Field Trip- Learning a new language!
Hello, friends!
I am super excited to share with you, how my field trip to an interior village in IFA NKARI in Ini Local Government Area went. For those of us who are from Akwa Ibom State, you will have a clip of what I am saying here and for those you whom have carried out your project in a particular language will get to understand me here.
It was a three-hour journey.
We would have gone to NKARI last semester but due to the long break we had, we couldn't make it happen, our lecturers reschedule to this semester. As students, we've been eagerly awaiting to be there, asking questions and more.
Our purpose in NKARI?
Many might ask, we are the students of linguistics and Nigeria Languages at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
Our purpose as linguists, is to go to villages, whose dialect has gone distinct. Our responsibility is to give live to that dialect, how by letting the elders and the upcoming generation know that, their dialect is important and unique, just as they are.
- Giving the orthography of the dialect and publishing it for the world to see.
My experience:
As a good observer I am, for the very first time to be in a place I have never been there, I was able to observe the villagers to be kind, friendly, generous, and supportive when we asked them for Data.
They were capable of giving us details of their establishment or settlement as people of NKARI (immigration).
Their greetings and their way of life was funny and interesting. It was a wonderful experience.
After this was done, we settled in groups to collect data. We gave them list of words, to give the interpretation of them in their dialect, which they did cooperatively. In the process of getting data I realized that, there is a mutual intelligibility in their dialect with the ibibio speakers.
We all appeared in our departmental T-shirt, which gave us a different look. We all look gorgeous.
Oops, did I tell you the meaning of NKARI? Oh, so sorry! The name NKARI means wisdom.
They have their beliefs, culture, and system of Government. They believe in god's, each family has their gods to worship, they believe in sacrifices, they marry more than one wife and I thank GOD, they have started believing in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Another thing that makes it easier was that our vice chancellor of the University of Uyo, is from NKARI, we were so blessed and welcomed by the people of NKARI.
It was a wonderful experience.
After we were through with them, we sat and ate our prepared meal that we took there, it was sumptuous and super.
Thank you for reading through.
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Images by me. Snapped with my smart phone and with friend's phone
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