Charles Marius Barbeau (1883-1969) a Canadian linguist, anthropologist and ethnologist was assigned in June and July of 1911 to collect ethnographic material from Mary McKee, a Wyandotte living in southern Ontario. Then from September 14 through November 18 he undertook field work in Northeast Oklahoma. The following year, 1912, from April 20 through August 3, he continued his field work and story collection in Oklahoma. His recordings on wax cylinders, preserved some of the last native Wandat speakers. Volume 2 contains small yet priceless excerpts of those recordings, although difficult to understand at times, they allow us to hear Wandat words and song on our ancestors native tongue, inspiring hope for us all as we listen.
25) black - tsehehsta’ 26) white - dinyeh
27) right here - tu’ kah 28) when - hahsa’ 29) much - trodi’ 30) many - tiwa’ 31) leader (big man) - homayuwaneh 32) leader (big woman) - yomayuwane 33) that’s all - tuha’ ra 34) good luck (fortune) - atra’ skwizu’ di 35) next day (tomorrow) - urheha’ 36) night - yu’ rah 37) day - metayeh 38) day’s dawn (morning) - iher’ de’ ihakye’ 39) afternoon - de wedi’ de kyehk 40) good - wahsti’ 41) bad - ya wahsti’ 42) farewell - eskoyeh 43) stop - tehuwa’ 44) go away - heta’ awa’ 45) sorry - hume’ dat 46) mercy - tamete’ 47) kill - herizu’
48) he dances - a’ hadrawa’ 49) she dances - a’ yadrawa’ 50) he’s eating - ha gyaha’ 51) she’s eating - ya gyaha’ 52) he hunts - huneroti’ 53) she cooks (corn) - wa’ tenyo’ 54) he is able - a’ hada’ uraha’ 55) she is able - a’ yada’ uraha’ 56) he put in water - taruh 57) she put in water - ta yuh 58) he resided - de rodao’ 59) she resides - kyo dao’ 60) he runaway - hate’ wa’ 61) she runaway - a’ wate’ wa’ 62) he runs - ha take’ 63) she runs - ya take’ 64) he traded - a’ hatedino’ 65) she traded - a’ watedino’ 66) he went out - a’ hayeha’ 67) she went out - a’ ya’ ayeha’ 68) they danced - a’ hati drawa’ 69) we live in - awa dare’
--------------------------------------------- Wandat: Volume Two, contains 69 Wandat words with both the written, showing nasalized vowels and verbal pronunciation, and 11 excerpts from the Barbeau recordings. All funds go to support the revitalization of Wyandotte Culture.
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