Afrikanskaya skazka III [African Folk Tale III], 2005), formal theory of folklore (Propp, 2021; Kretov, 2010), and narrative approach to spoken data (Labow, 1997; Berman, 1997). Hypothesis: the functions of songs in Ihanzu folktales correlate with the elements of narrative structure. The research shows that Ihanzu songs perform three key functions within narratives: 1) developing plot; 2) portraying character; 3) conveying the theme. The morphemes (sequences of actions within narrative) where the songs are found are: absentation, villainy, first function of the donor, receipt of a magical agent, struggle, solution, wedding. The correlation between the functions and the morphemes is the following: absentation (1, 3), villainy (1, 2, 3), first function of the donor (1), receipt of a magical agent (2, 3), struggle (1, 3), solution (1, 3), wedding (1, 2, 3). In other words, absentation songs are used to develop the plot and to convey the theme. Villainy songs are used to develop the plot, to convey the theme and to portray a character (villain), etc. References Afrikanska askazka III [African Folk Tale III] (2005). Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Moscow: Vostochnaya literatura. Beletskiy, S., Diyammi, M. P. (2019). A phonological and morphological sketch of Isanzu lect (Bantu, Tanzania). J. Sib. Fed. Univ. Humanit. soc. sci., 12(1). DOI: 10.17516/1997–1370–0376. Harvey, Andrew. Ihanzu: an archive of language and cultural material from Ihanzu people of Mkalama (Singida Region, Tanzania). London, SOAS Endangered languages Archive [https://elar.soas.ac.uk/Collection/MPI1315685 ]. KretovA. A. (2010). Folklore I postfolklore: structura, tipologia, semiotica [Folklore and post-folklore: structure, typology ad semiotics]. Voronezh State University. Labov, W. (1997). Some further steps in narrative analysis. Journal of Narrative & Life History, 7(1–4), 395–415. Maho, J. F. (1999).Acomparative study of Bantu noun classes. Orientalia etAfricana Gothoburgensia. 388 p.