{"id":77,"date":"2017-12-05T07:50:15","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T12:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/?p=77"},"modified":"2021-04-29T21:13:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T01:13:19","slug":"notes-on-epiphany-oratory-in-igzarhjenya-languages-and-iturji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/2017\/12\/05\/notes-on-epiphany-oratory-in-igzarhjenya-languages-and-iturji\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes on Epiphany: Oratory in \u1ecagzarhjenya Languages (and Iturji)"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was reading the 56 Hikol piece about Tehjen<\/a>, I did not render Narahji in the IPA \u2014 although retrospectively, that would have been easier. I would have needed way fewer takes than I had to do to get this right!<\/p>\n

That piece is written in pre-reform Narahji, which you can tell because the possessive word is\u00a0mosmur<\/strong> instead of\u00a0momu<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em>The prefix\u00a0mos-<\/strong> is used to indicate possessiveness, and\u00a0mur<\/strong> is the first person singular indirect object pronoun. People in Narahja practice diglossia up until 1897, when the language is course-corrected.<\/p>\n

My words bring horror. People call me Desertion.
\nMy skin is the color of cliff-rock, and it flakes like cliffrock.
\nThe Great Canyon dark devours my soul.
\nMy body becomes it, and the Canyon-Dark becomes my mind.
\nIt rips my brain into small pieces that are the Canyon’s rivers,
\nAnd my blood is the soil that nourishes the people with fruit.
\nSuch is my fate to serve for all time:
\nI revolted against our ways, the Karatha, the Tesekhaira, the ruler!
\nI chose to be alone, and what a mistake! I am no more.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That is this in English \u2014 but in Narahji, it becomes:<\/p>\n

I mukro bezur\u00e6lotek kul magdu mosmur xai Tehjenan manl\u1ecbdgu.
\nI ne\u00e4 rua\u1ecbgz\u00e6rmob\u00e6 glabdeml i blesg\u1ecb mosmur xai lag\u1ecbgz\u00e6la.
\nKu klaz\u00e6xub mosmur glegl\u00e6laben ku Narahj\u1ecbgz l\u1ecbb\u1ecbm\u1ecb\u0308nob\u00e6.
\nKusanglabdemlben omdag ku gl\u1ecbklaz\u00e6 mosmur; radag kusanglabdemlben ku kovta.
\nku kov\u00e6rna bel\u00e6la kul \u00f6syosnosyosjab xai kul bizar ragaz\u1ecb glabd\u00e6l bakus
\nXai i \u00ebiza glabdeml i \u1ecbt\u00f6, ku sjen\u00e4 i hjenganas nokla i \u00ebiza.
\nI dom mosmur glabdeml lexai fub\u00e4, g\u00e5m\u1ecbtit kolbor\u1ecb:
\nKu ts\u00e6rgb\u1ecb mosbyur, Katatyan, Kerosyan, \u00f1\u00e6 Deimolan natzssa\u1ecbtrun!
\nTselvit bladeissa\u1ecbtrun, xai ku narl\u1ecb glabdeml kolbor\u1ecb! Boglabdesunuakba.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The text exists somewhere between a poem and prose \u2014 it’s not in a formal metric style. This is quite common in Narahji because oratory and poems are recited differently from ordinary speech. Certain vowels, such as\u00a0i<\/strong>,\u00a0o<\/strong>,\u00a0u<\/strong>, and\u00a0a<\/strong>, are lengthened and have a higher pitch even when they are not stressed. It produces an extremely stylized form of speech. Below is the text I actually worked from while doing the reading, which contains both the lengthened vowels and the original word stresses.<\/p>\n

\u012a m\u016bkr\u1e53 bez\u016b\u0301r\u00e6l\u014dtek k\u016bl magd\u016b\u0301 mosm\u016b\u0301r xai Tehj\u00e9n\u0101n manl\u1ecbdg\u016b\u0301.
\n\u012a neh\u0101\u0301 r\u016ba\u1ecbgz\u00e6rmob\u00e6 gl\u0101bd\u00e9ml i blesg\u1ecb\u0301 mosm\u016b\u0301r xai l\u0101g\u1ecb\u0301gz\u00e6la.
\nK\u016b kl\u0101z\u00e6x\u016b\u0301b mosm\u016b\u0301r gl\u00e9gl\u00e6l\u0101ben k\u016b N\u0101r\u0101hj\u1ecb\u0301gz l\u1ecbb\u1ecbmh\u1ecbn\u014db\u00e6.
\nK\u016bs\u0101ngl\u0101bd\u00e9mlben \u014dmd\u0101g k\u016b gl\u1ecbkl\u0101z\u01fd m\u014dsm\u016b\u0301r; r\u0101d\u0101\u0301g k\u016bs\u0101ngl\u0101bd\u00e9mlben k\u016b k\u014dvt\u0101\u0301.
\nk\u016b k\u014dv\u00e6rn\u0101\u0301 b\u00e9l\u00e6la k\u016bl h\u014dsy\u014dsn\u014dsy\u1e53sj\u0101b xai k\u016bl b\u012bz\u0101\u0301r r\u0101g\u0101z\u1ecb\u0301 gl\u0101\u0301bd\u00e6l b\u0101k\u016b\u0301s
\nXai \u012b heiz\u0101\u0301 glabd\u00e9ml \u012b \u1ecbtth\u1e53, k\u016b sjenh\u0101\u0301 i hjeng\u0101n\u0101\u0301s n\u014dkl\u0101\u0301 \u012b heiz\u0101\u0301.
\n\u012a d\u014dm m\u014dsm\u016b\u0301r gl\u0101bd\u00e9ml lexai f\u016bbh\u0101\u0301, g\u00e5m\u1ecbt\u012b\u0301t k\u014dlb\u014dr\u1ecb:
\nK\u016b ts\u00e6rgb\u1ecb\u0301 m\u014dsby\u016b\u0301r, K\u0101t\u0101ty\u0101\u0301n, Ker\u014dsy\u0101\u0301n, \u00f1\u00e6 Deim\u1e53l\u0101n n\u0101\u0301tzss\u0101\u1ecbtr\u016bn!
\nTselv\u012b\u0301t bl\u0101d\u00e9iss\u0101\u1ecbtr\u016bn, xai k\u016b n\u0101rl\u1ecb\u0301 gl\u0101bd\u00e9ml k\u014dlb\u014dr\u1ecb! B\u014dgl\u0101bd\u00e9s\u016bn\u016bakb\u0101.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I had to make a decision with characters like Karatau Meiyenesi (Kurutimi) in the audio. As an Iturji upper-class person of the jomela gender who has extensive training in oratory and politics, Kurutimi\u00a0would<\/em> speak in Tveshi, Iturji, and Narahji using an affected oratorical style. The Iturji follow the \u1ecagzarhjenya (Khessi, Narahji, &c.) in that. It’s a sign of status. I tried out some of ler sentences in English using oratory-like diction, and it was over-the-top. I compromised on that.<\/p>\n

This recitation is thus one of the few places where the oratorical style actually comes out and bites the reader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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