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    • Collection identifier: 2022-06
    • Primary contributors: Kondeh Mansaray (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Additional contributors: Alieu Borbor Ataya (consultant); Kawu Kamara (consultant); Samuel S. Koroma (consultant); Yallon Koroma (consultant); Gbunde Mansaray (consultant); Andrew Marah (consultant); John Marah (consultant); Kondowulay Marah (consultant, depicted); Albert Korloi Sesay (consultant); John Sise (consultant); Kondeh Mansaray (depicted)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Dates: 2022-
    • Historical information: Limba (Glottocode: limb1257; iso: lma) is a dialect cluster of northern Sierra Leone, with a few communities in Guinea. This collection contains materials from the Wara Wara dialect, specifically as spoken in and around the towns of Yagala and Kabala.
      As of August 2022, Limba is spoken by 500,000 to 1 million speakers, with a large number in Limba diaspora within and outside of Sierra Leone. Despite its large speaker number, it is endangered as Sierra Leonean Krio is spoken by everyone in the village, and is frequent in everyday speech. Few outsiders learn Limba, and many Limba live in environments dominated by another ethnic group.
      The materials in this collection were collected by Nicholas Rolle (PhD Berkeley 2018) while he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS) in Berlin, Germany. The collection contains transcriptions in the Limba orthography, the most important being <ɛ> for [ɛ], <ɔ> [ɔ], <th> [t̪] (dental t), <t>~<ts> [t] (alveolar t), and <ŋ> for [ŋ]. The main focus of fieldwork in 2022 was to document vocabulary and tone, and to collect stories. In 2023, it was for noun classes, tense/aspect/mood, syntax in general, and names and uses for plants and trees.
      Audio was recorded on a Marantz recorder in WAV format, usually with a lapel microphone. Video was recorded via a Zoom video recorder. Additionally, sometimes iPhone was used to record. For notes, a Livescribe pen and notes were used. Financial support came from ZAS-internal funds.
    • Scope and content: Audio and video recordings of the Wara Wara dialect of Limba (recorded in 2022 and 2023). File bundles correspond to distinct recording sessions, being either texts or elicitation. Complete field notes are included in bundles 2022-06.003, 2022-06.004, 2022-06.028, and 2022-06.029. A lexicon of about 1000 elicited lexical items is in 2022-06.002, later updated in 2022-06.030. Photographs are in 2022-06.027.
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Kondeh Mansaray and Nicholas Rolle. Limba Field Materials, 2022-06, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2G73CM2.

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    • Item identifier: 2022-06.001
    • Date: 16 Apr 2022
    • Contributors: Kondeh Mansaray (consultant); Albert Korloi Sesay (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Kabala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: .m4a file of recording. See "black notebook" (file bundle 2022-06.003) for the notes.
    • Relations to this item: 2022-06.003 references this Item
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Lexical elicitation: Basic vocabulary, 2022-06.001, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2BG2MXS.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.005
    • Date: 18 Apr 2022
    • Contributors: Kawu Kamara (consultant); Samuel S. Koroma (consultant); Yallon Koroma (consultant); Kondeh Mansaray (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Yagala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: M4A and WAV files of recording. See "black notebook" (file bundle 2022-06.003) for the notes.
    • Relations to this item: 2022-06.003 references this Item
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Lexical elicitation: Basic vocabulary, 2022-06.005, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2TD9W8W.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.006
    • Date: 20 Apr 2022
    • Contributors: Kondeh Mansaray (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Yagala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: .m4a files of recording. See "black notebook" (file bundle 2022-06.003) for the notes.
    • Relations to this item: 2022-06.003 references this Item
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Lexical elicitation: Basic vocabulary, 2022-06.006, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2PN94K0.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.007
    • Date: 18 Apr 2022
    • Contributors: Kondeh Mansaray (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Yagala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: 3 MOV and 3 corresponding WAV files. Text details the history of Yagala. It was recorded live in the Old Town Yagala ruins, using an iPhone and a Marantz recorder.
    • Relations to this item: 2022-06.019 references this Item
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Text of "Old Town Yagala", 2022-06.007, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2K0735Z.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.008
    • Date: 22 Apr 2022
    • Contributors: Yallon Koroma (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Yagala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: 2 MOV files. This is a text part of a series of step-by-step instructions on making palm oil. It was recorded using a Zoom recorder and lapel microphone.
    • Relations to this item: 2022-06.020 references this Item
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Text of "Making Palm Oil" I, 2022-06.008, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2F76BGP.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.009
    • Date: 24 Apr 2022
    • Contributors: Yallon Koroma (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Yagala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: 5 MOV files. This is a text part of a series of step-by-step instructions on making palm oil. It was recorded using a Zoom recorder and lapel microphone.
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Text of "Making Palm Oil" II, 2022-06.009, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X29G5KQH.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.010
    • Date: 24 Apr 2022
    • Contributors: Gbunde Mansaray (consultant); Albert Korloi Sesay (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Yagala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: 3 MOV files. This is a text part of a series on cutting palm trees. It was recorded using a Zoom recorder and lapel microphone. It is a step-by-step guide on how to make the rope for climbing palm trees to cut down their palm nuts. The man climbing is Pa Gbunde, and the man narrating is Albert Korloi
    • Relations to this item: 2022-06.020 references this Item
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Text of "Palm Tree Cutting", 2022-06.010, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X25Q4V06.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.011
    • Date: 01 May 2022
    • Contributors: Kondowulay Marah (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Yagala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: 3 MOV files. This is a text part of a series on bondole pit. It was recorded using a Zoom recorder and lapel microphone. It is a step-by-step guide on how to use the giant bondole pit to make palm oil. This is a community activity and many people are in the video. The narrator is Kondowulay Marah.
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Text of "Bondole Pit" I, 2022-06.011, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X21Z4399.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.012
    • Date: 03 May 2022
    • Contributors: Kondowulay Marah (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Yagala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: 6 MOV files. This is a text part of a series on bondole pit. This is the second part. It was recorded using a Zoom recorder and lapel microphone. It is a step-by-step guide on how to use the giant bondole pit to make palm oil. This is a community activity and many people are in the video. The narrator is Kondowulay Marah.
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Text of "Bondole Pit" II, 2022-06.012, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2X63KVC.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.013
    • Date: 08 May 2022
    • Contributors: Yallon Koroma (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Yagala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: 2 MOV files. This is a text explaining the significance of a dance just performed. It was recorded using a Zoom recorder and lapel microphone. Mami Yallon starts off, then another community leader steps in the explain further.
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Text of "Dancing and Drumming", 2022-06.013, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2SJ1JHX.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.014
    • Date: 21 Apr 2022
    • Contributors: Kondeh Mansaray (consultant); Albert Korloi Sesay (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Yagala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: M4A and WAV files of recording. See "black notebook" (file bundle 2022-06.003) for the notes.
    • Relations to this item: 2022-06.003 references this Item
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Lexical elicitation: Basic vocabulary, 2022-06.014, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2NS0STN.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.015
    • Date: 22 Apr 2022
    • Contributors: Kondeh Mansaray (consultant); Albert Korloi Sesay (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Yagala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: M4A and WAV files of recording. See "black notebook" (file bundle 2022-06.003) for the notes.
    • Relations to this item: 2022-06.003 references this Item
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Lexical elicitation: Basic vocabulary, 2022-06.015, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2J1024G.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.016
    • Date: 23 Apr 2022
    • Contributors: Kondeh Mansaray (consultant); Albert Korloi Sesay (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Kabala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: M4A and WAV files of recording. See "black notebook" (file bundle 2022-06.003) for the notes.
    • Relations to this item: 2022-06.003 references this Item
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Lexical elicitation: Basic vocabulary, 2022-06.016, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2D799CR.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.017
    • Date: 24 Apr 2022
    • Contributors: Alieu Borbor Ataya (consultant); Kondeh Mansaray (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Yagala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: M4A and WAV files of recording. See "black notebook" (file bundle 2022-06.003) for the notes.
    • Relations to this item: 2022-06.003 references this Item
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Elicitation: Basic vocabulary and verb phrases, 2022-06.017, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X28G8JN1.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.018
    • Date: 29 Apr 2022
    • Contributors: Kondeh Mansaray (consultant); Kondowulay Marah (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Yagala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: M4A and WAV files of recording. See "red notebook" (file bundle 2022-06.004) for the notes.
    • Relations to this item: 2022-06.004 references this Item
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Elicitation: Vowel length, codas, inflected verbs, noun phrases , 2022-06.018, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X24Q7SX9.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.019
    • Date: 27 Apr 2022
    • Contributors: Kondeh Mansaray (consultant); Albert Korloi Sesay (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Yagala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: M4A and WAV files of recording. See "red notebook" (file bundle 2022-06.004) for the notes.
    • Relations to this item: 2022-06.004 references this Item; 2022-06.007 is referenced by this Item
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Lexical elicitation and text analysis: Noun classes, "Old Town Yagala" text, 2022-06.019, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X20Z727T.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.020
    • Date: 05 May 2022
    • Contributors: Kondeh Mansaray (consultant); Albert Korloi Sesay (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Yagala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: M4A and WAV files of recording. See "red notebook" (file bundle 2022-06.004) for the notes.
    • Relations to this item: 2022-06.008 and 2022-06.010 are referenced by this Item
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Text analysis: "Making Palm Oil" and "Palm Tree Cutting" texts, 2022-06.020, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2W95838.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.021
    • Date: 25 Apr 2022
    • Contributors: Kondeh Mansaray (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Kabala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: M4A and WAV files of recording. See "red notebook" (file bundle 2022-06.004) for the notes.
    • Relations to this item: 2022-06.004 references this Item
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Lexical elicitation: Basic vocabulary, possession, noun phrases, vowel length , 2022-06.021, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2RJ4HD0.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.022
    • Date: 01 May 2022
    • Contributors: Kondeh Mansaray (consultant); Kondowulay Marah (consultant); Albert Korloi Sesay (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Yagala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: M4A files of recording. See "red notebook" (file bundle 2022-06.004) for the notes. Verb-subject versus subject-verb word orders.
    • Relations to this item: 2022-06.004 references this Item
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Elicitation: Basic vocabulary, word order variations, 2022-06.022, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2MS3RQQ.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.023
    • Date: 02 May 2022
    • Contributors: Kondeh Mansaray (consultant); Albert Korloi Sesay (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Yagala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: M4A and WAV files of recording. See "red notebook" (file bundle 2022-06.004) for the notes.
    • Relations to this item: 2022-06.004 references this Item
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Lexical elicitation: Basic vocabulary, 2022-06.023, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2H130Z7.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.024
    • Date: 04 May 2022
    • Contributors: Kondeh Mansaray (consultant); Albert Korloi Sesay (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Kabala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: M4A and WAV files of recording. See "red notebook" (file bundle 2022-06.004) for the notes.
    • Relations to this item: 2022-06.004 references this Item
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Lexical elicitation: Basic vocabulary, 2022-06.024, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2C8287X.
    • Item identifier: 2022-06.025
    • Date: 07 May 2022
    • Contributors: Kondeh Mansaray (consultant); Albert Korloi Sesay (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Limba (lma)
    • Place: Kabala, Sierra Leone
    • Description: M4A and WAV files of recording. See "red notebook" (file bundle 2022-06.004) for the notes.
    • Relations to this item: 2022-06.004 references this Item
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Limba Field Materials
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Elicitation: Basic vocabulary, tone patterns, 2022-06.025, in "Limba Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X27H1HH6.