{"id":7197,"date":"2009-04-23T18:00:46","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T17:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/?p=7197"},"modified":"2011-08-20T19:35:43","modified_gmt":"2011-08-20T17:35:43","slug":"numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is interesting to compare languages<\/strong> 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 colors<\/a>, numbers from 1 to 10 (although we know all populations do not necessarily use the same counting systems) as well as daily phrases<\/a> 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>.\u00a0It is up to you to figure out similarities and differences as well as, perhaps, some borrowings from European language<\/strong>s\u2026<\/p>\n

\n

\n

Numbers in Punu<\/h5>\n

Punu<\/strong> is the language<\/strong> of the Bapunu, second largest ethnic group in Gabon<\/strong> in terms of population. It\u2019s a Bantu language<\/strong>, spoken in the Tchibanga area. The increasingly important movement of Bapunu people towards larger urban areas is causing a gradual loss <\/strong>of their language<\/strong> and cultural <\/strong>knowledge.<\/p>\n

Watch all the videos in Punu<\/a>
\n<\/embed><\/object>
\nLinguist<\/span> : Jean-Marie Hombert
\nImage and sound<\/span> : Luc-Henri Fage
\nEditing<\/span> : Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n

\n

\n

Numbers in Mpongwe<\/h5>\n

Following the Akoa Pygmies, nowadays extinct, 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<\/strong> of their language <\/strong>and culture<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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

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

\n

\n

Numbers in Benga<\/h5>\n

In Gabon<\/strong>, Benga<\/strong> is spoken on the coastal zone (Cap Esterias and Cap Santa Clara), north of Libreville.\u00a0Nowadays 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

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

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

\n

\n

Numbers in Akele<\/h5>\n

Akele<\/strong> is the language<\/strong> of the Akele <\/strong>people from Gabon<\/strong>. It\u2019s a Bantu language<\/strong>, whose speakers are scattered around various parts the country. The Akele<\/strong> are fishermen and farmers living along the Ogoou\u00e9 and Ngounie rivers, and in the lake region around Lambar\u00e9n\u00e9.<\/p>\n

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

<\/embed><\/object>
\nLinguist<\/span>: Jean-Marie Hombert
\nCamera and sound<\/span>: Luc-Henri Fage
\nTranslation<\/span>: Hugues Awanhet
\nEditing<\/span> : Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n

\n

\n

Numbers in Kaqchikel<\/h5>\n

The following is an introduction to numbers in Kaqchikel, a Mayan language from Guatemala, and a great pronunciation exercise for the discerning ear…<\/p>\n

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

<\/embed><\/object>
\nLinguist<\/span> : Nikte Sis Iboy
\nImage & sound<\/span> : Jos\u00e9 Reyn\u00e8s
\nEditing<\/span> : Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n

\n

\n

Numbers 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’s in Senegal.<\/p>\n

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

<\/embed><\/object>
\nLinguist<\/span>: Sokhna Bao-Diop
\nImage & sound<\/span>: Muriel Lutz, assisted by Cheikh Tidiane Sall
\nEditing<\/span>: Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n

\n

\n

Figures and numbers 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

<\/embed><\/object>
\nImage & sound<\/span>: Baptiste Etchegaray
\nEditing<\/span>: Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n

\n

\n

Numbers in Tamasheq<\/h5>\n

Tamasheq<\/strong> (or Tamajeq, or Tamaheq, stemming from the word Tamazight) is spoken by the Tuareg<\/strong>, a nomadic people that has been settled in the desert 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 one million<\/strong> speakers of Tamasheq.<\/p>\n

Like Kabyle, Shawia, or Rifian, Tamasheq is in fact a variant 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

<\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n

Image & sound<\/span> : Arnaud Contreras
\nLanguage advice<\/span> : Salem Mezhoud and Abdoulahi Attayoub
\nEditing<\/span> : Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 colors, numbers from 1 to 10 (although we know all populations do not necessarily use the same counting systems) as well as daily phrases from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[64,42,847,1643,988],"class_list":["post-7197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video-of-the-week","tag-baynunk","tag-benga","tag-numbers","tag-syriac","tag-tamasheq"],"yoast_head":"\nNumbers - Sorosoro<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Numbers - Sorosoro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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 colors, numbers from 1 to 10 (although we know all populations do not necessarily use the same counting systems) as well as daily phrases from […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sorosoro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-04-23T17:00:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-08-20T17:35:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rozenn Milin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Rozenn Milin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Rozenn Milin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/dd9df1e0efca59879d3133588ff0dfc1\"},\"headline\":\"Numbers\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-04-23T17:00:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-08-20T17:35:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/\"},\"wordCount\":763,\"keywords\":[\"Baynunk\",\"benga\",\"numbers\",\"Syriac\",\"tamasheq\"],\"articleSection\":[\"All the videos\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/\",\"name\":\"Numbers - Sorosoro\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-04-23T17:00:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-08-20T17:35:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/dd9df1e0efca59879d3133588ff0dfc1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Numbers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Sorosoro\",\"description\":\"Pour que vivent les langues du monde !\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/dd9df1e0efca59879d3133588ff0dfc1\",\"name\":\"Rozenn Milin\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/author\/rozenn-milin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Numbers - Sorosoro","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Numbers - Sorosoro","og_description":"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 colors, numbers from 1 to 10 (although we know all populations do not necessarily use the same counting systems) as well as daily phrases from […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/","og_site_name":"Sorosoro","article_published_time":"2009-04-23T17:00:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2011-08-20T17:35:43+00:00","author":"Rozenn Milin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Rozenn Milin","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/"},"author":{"name":"Rozenn Milin","@id":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/dd9df1e0efca59879d3133588ff0dfc1"},"headline":"Numbers","datePublished":"2009-04-23T17:00:46+00:00","dateModified":"2011-08-20T17:35:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/"},"wordCount":763,"keywords":["Baynunk","benga","numbers","Syriac","tamasheq"],"articleSection":["All the videos"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/","url":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/","name":"Numbers - Sorosoro","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-04-23T17:00:46+00:00","dateModified":"2011-08-20T17:35:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/dd9df1e0efca59879d3133588ff0dfc1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2009\/04\/numbers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Numbers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/","name":"Sorosoro","description":"Pour que vivent les langues du monde !","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/dd9df1e0efca59879d3133588ff0dfc1","name":"Rozenn Milin","url":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/author\/rozenn-milin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}