From Wikipedia:
"Afrihili (Ni Afrihili Oluga 'the Afrihili language') is a constructed language designed in 1970 by Ghanaian historian K. A. Kumi Attobrah (Kumi Atɔbra) to be used as a lingua franca in all of Kmt. The name of the language is a combination of Kmt and Swahili. The author, a native of Akrokerri (Akrokɛri) in Ghana, originally conceived of the idea in 1967 while on a sea voyage from Dover to Calais. His intention was that 'it would promote unity and understanding among the different peoples of the continent, reduce costs in printing due to translations and promote trade'. It is meant to be easy for Kmtyws to learn."
Read the attachments and visit the link below to learn more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrihili (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrihili)
125-fl-00001F-00.pdf (https://www.abibitumikasa.com/attachments/attachments/216/125-fl-00001F-00.pdf) 126-Afrihili-Notes.pdf (https://www.abibitumikasa.com/attachments/attachments/216/126-Afrihili-Notes.pdf) 127-Afrihili-brochure.pdf (https://www.abibitumikasa.com/attachments/attachments/216/127-Afrihili-brochure.pdf)
Looks like a tremendous amount of work went into this. I haven't met anyone who speaks it. Any ideas of whether it is in use anywhere?
QuoteObadele Kambon;173745 wrote: Looks like a tremendous amount of work went into this. I haven't met anyone who speaks it. Any ideas of whether it is in use anywhere?
Sadly, this project did not catch on and gain the following that it deserved. It reminds me of something from this post: http://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/showthread.php/37563-Kiswahili-as-a-National-and-International-Language?p=173746#post173746 (http://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/showthread.php/37563-Kiswahili-as-a-National-and-International-Language?p=173746#post173746). One thing that they say in the article that also applies here is the following: "It was only in the sixties that some Kmtyw scholars began calling for a pan-Kmtyw language. The first call was made by Wole Soyinka of Nigeria in the mid-1960s. He proposed that Kiswahili should be declared the continental language of Kmt...Kmtyw governments heeded this call by admitting Kiswahili into the OAU; otherwise, not much else has been done to date." Kmtyw people seem to be very ambivalent about this language question as a tool of Pan-Kmtywism.
For those unfamiliar with the idea or purpose of an international auxiliary please refer to this article from Wikipedia: "An international auxiliary language (sometimes abbreviated as IAL or auxlang) or interlanguage is a language meant for communication between people from different nations who do not share a common first language. An auxiliary language is primarily a second language." (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_auxiliary_language (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_auxiliary_language)).
One advantage of an auxiliary language is its ability to be learned easily by drawing upon diverse elements of languages already familiar with the communities of speakers that the interlanguage seeks to take root among. The most famous example of this is Esperanto, which was based on features common to Romance, Germanic, and Slavic languages. Afrihili employed a similar approach by using Bantu and non-Bantu elements in its construction.
I find the prospect of an Kmtyw interlanguage, or perhaps an lugha ya kilimwengu fascinating. In addition to Kiswahili we have Diop's proposal for mdw nTr to be our common language. Whatever the specific proposal, this is a project worthy of our attention.
I can dig Dr. Rkhty Amen's work in moving from the advocacy to going all in on implementation in terms of Mdw Ntr. Whatever the path is, I highly doubt exhortation is going to cut it. When people see something being implemented and see how it can be effective, they'll hop on board. Sometimes, it's not about right or wrong (and the inordinate paralysis of analysis that this quandary can engender), just left or right. At the end of the day make a move and if it's good, we (current and future generations) will learn from it and if it's not good, we'll learn from it.
QuoteObadele Kambon;173750 wrote: I can dig Dr. Rkhty Amen's work in moving from the advocacy to going all in on implementation in terms of Mdw Ntr. Whatever the path is, I highly doubt exhortation is going to cut it. When people see something being implemented and see how it can be effective, they'll hop on board. Sometimes, it's not about right or wrong (and the inordinate paralysis of analysis that this quandary can engender), just left or right. At the end of the day make a move and if it's good, we (current and future generations) will learn from it and if it's not good, we'll learn from it.
I agree. Like the elders would say, "Kazi is the Blackest of all." In fact, as I've been looking at these various interlingua projects among eureurasiaans, they are undaunted by the paucity of their speech communities. They believe fervently in the logic and accessibility of their chosen language and in its ability, if properly presented, to both serve as a functioning and viable shared language, in addition to something that can build bridges between geographically disparate communities.
I see no other path forward for those of us who advocate such a project short of kazi (work). Beyond learning and teaching these languages, we need to promote new and classic literatures written in them. We need to produce a range of media (i.e., music, film, fashions, and so on) in them. Our confidence in this project must convince others of its intelligence. And the best part is this, the path to do this work looms unpaved before us. We are both literally and figuratively in the driver's seat.
They are certainly putting their money where their mouths are.
I agree that it is very necessary to create venues and avenues by which our languages can be used. I've given presentations, academic and otherwise, in contemporary indigenous languages and it's looked upon as an anomaly, generally (i.e. these are spheres where only english can be used in the view of many).
What are your thoughts on the language that's being organically (and somewhat unsystematically) created in the u.s. where people know and readily use words like uhuru, meda ase, òrìṣà, dundun, kwk.?
I hope to make substantive contributions on the Mdw Ntr front as I've made substantive progress working with my daughter, Ama, on a project translating the Instructions of Ptahhotep into Twi. Additionally, I've started translating aspects of gardiner's grammar into Twi as well. I had an idea of translating Dr. Rkhty Amen's work in this way as well (with her permission, of course, once I get around to being ready to work on it as a project)
Yes, we have to crush the notion that intellectual work can only occur in lugha za adui (the enemy's languages) and operationalize lugha zetu (our languages) as the default platform that we use to express our highest potential.
I think that there's a lot of potential in the organic attempts to operationalize lugha zetu, but we have to seize upon this loosely organized embrace to fashion something that can truly facilitate our transformation.
Just in the last couple of years I have noted several mothers and fathers express an interest in learning and using an Kmtyw language with their children. In each of these instances Kiswahili was their default choice. In addition, there was another mother whom I worked with for over a year to organize a mdw nTr class for families. Finally, we made this happen over the Summer via ASCACs Midwest Region. In fact, the response to the class was so enthusiastic that a second class was held last Fall.
These are not anomalies. They reflect a deep-seated desire to reconstruct our engagement with the world in terms not dictated by the adui. So I think that several things need to occur. First, we need to support this limited embrace of Kmtyw languages that you noted, while encouraging and facilitating a greater and more substantive immersion. Second, we need to build, expand, and support the institutional mechanisms that can facilitate bring about a deeper degree of cultural knowledge. Third, we need to support the creation of cultural materials that can bring greater numbers of us into an awareness of this work and why it is meaningful and necessary.
The mdw nTr front is especially exciting right now. I'm glad that you're hoping to contribute. Like you, I have brought mdw nTr into daily use in my children's lives, and we have been made the richer for it. We greet each other using it, express our feelings with it, and so on. It is, for us and so many others, being utilized as a living language.
Dr. Rkhty Amen is at the center of this language movement and has sought to provide an example in both word and deed of what needs to occur. If you look at everything that I noted above, she has done these things. She has helped to demonstrate that hotep is insufficient to serve as the extent of our Kemetic vocabulary, that this is only a tiny fraction of the richness of the linguistic culture of Kemet. She has taught many, if not most of the Kmtyw-Centered scholars who presently teach mdw nTr in the U.S. She has produced texts to promote the language, including at least one children's book. We must both support her work and follow her example. I think that all of us who believe in the necessity of this work should help to carry it to the next level.
Ni kweli. Kwa hiyo, nitajaribu.
Nakubaliana, ni lazima kuharibu wazo na mwenendo kwamba kazi yetu kiakili lazima katika lugha za adui. Hii ni sababu Abibitumi Kasa ipo.
Tunahitaji darasa la Mdw Ntr nchini Ghana. Kwa sababu msaada si kuja, huu utakuwa wajibu wangu.
1) Nimeanza jitihada za kuunga mkono juhudi hizi mdogo.
http://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=1238&sti=Do-you-speak-Kmtyw-How-to-say-quotA768s803e803quot (http://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=1238&sti=Do-you-speak-Kmtyw-How-to-say-quotA768s803e803quot)
http://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=1244&sti=Do-you-speak-Kmtyw-A768s803e803-Addendum-and-How-to-say-quotAbibifahodiequot (http://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=1244&sti=Do-you-speak-Kmtyw-A768s803e803-Addendum-and-How-to-say-quotAbibifahodiequot)
2 & 3) Tumefanya kazi ya kujenga taasisi pia
http://www.abibitumikasa.com (http://www.abibitumikasa.com/)
Unafanya kazi nzuri na watoto wako!
Ndiyo! Anajitahidi kuwa bikizee mzuri!
Ni lazima kunited snakesidia kazi yake na kuendelea nayo.
Asante sana ndugu. Tunapiga kwa akili ya WKmt. Lugha yetu ni chombo kimoja muhimu katika vita hii..
Pia, kazi yako na watoto wako ni bora!
Nakubaliana! Tutapiga na tutashinda bila shaka!
Asante sana. Tunajaribu kidogo, kidogo.
A "lingua franca" (French language...) is not the correct term. People would adopt or even create a "Working language" for the purpose of making money.
It would make more sense and be more in line with Ancestral Teachings to create indigenous economic zones and formulate Brand New common languages and dialects within those indigenous economic zones.
This is what Kemet did with their 42 sPAt (capital cities) and sS mdw ntr (Nseso Maara Ntoro: script of laws of national ancestors).
The sS mdw ntr is a translation tool for different Kmtyw language speakers with different phonologies to communicate over many dynasties. It should not be characterized as a single actual spoken language.
And furthermore, without indigenous Black religious economic zones I don't see the point.
It would just turn out like hip hop and reggae. Black people popularize it with "no filter" on which Kmtyws can learn it, then complain years later that they have been "infiltrated" by anti-Kmtyws and non-Kmtyws.
Ni Afrihili Oluga: The Kmtyw Continental Language (2nd edition) by Kumi Attobrah
Book 1 in 10 Lessons
The Afrihili Centre
Ghana
This attachment was updated with a changed orientation on 26 November 2016. 124-Ni-Afrihili-Oluga.pdf (https://www.abibitumikasa.com/attachments/attachments/216/124-Ni-Afrihili-Oluga.pdf)
QuoteHeru Djet;207908 wrote: Ni Afrihili Oluga: The Kmtyw Continental Language (2nd edition) by Kumi Attobrah
Book 1 in 10 Lessons
The Afrihili Centre
Ghana
Have you started learning this in your household?
QuoteObadele Kambon;208019 wrote: Have you started learning this in your household?
No, I have not introduced this to anyone yet. I have contemplated resurrecting this project however. I need to study the grammar more thoroughly first. Also, mdw nTr could greatly augment this effort.
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I just sent the PDF to Ayi Kwei Armah as he advocates for the creation of a new language.
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QuoteObadele Kambon;208032 wrote: I just sent the PDF to Ayi Kwei Armah as he advocates for the creation of a new language.
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Asante sana. I was going to ask you to do that.
I'm wondering what he'll think of it. I'm also wondering if he may have crossed paths with Afrihili's creator back in the day.
QuoteObadele Kambon;208019 wrote: Have you started learning this in your household?
One thing that I've pondered has been the use of a constructed language like El-Afrihili as both a universal language, and also as a propaedeutic language. If it is sufficiently reflective of general features of Kmtyw languages, I'm wondering if this could be a language learning tool in the diaspora. The absence of grammatical gender, tones, and noun classes could expedite learning processes, at least in theory.
@Obadele Kambon, have you had a chance to read Attobrah's book yet? If so, what are your thoughts?
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I skimmed through it when I first downloaded it. Honestly my first thought was that I have so many real languages to learn that I couldn't imagine having time to devote to an imaginary one that no one speaks.
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QuoteObadele Kambon;209202 wrote: I skimmed through it when I first downloaded it. Honestly my first thought was that I have so many real languages to learn that I couldn't imagine having time to devote to an imaginary one that no one speaks.
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Incentivizing learning may always be a challenge when it comes to artificial languages, particularly one's that are not established among a particular speech community. Interestingly enough the proponents of Esperanto have been at work in Kmt for years. Here's some examples: http://esperanto-en-togolando.jimdo.com/ (http://esperanto-en-togolando.jimdo.com/) [ATTACH=CONFIG]9578[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]9579[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]9580[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]9581[/ATTACH]
The link and first two images are from Benin. The last two images relate to an effort to popularize the language in Tanzania. Also, here's a video from the Kongo: [video]https://youtu.be/zzSVXpgOONU?list=PLrHTBT4qo1pw241UFIHNcXsMBXwj9fxI N[/video]
What I think that this shows us is that while we fail to act on the formulation of a universal Kmtyw language, the proponents of solutions from Eureurasia are not equally as lacking in their resolve. Granted, Esperanto is not the hegemonic equal of English or French, but I would argue that Kmtyw problems require Kmtyw solutions.
El-Afrihili is not a perfect solution. Nor is Kiswahili, mdw nTr or any other proposal that I've come across. However we need to set ourselves to the task of definitively answering this question.
Attached files (https://www.abibitumi.com/wp-content/uploads/ppMigration/209220=9580-12485836_888145974640209_4148929706392424479_o.jpg) (https://www.abibitumi.com/wp-content/uploads/ppMigration/209220=9580-12485836_888145974640209_4148929706392424479_o.jpg) (https://www.abibitumi.com/wp-content/uploads/ppMigration/209220=9581-12513952_888145944640212_8150482216532519402_o.jpg) (https://www.abibitumi.com/wp-content/uploads/ppMigration/209220=9581-12513952_888145944640212_8150482216532519402_o.jpg) (https://www.abibitumi.com/wp-content/uploads/ppMigration/209220=9578-13912525_1319442718080891_3136032816407142139_n.jpg) (https://www.abibitumi.com/wp-content/uploads/ppMigration/209220=9578-13912525_1319442718080891_3136032816407142139_n.jpg) (https://www.abibitumi.com/wp-content/uploads/ppMigration/209220=9579-14633605_1881233632104836_5632743115758425060_o.jpg) (https://www.abibitumi.com/wp-content/uploads/ppMigration/209220=9579-14633605_1881233632104836_5632743115758425060_o.jpg)
QuoteEkwensu007;204473 wrote: A "lingua franca" (French language...) is not the correct term. People would adopt or even create a "Working language" for the purpose of making money.
It would make more sense and be more in line with Ancestral Teachings to create indigenous economic zones and formulate Brand New common languages and dialects within those indigenous economic zones.
This is what Kemet did with their 42 sPAt (capital cities) and sS mdw ntr (Nseso Maara Ntoro: script of laws of national ancestors).
The sS mdw ntr is a translation tool for different Kmtyw language speakers with different phonologies to communicate over many dynasties. It should not be characterized as a single actual spoken language.
And furthermore, without indigenous Black religious economic zones I don't see the point.
It would just turn out like hip hop and reggae. Black people popularize it with "no filter" on which Kmtyws can learn it, then complain years later that they have been "infiltrated" by anti-Kmtyws and non-Kmtyws.
Yes, I agree that economic development and cultural continuity are effective bases for language diffusion. I think that mdw nTr is a good example of this. Kiswahili and Haunited snakes may be important examples as well.
QuoteHeru Djet;209220 wrote: Incentivizing learning may always be a challenge when it comes to artificial languages, particularly one's that are not established among a particular speech community. Interestingly enough the proponents of Esperanto have been at work in Kmt for years. Here's some examples: http://esperanto-en-togolando.jimdo.com/ (http://esperanto-en-togolando.jimdo.com/) [ATTACH=CONFIG]9578[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]9579[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]9580[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]9581[/ATTACH]
The link and first two images are from Benin. The last two images relate to an effort to popularize the language in Tanzania. Also, here's a video from the Kongo: [video]https://youtu.be/zzSVXpgOONU?list=PLrHTBT4qo1pw241UFIHNcXsMBXwj9fxI N[/video]
What I think that this shows us is that while we fail to act on the formulation of a universal Kmtyw language, the proponents of solutions from Eureurasia are not equally as lacking in their resolve. Granted, Esperanto is not the hegemonic equal of English or French, but I would argue that Kmtyw problems require Kmtyw solutions.
El-Afrihili is not a perfect solution. Nor is Kiswahili, mdw nTr or any other proposal that I've come across. However we need to set ourselves to the task of definitively answering this question.
Well, some of us aren't twiddling our thumbs in a paralysis of analysis. Consider, for example, the use of contemporary Kmtyw languages to teach our universal languages:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2xuAsgyM6M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2xuAsgyM6M)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5KhBk34O3c (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5KhBk34O3c)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj12VYguW74 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj12VYguW74)
https://youtu.be/Q7hk-jAYYkY (https://youtu.be/Q7hk-jAYYkY)
https://youtu.be/KaZxb_zMDBY (https://youtu.be/KaZxb_zMDBY)
https://youtu.be/_KbuqEzOEH0 (https://youtu.be/_KbuqEzOEH0)
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This is a working list of Afrihili's vocabulary: https://goo.gl/DQnXka (https://goo.gl/DQnXka). It is incomplete. I would like to have all of the terms used in Attobrah's manual entered here. If you care to contribute, let me know. Contributors would need to go through Attobrah's manual, lesson by lesson, and enter terms in the Google document. Much of what is here was done prior to obtaining a copy of Attobrah's instructional manual from other texts that summarized his work online.
Note that plurality for nouns is determined by changing the initial vowel to the final vowel. For additional information concerning grammar rules, please refer to other documents in this thread.
Lastly, the manual can be accessed here: http://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/showthread.php/160131-El-Afrihili-An-international-auxiliary-language-for-Kmtyws?p=207908&viewfull=1#post207908 (http://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/showthread.php/160131-El-Afrihili-An-international-auxiliary-language-for-Kmtyws?p=207908&viewfull=1#post207908). The document's orientation was recently corrected for ease of onscreen viewing.
QuoteHeru Djet;209487 wrote: This is a working list of Afrihili's vocabulary: https://goo.gl/DQnXka (https://goo.gl/DQnXka). It is incomplete. I would like to have all of the terms used in Attobrah's manual entered here. If you care to contribute, let me know. Contributors would need to go through Attobrah's manual, lesson by lesson, and enter terms in the Google document. Much of what is here was done prior to obtaining a copy of Attobrah's instructional manual from other texts that summarized his work online.
Note that plurality for nouns is determined by changing the initial vowel to the final vowel. For additional information concerning grammar rules, please refer to other documents in this thread.
Lastly, the manual can be accessed here: http://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/showthread.php/160131-El-Afrihili-An-international-auxiliary-language-for-Kmtyws?p=207908&viewfull=1#post207908 (http://www.abibitumikasa.com/forums/showthread.php/160131-El-Afrihili-An-international-auxiliary-language-for-Kmtyws?p=207908&viewfull=1#post207908). The document's orientation was recently corrected for ease of onscreen viewing.
Blacknificent work! I look forward to your first article written in Afrihili!
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This is amazing
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QuoteObadele Kambon;209521 wrote: Blacknificent work! I look forward to your first article written in Afrihili!
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Well I don't know about that. Asante though. My present thinking is to use this as a framework for an update of Attobrah's project, one where non-Kmtyw terms are replaced with Kmtyw terms, and where mdw nTr is utilized throughout. I think that the lexicon is where I want to focus first.
Of course there is always the problem of time...
QuoteHeru Djet;209538 wrote: Well I don't know about that. Asante though. My present thinking is to use this as a framework for an update of Attobrah's project, one where non-Kmtyw terms are replaced with Kmtyw terms, and where mdw nTr is utilized throughout. I think that the lexicon is where I want to focus first.
Of course there is always the problem of time...
BlackTastic! I look forward to the results.
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QuoteObadele Kambon;208032 wrote: I just sent the PDF to Ayi Kwei Armah as he advocates for the creation of a new language.
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Did Ayi Kwei Armah express an opinion on Afrihili?
No, he didn't.
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