KyotoKinkian

‘Toci no kotoba’ wa, kuni o koete, sara kara kosiraeta atsumari na n ya kedo, konna mon o mezasiten no ya.

1. Yo no naka juu no kotoba ga yooke ni wakareten no o mamora na akan no to, 2. Narai-tsutae ga yooke ni wakareten no to, iki-mono ga yooke ni wakareten.

no to wa, homma wa tsunagatten no ya tte koto o siraberu non ya.

‘Toci no Kotoba’ ga mezasiten no o matometa si, yoo mite ya.

‘Toci no Kotoba’: kotoba to iki-mono ga yooke ni wakareten no o mamoru tsudoi.

Yaritai omooten no o hakkiri yuute miru si.

A. ‘Toci no Kotoba’ wa yoo sitten no ya:

1. Kotoba toka, sore no cotto kawatta non toka, yooke ni wakareten no wa, narai-tsutae ga yo no naka juu de yooke ni wakareteru no ni totte ya na, iki-sini ni kakawaru hodo daiji na mon na n ya.

2. Narai-tsutae ga yooke ni wakareten no to, iki-mono ga yooke ni wakareten no to wa, tada tsunagatteru dake ya arahen no ya. Hiki hanasehen hodo gocca ni natte simooten no tte syoccuu ya.

3. Iki-mono hitotsu-hitotsu no nakama ga soo na n ya

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KyaNgonde

Preface to the KyaNgonde Language.

KyaNgonde is spoken by 270,000 people in Karonga district, at the northern end of Malawi, a country of 12 million in southeast Africa. There is evidence that the language is experiencing extinction: it is not taught in schools, printed in newspapers, or broadcast on the nation’s radio station. As a result, many young Ngonde and their few college-educated adults are now experiencing problems reading and writing it well. Some also find it difficult to speak the language fluently without interposing the vocabulary with foreign words, such as English or Chewa, the dominant national language. Ironically, only the illiterate or less-educated Ngonde living in the rural villages speak the language flawlessly.

KyaNgonde is closely related to KiNyakyusa, which is spoken by 600,000 Nyakyusa people in southwest Tanzania. The two ethnic groups are separated by the Songwe river, which is the international boundary between Malawi and Tanzania.

Below is a translation of Terralingua’s Statement of Purpose into KyaNgonde language by a Ngonde journalist, who also publishes scholarly Occasional Papers about the Nyakyusa-Ngonde people.

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