Which Kmtyw Languages are u Interested In? Why?-gctid23463

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Sounds like a good course of action would be to take it back! Classes [Online] : [aK] abibitumiKasa.com, Conversational in 1 month. Fluency in 2 months. Mastery in 3 months.

[KWABENA1987]

I've been learning and i will be taking those classes soon from you. I recently recieved the Akan dictionary and Akan lessons.

[donnabarlow]

It is good for me to want to learn a West Afrakan Language. Due to the majority of our people were taken from the west side of the Afrakan continent. They are very well our languages. But to get even more personal with it, I want specifics - not only home, but HOME. That is why I voted:

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@donnabarlow, how goes the search?

[donnabarlow]

I remember the talk I had with your dad. I haven't searched ever since. I have no ability to use monetary resources either. I guess I can start on the  ourblackancestry.com website. Thank you for asking.

[Agya Yaw]

donnabarlow;85072 wrote: I remember the talk I had with your dad. I haven't searched ever since. I have no ability to use monetary resources either. I guess I can start on the  ourblackancestry.com website. Thank you for asking.

Keep up the effort:reader:. I have been researching my genealogy off and on for 10+ years. I have not found my HOME yet. But I believe I will. As for the languages I am/will study, that's right plural, Twi, Kiswahili, & Yoruba. And since @ManiKongo is lighting up the Kikongo language forum with a wealth of information, I am seriously considering learning something from the Kongo/Angola region.

[donnabarlow]

I've contacted my momma and she gave me a couple of names to start with.

In your opinion, which Afakan language is easiest to learn. I have learned too much English. The only other language I know is Spanish and I know more than a beginner, but less than intermediate. I don't want to know it anymore, but I do. I would love to learn the easiest Afrakan language.

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donnabarlow;85072 wrote: I remember the talk I had with your dad. I haven't searched ever since. I have no ability to use monetary resources either. I guess I can start on the  ourblackancestry.com website. Thank you for asking.

No problem. Have you checked archives? That was something I worked on for a project in undergrad tracing back to the early 1800s.

Yaw Asare Aboagye;85145 wrote: Keep up the effort:reader:. I have been researching my genealogy off and on for 10+ years. I have not found my HOME yet. But I believe I will. As for the languages I am/will study, that's right plural, Twi, Kiswahili, & Yoruba. And since @ManiKongo is lighting up the Kikongo language forum with a wealth of information, I am seriously considering learning something from the Kongo/Angola region.

I feel you on the multiple languages. I've made some strides in this area as well.

donnabarlow;85150 wrote: I've contacted my momma and she gave me a couple of names to start with.

In your opinion, which Afakan language is easiest to learn. I have learned too much English. The only other language I know is Spanish and I know more than a beginner, but less than intermediate. I don't want to know it anymore, but I do. I would love to learn the easiest Afrakan language.

The language that you're most motivated to learn is the easiest.

[Agya Yaw]

donnabarlow;85150 wrote: I've contacted my momma and she gave me a couple of names to start with.

In your opinion, which Afakan language is easiest to learn. I have learned too much English. The only other language I know is Spanish and I know more than a beginner, but less than intermediate. I don't want to know it anymore, but I do. I would love to learn the easiest Afrakan language.

For genealogy research, if you do not know them, get as much of your grandparents information as you can (assuming you have all of your parents information already). Usually when I talk to people as they do their research they have a cousin or other family member that has a lot of family history waiting up for someone else in the family to further it. So start talking with other family members: cousins, aunts. uncles, even long time family friends. You never know who knows what until you have the conversation. Often speaking with family is better than just doing an internet search. It helps make the internet search more directed. I hope you are able to trace that road back HOME.

In terms of Kmtyw languages I have studied, with different degrees of seriousness, Twi, KiSwahili, Wolof, Yoruba and Mdw Ntr. I found Mdw Ntr the most challenging but the funniest since the characters/symbols used in the language tell a story of their own and are artistic. Of the other four, Twi I have studied the most and taken more seriously than all the others. I am currently focusing on Twi now. In terms of pronunciation KiSwahili was/is the easiest for me. I say just pick one where you have a wide variety of resources to help you (dictionaries, grammar guides, a teacher, natives speakers in your area and most importantly your level of interest). Since you are a member here you are in a perfect place and have more than one language to choose from.

Obadele Kambon;85159 wrote: No problem. Have you checked archives? That was something I worked on for a project in undergrad tracing back to the early 1800s.

I feel you on the multiple languages. I've made some strides in this area as well.

The language that you're most motivated to learn is the easiest.

Yes Dr. you have made great stride and motivation is important!

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A lot of new people are responding to the poll to indicate what language(s) they are interested in. Hopefully we'll see them in class soon.

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[Sannu]

I have always found English to be boring but its the only way I know how to express myself so I try to use it well. But as my spirit becomes more resistant to the western worldview I find myself leaning towards a lingua franca that would be easy for us all to use..or combining terms from different Kmtyw languages to form a new Kmtyw language while working to become fluent in specific tongues...idk

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Sounds like you're well on your way @Sannu

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[Ekundayo]

I'm definitely interested, and intending on, learning Yoruba as I am a practitioner of Ifa

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@Ekundayo, B'ó ṣe yẹ k'ó rí nìyẹn! That's how it should be. It's amazing to see the amount of Ifá practitioners and Òrìṣà devotees who can't speak a lick of Yorùbá and the little they do speak is nonsensical due to lack of knowledge of the tones. I'm glad to see that you will write a different history and join us in our collective work to move us forward.

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[Ekundayo]

Baba, it's an interesting conundrum. What I've found from observation and from my own personal practice is that you can only go so far in Ifa without being fluent. You will hit walls time and time again. Now, I don't take the position that the deities don't hear you in English, however I would say that they hear you better in Yoruba-the vibration is higher.

I also wouldn't say to Kmtyw people that you can't practice the tradition without knowing the language, because that just keeps us further away from our culture, which keeps us further away from truly knowing and being ourselves, my thing is start-with one or the other and continue to add each piece as you go. It is not an either or proposition, it is a both and proposition.

Lastly, what amazes me is the number of black folks that claim/rep Kmt, are down for the/their people and the/their culture but DON'T practice Kmtyw traditional culture. That boggles my mind. (Especially in the year 2014 where there is SOOOO much access to our traditions).