Historical information:These recordings were collected by Guy Tyler, working with multiple consultants who spoke different varieties of Romani.
Scope and content:Sound recordings of elicitation, field notes
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Joe Adams, Bessy, Sally Bumbalow, Mary Cooper, Bob Davis, Janet George, Gus, Helen Herezegh, Danny John, Nick Johnson, Raida Johnson, John Lee, Mary Lee, George Marks, Linda Marks, Bini (Ben) Miller, Catherine Miller, Frank Mitchell, Edith Quick, Raita, Mara Richard, Rachel Richard, Steve Richard, Cookie Riste, Danny Riste, Frank "Dudo" Riste, Morena Riste, Rosie, Eda Siganoff, Roy Siganoff, Ruby Siganoff, Nina Signo, Joe Sztogka, Mary Thomas, Tom Thomas, Frank Thompson, and Guy Tyler. Romani Sound Recordings, 2018-30, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X298855F.
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.003A.wav) contains a recording involving the elicitation of words beginning with "flour," "flour mill," "wind," etc. It ends with "command me and it is done" in English only. Side 2 (2018-30.003B.wav) contains a recording of a sentence elicitation session beginning with "I have to take a bath." It contains a short explanation of "the" and "a" in front of nouns, as well as adjective placement. The recording ends with "the car is all torn up."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.003, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25745.
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.011A.wav) consists of a recording beginning with a discussion about intermarriage between Romani tribes. It ends with "on this side," "one," and "only." Side 2 (2018-30.011B.wav) consists of a recording involving lexical and sentence elicitation beginning with "otherwise" and ends with "he had an operation."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.011, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25753.
Item number: 2018-30.014
Date: 1968
Relations to this item:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.014A.wav) consists of a recording beginning with names of pets. It ends with eliciting the phrase "I forgot." Side 2 (2018-30.014B.wav) consists of a recording starting with a repeat of "I forgot" and ending with the phrase in Romani "she ought to develop her talent."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.014, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25761.
Item number: 2018-30.017
Date: 1968
Relations to this item:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.017A.wav) consists of a recording of a sentence and lexical elicitation session beginning with the sentence "I loosened it" and ends with "pour me some water." Side 2 (2018-30.017B.wav) consists of a recording begins with "pour me some water" and ends with "it takes her as long as she lives to get ready."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.017, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25764.
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.010A.wav) consists of a recording with a discussion about Romani weddings, as well as other customs. Side 2 (2018-30.010B.wav) contains a recording starting with a discussion about Pomana (black party). It ends with a discussion about Romani trials.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.010, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25752.
Item number: 2018-30.013
Date: 1968
Relations to this item:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.013A.wav) consists of a recording begining with a description of bartering for a bride. Black feasts and funerals are also described. Side 2 (2018-30.013B.wav) consists of a recording which continues the discussion of Romani funerals. It ends with a listing of Romani tribes.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.013, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25760.
Item number: 2018-30.016
Date: 1968
Relations to this item:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.016A.wav) consists of a recording involving sentence elicitation beginning with "I shall go to the movies tonight." It ends with a description of playing cards. Side 2 (2018-30.016B.wav) consists of a recording beginning with eliciting the word "king" and ends with eliciting the sentence"I'm loosening it."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.016, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25763.
Item number: 2018-30.012
Date: Dec 1967 to Jan 1968
Relations to this item:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.012A.wav) consists of a recording involving eliciting sentences. The session begins with translations to Russian Romani of "plane crash," "car wreck," "knife," "blade of grass," etc. It ends with "he bought a new car." Side 2 (2018-30.012B.wav) consists of a recording begins with "the father of the boy" and ends with "on their price" and a discussion about Romani life.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.012, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25754.
Item number: 2018-30.015
Date: Apr 1968
Relations to this item:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.015A.wav) consists of a recording of sentence elicitation beginning with "I ought to work harder." It ends with "a small cooking pot" (Pirí). Side 2 (2018-30.015B.wav) consists of a recording begins with "the pig is cooked over a fire." It ends with "I shall go to the movies tonight."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.015, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25762.
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.008A.wav) consists of elicitation of vocabulary beginning with "widow." It ends with "at present" and "at times." Side 2 (2018-30.008B.wav) also consists of elicitation of vocabulary items beginning with "badly" and ends with "I like you."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.008, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25750.
Item number: 2018-30.019
Date: 19 Jun 1968
Relations to this item:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.019A.wav) consists of a recording involving eliciting sentences starting with "the scales did not balance." It ends with "the sun will shine today," but the translation is not completed. Side 2 (2018-30.019B.wav) consists of a recording starting with "the sun will shine today" and ends with eliciting the word "cotton field."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.019, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25766.
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.009A.wav) consists of a recording of a sentence elicitation session which starts with a description of Romani rules regarding washing clothes, dishes, soap use, etc. It ends with the "used to be" structure and "soap floats on water." Side 2 (2018-30.009B.wav) consists of a recording starting with eliciting the word "noise." It ends with an explanation of where sons and daughters go to live after they get married.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.009, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25751.
Item number: 2018-30.018
Date: 1968
Relations to this item:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.018A.wav) consists of a recording involving eliciting sentences starting with "I've got to go and milk the cows." It ends with "he hit him in the mouth." Side 2 (2018-30.018B.wav) consists of a recording beginning with a repeat of "he hit him in the mouth." It ends with "the scales did not balance."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.018, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25765.
Item number: 2018-30.020
Date: 1968 to 1970
Relations to this item:2018-30.027 derives from this Item
Description:Side 1 (2018-30.020A.wav) consists of discussions about Romani vocabulary. It also includes eliciting sentences such as "I guess so" and ends with copies of Romani music originally on records. Side 2 (2018-30.020B.wav) consists of a recording with discussions of how Kaldarash Romani is different from Russian Romani.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and syntactic elicitation], 2018-30.020, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25767.
Description:Side A (2018-30.001A.wav) contains a recording with vocabulary, including weather terms, directional terms, familial terms, adjectives, sentences, residential terms, metals, and verb conjugations. Side 2 (2018-30.001B.wav) contains vocabulary (body parts, parts of a house, religious terms, sentences, animals) and a short explanation of Romani grammar.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical elicitation], 2018-30.001, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25720.
Description:This file bundle contains four audio files. Side 1A (2018-30.025A-1.wav) contains lexical elicitation body terms and horse terms, sentence elicitation relating to horses (e.g. "he trades horses", "he trades horses for a living", "it is hard to make a living"). Side 2A (2018-30.025A-2.wav) contains lexical elicitation on coal terms (e.g. "coal", "blacksmith", "fire", "embers", "horseshoe nail"), additional horse terms (e.g. "blinders", "tether", etc.), and more (e.g. "overcome", "pasture"). Side 1B (2018-30.025B-1.wav) includes lexical elicitation of food terms (e.g. "peas"), household terms (e.g. "door", "sink", "faucet") and more. The recording also contains sentence elicitation (e.g. "I come from home", "I could not go", "he could not go", "I would not help him"). Side 2B (2018-30.025B-2.wav) contains lexical such as divination terms (e.g. "hypnotist", "a medium", "fortune telling ball", "to talk to the dead") and sentence elicitation (e.g. "he is hypnotized") with some verbal paradigms with the verb "talk" in past and future tense. Sides 1A and 1B are Hungarian Romani, and Sides 2A and 2B are Russian Romani.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Linguistic elicitation], 2018-30.025, in "Romani Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25772.
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