4.Can you tell where the speaker is from by
the way heshe speaks? Majita A
Majita Majita I asked the Jita
speakers this question, and this is their answer.
not asked
5.Does the language of the recording resemble
your language here? not asked
no not asked
not asked
5a. What are the differences?
not asked not asked
not asked not asked
6.What is the story about?
7. He was swimming
✓ ✓
✓ ✓
8. Because he was swimming very far out
✓ ✓
✓ ✓
9. His dog
✓ ✓
✓ ✓
10. He ran to his aunt’s house
✓ ✓
✓ ✓
11. Church
✓ ✓
✓ ✓
RetellingTranslation of the text
retold text They really understood it
well, seemed that all understand
understood all Old man retold first:
guy went fishing with dog, dog took clothes,
guy went home, he hit his dog, aunt told him
to stop hitting the dog. Another man then
retold the story after the other people said
that that was not quite accurate: he got the
swimming and swimming out far, the
mother hit the boy and the aunt stopped that.
Basically got the story see ticks above.
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Appendix G: Kwaya group story test
Kwaya group story test Kitende’s story in Kara groups 1
2 Date
22 Sep 2014 22 Sep 2014
Village Nyang’ombe
Bwisya
Language Variety Kara
Kara
Researcher BM
BM
of People 10
10
Men old
2 3
young 4
2
Women old
1
young 3
5
Setting Notes
The people were from Nyang’ombe on Ukara, but we met in the VEO’s office in
a former Mghahawa with a wall missing in Bugorola on Ukerewe, where the ferry
lands. Nyang’ombe is the heartland of Ukara and the dialect that differs most
from the others each of the eight villages has its own dialect.
The people were from Bwisya on Ukara, but we met
in the VEO’s office in a former Mghahawa with a
wall missing in Bugorola on Ukerewe, where the ferry
lands.
1. Did you understand the recording?
yes yes
1a. How much did you understand?
almost all, maybe ¾ all
2.Which language is that?
Kwaya Kwaya
3. Is this good _______________?
not asked not asked
4.Can you tell where the speaker is from by the
way heshe speaks? not asked
not asked
5.Does the language of the recording resemble
your language here? not asked
not asked
5a. What are the differences?
not asked not asked
6.What is the story about?
7. His mother’s brother died
said his mother died.
✓
8. The children stayed with the chicken.
✓ ✓
9. The chicken pecked the children on the head.
