Documenting a Dying Language

Documenting a Dying
Language – Part II
The Wichita Videotape Experiment
David S. Rood and Armik Mirzayan
University of Colorado
Ling Circle, Boulder, February 5, 2003
Clip 05 : Dru (and others) – trying to clarify
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Dru – “can anyone tell me
what this says?”
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Dru Sings
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Dru - “What does that
mean?”
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Dru Sings Again
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Others trying to
remember/construct a
meaning
Clip 06 : Resigned to Language Loss
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I can’t sing anymore
Clip 06 (cont.) :
Resigned to Language Loss
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“I don’t think I can talk”
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“I can’t even imagine
how to begin to talk”
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“too big of a job to
tackle”
Clip 07 : How Do They Really Use the
Language Now?
Dru:
when I get my hakwícis I’ll be out
there
……
Miles:
talk about Kiowa eh (..) look at her
(…)
ká:hiwa- ká:hiwa7asa:hir ha:rí:h
Shirley: ((??)) ((laughter))
Doris:
hirá:wahka:h ka:kiyah á:ko:k7a ((laughter))
I don’t know any stories, I really don’t
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