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PRESERVATION AND REVITALISATION OF THE KELABIT LANGUAGE

PRESERVATION AND REVITALISATION OF THE KELABIT LANGUAGE. By Lucy Bulan. Why revitalisation? Preservation?. Strong foundation in the mother tongue gives children: good grounding in their own mother tongue an advantage in performance in schools.

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PRESERVATION AND REVITALISATION OF THE KELABIT LANGUAGE

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  1. PRESERVATION AND REVITALISATION OF THE KELABIT LANGUAGE By Lucy Bulan

  2. Why revitalisation? Preservation? Strong foundation in the mother tongue gives children: • good grounding in their own mother tongue • an advantage in performance in schools. • However, majority of the world’s languages are classified as “endangered” today, and Kelabit is one of them. Based on the Fishman’s Scale, the Kelabit Language right now is at Stage 7.

  3. Fishman’s Scale Adapted from Fishman, Joshua (1991). Reversing Language Shift. Clevedon: Multilingual

  4. Why the necessity for keeping the language alive?

  5. The Question of Identity • It is clearly stated here that the law recognizes and acknowledges that our language is a symbol of our identity. Proficiency in the language is a requirement.

  6. The Question of Culture • Language, culture and customs are intertwined. Thus, when we lose our language, we are in grave danger of losing our culture.

  7. TawaqRaut • teaching Kelabit starting with pre-schoolers.

  8. Spelling System • Important to have a STANDARD spelling system • For Teaching purposes • For Writing purposes • For Dictionary Use

  9. Glottal stops – replace (‘ ) with (q) ???? Kadi’ - kadiq ?? (only at end of words) Kedi’it – kedi’it ?? (keep (‘) when in middle of words) Telu’a’ – telu’aq ?? Kera’i’ – kera’iq ?? “Mula’ nuba’ sila’ Sina’ kenentelu’a’”–MulaqnubaqsilaqSinaqkenentelu’aq.(Note triple quotation marks) Why not use (k)? Pika’ –(Pikaq) – Pikak?? Ula’ –(Ulaq) – ulak ?? Rera’ –(Reraq)– rerak ?? Turu’ –(Turuq) – turuk ??

  10. Use of (ey) for e-pepet. Bere– berĕ – berey ?? Dele – delĕ - deley ?? Tunge – tungĕ - tungey ?? Mine - Minĕ - miney ?? Peruwek – peruweyk?? Keh – keyh ??

  11. Mine tungeidehmalem – Mineytungeyidehmalem. Ken inantungenteh dele berelun Pa’ Ukatngentauh? Ken inantungentehdeleybereylun Pa’ Ukatngentauh?

  12. 3. Use of (e) shwa instead of (a) Bare – bere – berey ?? Dale – dele – deley ?? Bara – bera ?? Banah – beneh, baneh ?? Sanape – senapey ??

  13. 4. Use of (y) or (w) for slides. Ieh – iyeh ?? Liat – liyat ?? Muit – muwit ?? Puet – puwet?? Ai’ - Aiq – ayiq??

  14. 5. Use of ( sin) or (sen) Sinemuq – senemuq ?? - Go by root word?? – Sinaq?? Sinipa – senipa ?? Sinuped – senuped ?? Standardise?

  15. 6. Question of karuhLunLa’ud and karuhLunDayeh. • Which one to use as standard Kelabit? • Go separate ways? • Pick one but allow the other to use it according to what is normal for them?

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