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It is interesting to compare languages through their use of daily words and expressions which are (too often\u00a0!) held as universal. Our shooting teams were requested to gather names of colours, numbers from 1 to 10 (although we know all populations do not necessarily use the same counting systems) as well as daily phrases from all their interlocutors in their respective languages.<\/strong><\/p>\n

These basic words often prove to be an efficient way of verifying similarities between languages<\/strong> belonging to the same linguistic group<\/strong>. In indo-european languages<\/strong>, for example, numbers from 1 to 10 are very similar which confirms connections between, among others, Kurd, French or Russian.<\/p>\n

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Weekdays in Benga<\/h5>\n

In Gabon<\/strong>, Benga<\/strong> is spoken on the coastal zone (Cap Esterias and Cap Santa Clara), north of Libreville.<\/p>\n

Nowadays less that 1000 people are able to use this language<\/strong>, and the number of Benga<\/strong> speakers is constantly dropping, partly because they are progressively blending into the neighbouring Myene <\/strong>community.<\/p>\n

View all videos in Benga<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nLinguist <\/span>: Patrick Mouguiama-Daouda
\nImage and sound<\/span> : Muriel Lutz
\nEditing<\/span>: Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n

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Weekdays in Mpongwe<\/h5>\n

Following the Akoa Pygmies, nowadays extinct<\/strong>, the Mpongwe<\/strong> people are the first inhabitants of Libreville, on the north bank of the Gabon <\/strong>estuary. The number of Mpongwe <\/strong>speakers has now dropped under 5000. In awareness<\/strong> of their traditional heritage<\/strong> being threatened with extinction<\/strong>, the Mpongwe<\/strong> have created structures for the protection of their language<\/strong> and culture<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

View all videos in Mpongwe<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nLinguist <\/span>: Patrick Mouguiama-Daouda
\nImage and sound<\/span>: Muriel Lutz
\nEditing<\/span>: Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n

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Weekdays in Baynunk<\/h5>\n

The Baynunk language belongs to the big Niger-Congo<\/a> family (North Atlantic branch, Tenda-nyun group). It is spoken in south Senegal<\/strong>, as well as in neighbouring Gambia <\/strong>and Guinea-Bissau<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In 2006 website Ethnologue.com estimated the number of speakers of Baynunk at 6,200. According to UNESCO criteria, it thus qualifies to be considered as an endangered language.<\/p>\n

Baynunk is one of the 17 languages benefiting from the codification and recognition program for minority languages initiated in the 1970\u2019s in Senegal.<\/p>\n

Read the data on Baynunk<\/a><\/p>\n

View all videos in Baynunk<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nImage & sound<\/span>: Muriel Lutz, assisted by Cheikh Tidiane Sall
\nLinguist<\/span>: Sokhna Bao-Diop
\nEditing<\/span>: Caroline Laurent
\nVideo created within the ANR S\u00e9n\u00e9langues <\/em>project<\/p>\n

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Weekdays in Syriac<\/h5>\n

Syriac<\/strong> is a classical and liturgical belonging to the Aramaic group of languages<\/strong>. These derive from Aramaic<\/strong>, a Semitic language<\/strong> that was officially recognized over 2,500 years ago! Aramaic became the administrative language of the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the 7th century B.C., followed by the Neo-Babylonian and Persian Empires, thus becoming the common language of the Middle East. Aramaic already included several dialects prior to the Christian era. And one of these was the language Jesus Christ used to preach in.<\/p>\n

Read our description sheet on Neo-Aramaic languages (French)<\/a><\/p>\n

View all videos in Neo-Aramaic languages<\/a><\/p>\n

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Image & sound<\/span>: Baptiste Etchegaray
\nEditing<\/span>: Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n

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Weekdays in Tamasheq<\/h5>\n

Tamasheq<\/strong> (or Tamajeq, or Tamaheq, stemming from the word Tamazight) is\u00a0spoken by the Tuareg<\/strong>, a nomadic people that has been settled in the\u00a0desert areas of North Africa<\/strong> for millennia, over a vast territory reaching from Mali to Libya, from Burkina Faso to Algeria, and including Niger. There are around\u00a0one million<\/strong> speakers of Tamasheq.<\/p>\n

Like Kabyle, Shawia, or Rifian, Tamasheq is in fact a\u00a0variant of Berber<\/strong> (or Tamazight), a group of languages that covers the whole of North Africa (Marocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Niger, Mauritania, Mali, and Burkina Faso), not to mention a large diaspora in Europe and America.<\/p>\n

Watch all the videos in Tamasheq<\/a><\/p>\n

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Image & sound<\/span> : Arnaud Contreras
\nLanguage advice<\/span> : Salem Mezhoud and Abdoulahi Attayoub
\nEditing<\/span> : Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n

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Weekdays in Menik<\/h5>\n

Menik<\/a><\/strong> is a Niger-Congo language (North Atlantic branch, West Atlantic group, Tenda subgroup). It separates into three dialects: Banapas, Biwol and B\u00eb\u00f1olo. The filming took place in Bandafassi, area of Kedougou, in Banapas dialect.<\/p>\n

With a few thousand speakers at the most, Menik can clearly be considered as endangered on a relatively short term. However, it is observed that the language is still being handed down to the young generations despite the fact that a majority of people in these villages speaks fluent Fula and French, used daily. Speakers of Menik, although perfectly accustomed to the environing culture and having a great sense of adaptability to the languages they\u2019re in contact with, are linked with a strong feeling of identity thus protecting their language to a certain extent.<\/p>\n

Access description sheet on Menik<\/a><\/p>\n

See all videos on Menik<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nLinguist<\/span>: Adjaratou Oumar Sall
\nImage & sound<\/span>: Muriel Lutz assisted by Cheikh Tidiane Sall
\nTranslation<\/span>: Marcel Camara
\nEditing<\/span>: Caroline Laurent
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