Interviews about words and language

Speaker: Soso

Orthographic text

1: 0:00:00
hutam, ombul, ombul hutam, ombul nom ombul nom ombul, hutam obogum hiyol teenn, obugum hiyol ombul nom ombul nom ombul nom hutam, obugum hiyol teenn

2: 0:00:34
(yes, that's how they counted. today we use tok pisin.)

3: 0:01:20
(we say asamog bili in imengis, matat says asamog bilai. matat is evesil, tkum and kobum. imengis is kokoma, pusila and ingis)

4: 0:02:15
(we hear matat, but we don't speak it. we'll respond in imengis. the his is hutam, but the nek is different. we understand each other and hear it, but don't speak)

5: 0:03:57
(i don't know, you gus will decide.)

6: 0:04:54
(imengis nononn = length, matat nononn = width, motohul nonnonn.)

Checked words in lexicon: 86%

Speaker: Gusubonn

Orthographic text

1 : 0:00:18
hutam, ombul, ombul hutam, ombul ombul, obugum hiyol teenn, obugum hiyol hutam, obugum hiyol ombul, obugum hiyol ombul hutam, hiyol ombul ombul, obugum hiyol teenn

2: 0:01:08
(yes, they also counted up their arms with their fingers.)

3: 0:01:36
(some say asamog bili some say seboneg bili. imengis is koko, ingis and pusi. matat is tolo, ebe and kobum. )

4: 0:02:39
(yes i understand it, but i'll reply in imengis)

5: 0:02:54
(we'll speak our way. we'll write it our way and they'll write it their way like when we speak)

6: 0:03:56
(imengis nononn, matat and mondu)

Checked words in lexicon: 100%

Speaker: Aiben