Numbering children

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2-1 Terminology & Relationships

Participants

Date Team participants National participants
None Philip one parent from each family in the village

Description

Children are numbered and referred to this way

Interpretation

Kovol people find it important to number their children. The order of birth determines the identifier; so if a girl is born first (limɔŋ) and a boy 2nd the boy will be egam, not kem. If a child dies young their spot isn't replaced, the next child takes the next identifier

Texts

Mele - Birth order, m+f
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## Male 1. heem 2. yagam 3. aleng 4. nann 5. tomb 6. tataga 7. amand 8. ulas 9. ninee 10. sennelee ## Female 1. limonn 2. ambam 3. helee 4. nannand 5. sut 6. pagil 7. sut 8. ninog 9. sennelee

Sharon, Birth order f
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Orthographic text

1. limonn 2. embam 3. kelee 4. nannand 5. pagil 6. sut 7. magalam 8. ninnog 9. sangala 10. menidigam 11. kot 12. sennelee

Komoni - Borth order m+f
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Male: 1. kem 2. eegam 3. kaleng 4. nann 5. tomb 6. emans 7. ulas 8. tataga 9. embuumuu 10. senguule Female: 1. limonn 2. embam 3. kele 4. nannand 5. pagil 6. magalam 7. mandzigam 8. soot 9. simam

Lasmeri - birth order
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    Speaker: Lasmeri

Orthographic text

Male: 1. heem 2. yagam 3. aleng 4. nann 5. tomb 6. totaga 7. aman 8. ninee 9. magal 10. muni ulas Female: 1. limonn 2. embam 3. helee 4. nannand 5. pagil 6. toot 7. magalam 8. ninog 9. sangala 10. mendigam 11. hot

Yagil - birth orders
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Male: 1. heem 2. yagam 3. haleng 4. nann 5. tomb 6. tataga 7. amand 8. ninee 9. magal 10. ulas 11. muni 12. sennelee Female: 1. limonn 2. ambam 3. helee 4. nannand 5. pagil 6. soot 7. ninog 8. sangala