Culture events with 3-7 Words & Language tag

Dialects

Edited Dec. 31, 2021, 1:18 a.m. by Steve

Kovol has three Dialects. Slipim, koβol ("matat" - crooked) is spoken in Evesil and Torokum, Sanapim, ʔoβol ("imɛngis" - straight) is spoken in Kokoma, Elilim and Pusilai and Kobumbua has their own dialect. Slipim is closer to Pal than Sanapim. Kobumbua's Di...

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Interviews about words and language

Edited Nov. 17, 2023, 2:40 p.m. by Steve

1. nobug hobol niningate egee aminim 1,2,3... nobug hobol amisi nonn igel hobol amee (count to 10 in tok ples) 2. igubasabsa endet niningat emind ig? (did your ancestors count like that) 3. yog hobol hutam oomoo sangol ombul igu mohis hiyol ogoo samog bili amg igu mohis hiyol ogoo sebonee bele amb i...

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Kovol story of first man - Tapulang

Edited May 23, 2024, 11:37 a.m. by Steve

Sitting around the fire in Soso's house telling stories. Steve May 2024. There's a list of names here. Perhaps something about a bird teaching people how to have sex and have children, and something about the origin of hunting for meat in Namsug. But it doesn't make much sense to ...

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Origin of language

Edited Jan. 31, 2024, 2:19 p.m. by Steve

Just before we announced which dialect we'd work in Kavaluku and Kasi told me a story that they seemed to think had great significance. They told me about a boy who had been born who was the first to speak in language. The first sounds he uttered were [ɑ] and [i] (these are the same syllables seen i...

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history of language interviews

Edited Nov. 17, 2023, 2:39 p.m. by Steve

1. megite henee ogoo ig hobol wes wes amb igung? (why do we speak different languages?) 2. nonn igubasabas igel hobol amb agamemind ig? (did your ancestors speak kovol?) 3. igubasabas nom hobol imengis amb agamemind ig oo hobol matat agamemind ig? (did your ancestors speak imengis or matat?) 4. mohi...

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hobol story of first man

Edited May 23, 2024, 10:53 a.m. by Steve

Sitting in Soso's house by fire telling stories. Nambi seems to tell a creation myth, something about a spirit entering man and making him alive. The children named are Wa and Ingil, so this man is presumably Sigol, the first person to speak Imengis. Steve played these recordings to Semik in Jan ...

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