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well, Tabaq people say, in the former times in the past

t̪aib, t̪aanɪɪ aʲɪɲkɛɛʃɪ, kaan ʷɔɔr kambɛr

war was very much

wɛɛj kaan ʷɔʈʊndʊm

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enemies enemies were coming and fight Tabaq

kɪɪlka.. kɪɪl gajɛʃɪ t̪aaŋ wɛɛʈʊ

and the Tabaq people

t̪aanɪɪʲa

enemy's fighting, enemies were everywhere

kɪɪl w..w..wɛɛ kɪɪl t̪ʊʊ.. t̪ʊʊ ʷɔt̪ʊka gajɛʈʊ

Tabaq people in the past were fighting the enemies very much

t̪aanɪɪ kaan, kɪɪl wɛɛʈʊŋam

also Tabaq poeple were guarding the mountain and they were staying at the top of that mountain

kamaan t̪aanɪɪʲa, kuld̪ʊʊ kʊɲʊʃɪ ʈa kuld̪ʊnd̪aar, d̪ɪŋɪɲʃɪɲɛ

they were observing the place (from the top of the mountain they could see everything from far away)

t̪ʊʊʷɛ ilɛʃɪ

if the enemies were coming from below

kɪɪl t̪ʊʊ.. ʈʷalɛt̪ʊnɛn t̪aː

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if they were coming from the west and they were coming towards the top of the moutnains

ɪɪ ndɔkʊɟnɛnɛ t̪aa, ʈaʷʊt̪ʊ ʈaʷʊ nguld̪ʊʊr t̪aʈʊnga

and they from the top of the mountain because Tabaq mountain is very tall and they were staying at the top of that tall mountain

ʈiʲa ʈaʷʊr kuld̪ʊʊt̪ʊ t̪abaan ʈi t̪aanɪ ŋguld̪ʊʊ ɖʊʷɪʲɛ, ʈaʷʊrɛ ʈiʲa akʊʊma

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and they were observing the whole area if an enemy was approaching

ɛɛ t̪ʊʊ kuʈɛɛ ilɛʃɪ, kɪɪl t̪atʊŋga

and all the Tabaq people gathered and fought the enemy

ʈii t̪aanɪɪʲa kʊʈɛfɪ ɖiiljɛ kɪɪl wɛɛtʊn

but now

laakin ɛɛl

now recently that kind of fighting had never come (happened)

ɛɛl gɛribraa, ʈi k.. ʈii wɛɛj, ʈiʲɛnaka fɪtʊ t̪aɲam

Tabaq people were living very well with our neighbours like the Tulishi people

irɪ kɛɛka akʊʊm t̪aanɪɪ ini jaani ʈiinʒɪɪraan ʊʊna, t̪uʃinɪɪ nʊŋa

Tima, or Abujunuk, all of them were living well

t̪iminɪɪnʊŋaa, ɛlakʊnʊŋa, kuʈɛfɪ, kɛɛka t̪aanɪɪʲa akɛɛm

it means, like in the month of Kwee (April dance), at the time of Kwee

jaani zɛj kʷɛɛnʊ.. kʷɛɛ nʊʊnd̪ʊr, [tu] kʷɛɛ ɲukɛ nʊʊl

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all the neighbouring mountain's people like our neighbours the Kamdang people come and gathered in the Tabaq area

ʈ..ʈii kuld̪ʊʊnɪɪ, ʊʊnʒɪɪraanɛɛ kaanɪʲɛɛ kuʈɛfɪ k.., kuʈɛfɪ t̪a t̪aaŋʊr ɖiildɪ

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they see the April festival and they spend two or three days then they go back to their places

kʷɛɛ ilaʲɛ, kʷaal ʊrʊwɛn t̪ʊɟʊwɛn timon ʈiʲa, kʊwɛɛm

they go back to their places their mountains

ʈiind̪ʊʊ ʈiŋgu..ʈi.. ʈiŋgulɪl gaʲɛ

if you say Abujunuk poeple, they usually intermarry with Tabaq people

ɛlakaa fɪtʊndʊŋa, ɛlakʊmaa, t̪aanɪɪʲɛ ɪd̪ʊkɛ

the other mountains' people do not have any intermarriage with Tabaq poeple

ɛnɛ kulɪnɪɪ bɛkɪʲɛ t̪aanɪɪʲɛ ɪd̪ʊkɛɲɛm

only there maybe one marriage exist there

ɛɛla ɪd̪a bɛraʲɛ ʃʷaʈʊŋga ɛɛla ʃʷaʲa

but Abujunuk people and Tabaq people have so many intermarriages

laakin ɛlakʊna t̪aanɪɪʲɛ, ɪd̪ʊkɛɛm

so many Abujunuk women were married and brought to Tabaq

ɛlakʊnɪɪ waɲɛ, ɪd̪ʊkɛn t̪aaŋʊr, kat̪aŋaŋga

and also Tabaq women were marride and went to Abujunuk

t̪aanɪlɪʲa ɛɛla ɪd̪ʊkɛɛn, ɛlakʊr, ʃɛɲɛɲɛ

means if some body killed somebody else

jaani, id̪ʊ bɛɛ id̪ʊ bɛɛ fʊnɛnʊŋgalanga

there in Abujunuk, the chief will carry (take) his people and bring them to Tabaq to live

ɛlakʊr, ʈinii, ɛɛ ʃiila ʃʷaandɪ t̪aaŋʊr t̪a akɛɛn

those poeple of the killer

ʈii ʈʊfɛd̪ʊnɪɪ

they come and stay for some times

t̪a akʊndɪ t̪ʊʊ baa bʊmbʊld̪ʊ

they may stay ten or more years until people forget the event, then they go back to their place

ʃʊŋɪ burɛt̪ʊnɛn zɪjaada tʊmʊnand̪ʊ, irɪ fɛɛ bʊʷɛɛnand̪ʊ ɛɛ ʈiʲa kafʊɲɛn

also in Tabaq also

kamaan t̪aaŋʊra ɛɛlaː

if there is death, if somebody killed somebody else

ʈiʲɛl ʃʷaʈʊnga, id̪ʊ bɛɛ, bɛɛ fʊŋgaʈʊŋga

then the people of that killed , the people of that killed person

jala ʈiː tʊfʊɲɛʈʊ irɪ, ʈʊfʊɲa id̪ɛnɪɪ

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and the chief would take them to Abujunuk

ɛɛ ʃiila ʃʷaandɪ kamaan ɛlakʊr kaʃʊʈʊ

they would stay there till there situation would get better then they come back

akʊrka t̪ʊʊ kɛŋɛnʊm ʈiʲa kafʊʊnga

also Tabaq and Abujunuk poeple have so many intermarriages, from long ago they marry from each other

kamaan t̪aanɪɪʲa ɛlakɪɪ ʷɔʈʊka ɪd̪ʊkɛɲɛ, kambɛt̪ʊ, ɪd̪ʊkɛɛm

and also people have a book among them, i.e. agreement

ah kamaan, irɪ, kitaa ʊt̪ʊŋʊŋ jaani taħaaluf

ah Arabs and it is Arabs and Tabaq poeple

ah ɛrgɛɛ ɛrgɛʲɛ, t̪aanɪɪʲɛ k..

they had an agreement poeple of Tidu or Tikam, in the past

kitaa ʊt̪ʊŋga [xx] t̪id̪ʊnɪɪnɪga ka tɪkamnɪɪnɪga kaan

they had an agreement and were living together very well

taħaaluf ʊt̪ʊŋgaː, kɛɛkana ɪ.. ɪɪ.. ɪɪʃɛ

if someone visits someone in his place the host will slaughter him something (usually a sheep, a he-goat, or a cock)

ʈiː, ʈidi nd̪ʊʊ t̪aʈʊnd̪aar ɛnɛ, ʈi ʃaa ʃʊʊd̪ʊndiʲa

if you visited their place then they

wanɛ nd̪ʊʊr ʃɛʈʊnd̪aar, ʈi ah ʈiʲa ɛɛla

they would slaughter for Tabaq people something in return

t̪aanɪɪ, ʃaa ʃʊʊd̪ʊndiʲa, kɛɛkana ʃɛɲɛ

also there were some Arabs who were living with Tabaq people

kamaan ah, ɛrgɛ bɛɛd̪ʊ t̪aanɪɪʲa akʊɲɛɲɛ

like our grandmother Shami

jaani ʈiŋ ʊʊnɔɔ ʃamɪ

she was firstly married by an Arab, an Arab married her

ɛrgɛd̪ɛ ʷɔɔr ɪd̪ʊŋam, ɛrgɛd̪ʊ ɪd̪ʊŋgaka

his name was Mohammed Kheir, he lived in Tabaq until he died

mʊhamad xɛɛra nʊʊl kɔɔm, ka t̪aaŋʊr ʃʷaʈʊka, kakit̪a fʊnand̪ʊ

then our grandfather Khaleel married her

ʊ.. ʊʊnɔɔ kɔt̪a, xalɪɪla ɪd̪ʊŋga

it means that Arabs in the past

jaani ʃinu, kaan, ɛrgɛ

were used to marry Tabaq women and Tabaq were used to marry Arab women

t̪aanɪɪlɪ ɪd̪ʊkʊm, t̪aanɪɪʲa kamaan ɛrgɛnɪɪlɪ, kaan, ɪd̪ʊkʊŋga

people were living together peacefully very well in the past

kɛɛkanɛ irɪ ʃɛɲɛ kaan ʷɔɔr

aha but now because the area is no longer safe (lit.: is damaged)

aha ɛɛla baa t̪ʊʊ dʷajɛɛmaʈʊ

means

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there in the Tabaq mountain of course for so many years noone was there in the Tabaq mountain, all of poeple

it.. t̪àànɪ́ ŋgùld̪ʊ́ʊ̀ t̪abaan, kam sɛnanʊŋga, id̪ʊ bɛra ɛɛ ʃʷaɲam t̪àànɪ́ ŋgùld̪ʊ́ʊ̀r, irɪ kuʈɛfɪ

some of them went to Lagawa and some went to Abuzabad and some to another place

ka lagaawar ʃɛɲɛʈʊŋga ɛnɛ bɛkɪʲa abʊzabadʊr ʃɛʈʊ bɛkɪʲa, t̪ʊʊ bɛɛr

went and the mountain remained empty because of the increasing war

ʃɛɛm bɛɛr kuld̪ʊʊ faad̪i ʃʷaɲa, tana aʃaan ʷɔɔʷɛ ʷɔʈa ɪtʊ

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and because Tabaq people are few so they

ɛɛ t̪aanɪɪʲa irɪ baanɪdɪ, xalas ʈiʲa ɛɛ

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all of them were scattered only nowadays they are returning to rebuild their place

kuʈɛfɪ wɔazɛɛn, ʃɛɲɛtɛ ɛɛla kafʊʊn ɟɛɲɛ, t̪ʊʊ amɛrɛɲɛ, amɛrɛɛka ʃɛɛ

ah also ah if you say the market

ah kamaan ah t.., ʃuuʷa fɪʈʊŋgala

in Lagawa, in Lagawa, in Lagawa is the market place of the Tabaq

lagaawar, lagaawar, lagaawarɛ t̪aanɪɪ nʒuwɛ

it is not far away from Tabaq, if you started walking on food in the morning

t̪aaŋt̪ʊ ɖʊʃʊm, fɪɪr ʊ kɔɔdʊka dɪnakʊn

you go and buy whatever you want and in the evening you come back

tɪ.. ʊ ʷaʈʊ ʃaa ʃʊnaʲa, ʃaakʊra kafʊn

you come back to your home the place is not very far

ʊʊnʒaald̪ʊ t̪aʈʊ t̪ʊʊ dʊʃʊm harka

so where Tabaq people go their thing to sell like beans

ah t̪aanɪɪʲa, garɛ ʈiinʒaarɪ gaʲɛ ʃʊrɪ ka wɔkɪʲɛ

sesame, all the harvest they take it to Lagawa even if somebody has cows to sell he takes it to lagawa

bɛlɛɛʲɛ, ʃɔɔrɪ nʒaarɪ kuʈɛɛ kaʃa algaar ʃaa t̪ɪɪʷɛnɛ kʷalʲɪ ʃʊna iil, lagaawar kaʃʊ

ah it is Lagawa which is the market place of Tabaq

ah algaandɪ ʈiinʒuuʷɛ t̪aanɪɪ nʒuuʷɛ

if somebody has a police case he takes it to Lagawa

ah id̪ʊ gad̪ijɛn kʷalʊnga, algaar kaʃɛ

he opens a police case there

ʈiː balaagh fataħɛnand̪ʊ ah ɛɛ

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