tci20120924a-02

I will start

zreth.kä.fə

okay

?o.kay

like this

ni.ma fof

as for this komnzo language

zo.kwa.si za.ne ʔa.hə kom.nzo zo.kwa.si ma.ne rä

it is the real farem language. the komnzo language.

fa.re.ma.ne zo.kwa.si fe.fe ʔa.ne fof rä kom.nzo

the reason is that

fi bä.ne zəf.then

the mothers that got married to here

ŋa.me.yə zə.bo ma.ne ʔän.mə.nza

from arammba

zə.ba ʔa.ra.ba

from wära

zə.ba wä.ra

the wära language from mätkar

wä.ra zo.kwa.si ka.be mät.kar

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they came here

ni.ma zə.ba

from daraia, from mata

thray.ʔa mä.ta

now they are here

zə.ba ze.rä

from mibini

mif.ne

and the coast people staying there

ʔa ma.zo ka.be nä bäm.nzro

their language came here

naf.nə.me zo.kwa.si mon.me zə.bo ʔän.mə.nza zəf

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they did what?

wa.tik zo.kwa.si ʔa.ne naf bä.ne wä.fi.yo.kwa kom.nzo zo.kwa.si

they forgot the komnzo language

wə.thə.gu.nza

the mothers don't really .... the one who got married here ... the mothers don't really speak komnzo

ŋam.yə ke.ke kwot zə.bo thwan.mə.nzə.rəm ŋam.yə ke.ke kwot kwa.na.fə.rə.məth kom.nzo zo.kwa.si fe.fe

as for those mothers

ŋam.yə ma.ne thəf.rä.rəm

they just mix up the languages

zo.kwa.si kom.nzo thəf.tha.fra.kwə.rə.məth

that is where the children miss out on the language, the komnzo language

wa.tik mä fof na.gay.ʔə zo.kwa.si wər.fe.nza.kwath kom.nzo zo.kwa.si

when you look at the language today

wa.tik ze.na fə.thə za.mar zo.kwa.si

the komnzo (people) or

kom.nzo ʔo

the farem tribe

fa.re.məf

they are now searching for the language

za.ne zo.kwa.si kom.nzo wthorakwrth

what is the real language?

na.fa.ne zo.kwa.si fe.fe ra rä

when you look at it today. the farem tribe

wa.tik ze.na fə.thə za.mar fa.re.məf

is searching for the language

kom.nzo zo.kwa.si fə.thə wə.tho.ra.kwər

some speak a bit of that language from others

nä zo.kwa.si tənz kwa ŋa.na.fər nä.bun.ma

another one speaks with another ...

nä zo.kwa.si tənz kwa ŋa.na.fər nä z-

a little bit from another language

nä nä zo.kwa.si tənz.ma

and another one speaks with a little bit of another language

nä zo.kwa.si tənz kwa ŋa.na.fər nä zo.kwa.si tənz.ma

and another one speaks with a little bit of another language

nä zo.kwa.si kwa ŋa.na.fər nä zo.kwa.si tənz.ma

therefore, the (Komnzo) language

bä.ne.ma fof zo.kwa.si ma.ne re.ra

is not (spoken) properly

ke.ke kwot

and the mothers

ʔa ŋam.yə

taught the (children) on their own languages

na.fan.me zo.kwa.si.me.wä thwa.sä.mi.nzə.rə.məth

they were teaching us like this

ni.ma fof nzə.fa.sä.mi.nzə.rə.məth fof

this small story or the story of the komnzo language

ʔo ka.tan tri.ka.si fäth ʔa.ne zok- ʔa.ne kom.nzo zo.kwa.si.ʔa.ne

it is a story really

tri.ka.si ʔa.ne fof rä

about how the language was forgotten

mon.me zə zo.kwa.si ŋath.gu.nza

where

mä fof zə

we are wrapping komnzo (with other languages)

za.ne zo.kwa.si kom.nzo wə.wäth.wə.re

or we are adding it, we are adding them

ʔo wə.fuk.thə.kwre ʔe.fuk.thə.kwre

this is the small (story)

ʔa.ne.nzo fäth fof bə.rä

thank you

ʔe.so