OLAC Record: A Documentation of Bati Language and Oral Traditions

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Title: First session of wordlist elicitation in Mbougue

Mbo-Wordlist-01

A Documentation of Bati Language and Oral Traditions

Contributor: ASSOMO

MAKON

Contributor (consultant): NGO NSUMB

NSUMB MBOG

BIMOGA

MAYEM

Contributor (researcher): NGUE UM

Coverage: Cameroon

Date: 2016-03-21

Description: The first session of wordlist elicitation in Mbougue has begun with formal introduction of both the researchers and the consultants, then request for formal consent from the informants, and other details having to do with the purpose of data collection. Media files which fall under this session are part of one continuous recording event. Media files are therefore sequenced in a such a way that the second video for example if the immediate continuation of the first one, and so on, and so forth

The project to Document aspects of Bati language and oral traditions is an original idea of Dr Emmanuel-Moselly Makasso, who had initially surveyed the Bati speech area as part of a pilot research project granted by the Ministry of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation of the Republic of Cameroon. Based on the results of this pilot research which have revealed a situation of critical endangerment of Bati language and ancestral practices, the idea to submit a major documentation project to ELDP has matured. The project has eventually been submitted during the 2015 funding round with Dr Emmanuel Ngué Um as Principal Investigator, and Dr Emmanuel-Moselly Makasso as co-applicant. The project started in October 1st, 2015, and will run till the 30th of September in 2018.

Two languages are used in the course of elicitation. Bati (Kelleng variety) is the target language. We may also refer to it as the vernacular. French is the source language; it is the language in which entries are listed in the questionnaire. French is also the only medium of interaction between researchers and consulants. In the course of elicitation, consultants involed in the question and answer interaction sometimes consult with each other in Bati.

Ngo Nsumb is a daughter to Nsumb Mbock André, the village Chief. She was born in the Bati Canton, but has not lived continuously in Mbougue, as her father was assigned to clerical work in Nyanon, the headquarters of the present Sub-division to which Mbougue belongs. However, she has grown up speaking her ethnic language, along with other languages which are part of the areal repertoire. She has attended secondary education, and has moved to the city where she has lived for several years. Her coming back to the village has been motivated by her mother's impotence on the one hand, and her father's old age on the other hand. Ngo Nsumb is not actively participating in the research sessions, in comparison with other participants.

His Majesty Nsumb Mbog André is the Chief of Mbougue village. His is married, father, grand-father, and grand-grand-father. In spite of his old age, he is still in full possession of his mental abilities, and actively participates in the research session. He has worked as administration clerc in Nyanon for many years. After retiring, he came back to the village along with his wife, who suffers from impotence, and has not shown up while the research team was undertaking their survey. His Majesty Nsumb Mbog André's residence is host to the recording session.

Assomo Celestine Ghislaine is a PhD student who is enroled in the Linguistic program at the University of Yaoundé I, Department of African Languages and Linguistics. She has completed her gratuade program in the same Department, and later on graduated with a Master's Degree in descriptive Linguistics in 2015. Ghislaine Assomo is part of the research team working on the documentation of Bati language and Oral traditions. She works on the project on a part-time basis; the remaining part of her schedule being devoted to her PhD research, which deals with aspects of Multilingualism within the broader area covered by the overall Bati Canton.

Bimoga is a native of Mbougue village. After pursuing his primary and early secondary education in his native area, he moved to the city where he worked for several years. He has lived continuously in the coastal region and more specifically in Kribi for many years, and had married a woman from Batanga ethnic group in the Kribi region. Upon retiring from his work in the city, he has returned in his native village, along with his wife and children. He is a close dignitary to the village chief's court, and is very active in the course of survey sessions that the research team has conducted in Mbougue

Gwladys Makon is a team research member for the Bati projet. She is enrolled in the PHD programme at the Department of African Languages and Linguistics. Makon is a PHD fellow for the Bati projet, and she is mainly concerned with providing a comprehensive grammatical description of Bati language, all three dialects inclusive. During her undergraduate study at the Department of African Languages and Linguistics at the University of Yaoundé I, Gwladys Makon has red, among others, the followingn subjets: Introduction to general linguistics, phonetics, phonology (with special emphasis on Bantu languages), introduction to sociolinguistics, language teaching, language planning, etc.

Mayem Jerôme is a close relative to the village chief. He lives just a few meters away from the Chief's house. He was born and has lived continuously in Mbougue. He as attended primary school up to the sith year. His father and mother were also natives of Mbougue. He is married, and a father.

Emmanuel Ngué Um is the Principal Investigator for the Bati project. He is mainly employed at the University of Yaoundé one where he holds the position of Senior Lectuer of Linguistics, in the Departement of Cameroonian Languages and Cultures at the Higher Teacher Training School. Ngué Um is also Associate Researcher at CERDOTOLA, where he is charged with the responsibility of Archive Manager for ALORA (Archive of Languages and Oral Resources of Africa).

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Citation: NGO NSUMB (consultant); NSUMB MBOG (consultant); ASSOMO; BIMOGA (consultant); MAKON; MAYEM (consultant); NGUE UM (researcher). 2016-03-21. Ngué Um Emmanuel.

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Title:		First session of wordlist elicitation in Mbougue
		Mbo-Wordlist-01
		A Documentation of Bati Language and Oral Traditions
Contributor:		ASSOMO
Contributor:		MAKON
Contributor (consultant):		NGO NSUMB
		NSUMB MBOG
		BIMOGA
		MAYEM
Contributor (researcher):		NGUE UM
Coverage:		Cameroon
Date:		2016-03-21
Description:		The first session of wordlist elicitation in Mbougue has begun with formal introduction of both the researchers and the consultants, then request for formal consent from the informants, and other details having to do with the purpose of data collection. Media files which fall under this session are part of one continuous recording event. Media files are therefore sequenced in a such a way that the second video for example if the immediate continuation of the first one, and so on, and so forth
		The project to Document aspects of Bati language and oral traditions is an original idea of Dr Emmanuel-Moselly Makasso, who had initially surveyed the Bati speech area as part of a pilot research project granted by the Ministry of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation of the Republic of Cameroon. Based on the results of this pilot research which have revealed a situation of critical endangerment of Bati language and ancestral practices, the idea to submit a major documentation project to ELDP has matured. The project has eventually been submitted during the 2015 funding round with Dr Emmanuel Ngué Um as Principal Investigator, and Dr Emmanuel-Moselly Makasso as co-applicant. The project started in October 1st, 2015, and will run till the 30th of September in 2018.
		Two languages are used in the course of elicitation. Bati (Kelleng variety) is the target language. We may also refer to it as the vernacular. French is the source language; it is the language in which entries are listed in the questionnaire. French is also the only medium of interaction between researchers and consulants. In the course of elicitation, consultants involed in the question and answer interaction sometimes consult with each other in Bati.
		Ngo Nsumb is a daughter to Nsumb Mbock André, the village Chief. She was born in the Bati Canton, but has not lived continuously in Mbougue, as her father was assigned to clerical work in Nyanon, the headquarters of the present Sub-division to which Mbougue belongs. However, she has grown up speaking her ethnic language, along with other languages which are part of the areal repertoire. She has attended secondary education, and has moved to the city where she has lived for several years. Her coming back to the village has been motivated by her mother's impotence on the one hand, and her father's old age on the other hand. Ngo Nsumb is not actively participating in the research sessions, in comparison with other participants.
		His Majesty Nsumb Mbog André is the Chief of Mbougue village. His is married, father, grand-father, and grand-grand-father. In spite of his old age, he is still in full possession of his mental abilities, and actively participates in the research session. He has worked as administration clerc in Nyanon for many years. After retiring, he came back to the village along with his wife, who suffers from impotence, and has not shown up while the research team was undertaking their survey. His Majesty Nsumb Mbog André's residence is host to the recording session.
		Assomo Celestine Ghislaine is a PhD student who is enroled in the Linguistic program at the University of Yaoundé I, Department of African Languages and Linguistics. She has completed her gratuade program in the same Department, and later on graduated with a Master's Degree in descriptive Linguistics in 2015. Ghislaine Assomo is part of the research team working on the documentation of Bati language and Oral traditions. She works on the project on a part-time basis; the remaining part of her schedule being devoted to her PhD research, which deals with aspects of Multilingualism within the broader area covered by the overall Bati Canton.
		Bimoga is a native of Mbougue village. After pursuing his primary and early secondary education in his native area, he moved to the city where he worked for several years. He has lived continuously in the coastal region and more specifically in Kribi for many years, and had married a woman from Batanga ethnic group in the Kribi region. Upon retiring from his work in the city, he has returned in his native village, along with his wife and children. He is a close dignitary to the village chief's court, and is very active in the course of survey sessions that the research team has conducted in Mbougue
		Gwladys Makon is a team research member for the Bati projet. She is enrolled in the PHD programme at the Department of African Languages and Linguistics. Makon is a PHD fellow for the Bati projet, and she is mainly concerned with providing a comprehensive grammatical description of Bati language, all three dialects inclusive. During her undergraduate study at the Department of African Languages and Linguistics at the University of Yaoundé I, Gwladys Makon has red, among others, the followingn subjets: Introduction to general linguistics, phonetics, phonology (with special emphasis on Bantu languages), introduction to sociolinguistics, language teaching, language planning, etc.
		Mayem Jerôme is a close relative to the village chief. He lives just a few meters away from the Chief's house. He was born and has lived continuously in Mbougue. He as attended primary school up to the sith year. His father and mother were also natives of Mbougue. He is married, and a father.
		Emmanuel Ngué Um is the Principal Investigator for the Bati project. He is mainly employed at the University of Yaoundé one where he holds the position of Senior Lectuer of Linguistics, in the Departement of Cameroonian Languages and Cultures at the Higher Teacher Training School. Ngué Um is also Associate Researcher at CERDOTOLA, where he is charged with the responsibility of Archive Manager for ALORA (Archive of Languages and Oral Resources of Africa).
Format:		video/mp4
		audio/x-wav
		text/x-eaf+xml
Identifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1073929
Identifier:		MDP0332
Identifier (URI):		https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1073929%23
Publisher:		Ngué Um Emmanuel
Publisher:		International Center for Research and Documentation on African Traditions and Languages (CERDOTOLA)
Subject:		Stimuli
		Questionnaire
		Lexicon
Type:		Video
Type:		Audio
OLAC Info
Archive:		Endangered Languages Archive
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/soas.ac.uk
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for OLAC format
GetRecord:		Pre-generated XML file
OAI Info
OaiIdentifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1073929
DateStamp:		2018-01-11
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
Search Info
Citation:		NGO NSUMB (consultant); NSUMB MBOG (consultant); ASSOMO; BIMOGA (consultant); MAKON; MAYEM (consultant); NGUE UM (researcher). 2016-03-21. Ngué Um Emmanuel.