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Nba! A ni wula, Outtara-cɛ! :-)

I ni ce, karamɔgɔ!

I ni ce, karamɔgɔ :-) Where are you living in the US nowadays? Glad to hear that video brings you back and helps get your Jula skills fired up again ;-)

I am currently in Atlanta Georgia but moving to Seattle soon. Ni be Ameriki ni ibeseka Iya Facebooku ou bien iya instagramu di, o be na dia n yé.

@@muideenibitowa7919 Cool! N ka IG ni FB fɛnw bɛ yan: www.ankataa.com/social

I ni ce, karamɔgɔ!

Thanks for chiming in, Blackbird! I think I follow you, but the one thing I would say is that "Julakan" is not pejorative in many communities of Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire. In fact, it's the prefered name for the spoken variety of people that consider themselves to be ethnically "Jula". This was the case in the village where I lived for two years in Burkina Faso, for instance. This dynamic is described in publications such as this one: Sanogo, Mamadou Lamine. 2003. “L’ethnisme jula: origines et évolution d’un groupe ethnolinguistique dans la boucle du Niger.” In Burkina Faso, Cents Ans d’Histoire, 1895-1995, edited by Yénouyaba Georges Madiéga, 369-79. Paris, France: Karthala.

Ah, awesome! Glad you enjoyed and found it helpful, Olivia :-)

Nba! I ni ce :-) Je vous en prie !

HAHA, nice catch! Yeah, the sound effects were so much work haha, I couldn't help it :-) I ni ce kosɛbɛ! Ala k'an dɛmɛ!

I ni ce :-) N ye i ka kumakan faamu dɔɔnin nka yala i y'à sɛbɛn GoogleTranslate la? ;-) N'o tɛ, fiɲɛ ka ca i ka kuma la!

@@Ankataa Awɔ, n y'à sɛbɛn GoogleTranslate la! N hakili la, n ka kumasen ma bɛn bawo bamanankan ka gɛlɛn kojugu 😂

@@xjmmjbnqfstjdijoj2044 Haha, ayiwa! Baasi tɛ. Nka i ka kɔrɔsili kɛ! Tuma dɔw la, GoogleTranslate bɛ manamanakan fɔ!

I ni ce :-)

I ni ce! It depends on the context/person, but in my experience "N m'à faamu" is more useful and pops up more frequently in a way that is similar to "I don't understand" in English. If the person is translating from French/English of course "N m'à faamu" is more literally the same thing, but if someone someone says something and you don't understand, you normally would say "N m'à faamu" and not "N t'à faamu"

Haha, wait, I just re-read your comment and I see that you are saying something else. "N m'à faamu" is definitely "I haven't understood (it)" but maybe they heard your pronunciation as "N **b'**à faamu". The "m" and "b" can sound similar in this position

I ni ce, Jacques! :-)

Merci pour ce mot d'appréciation, Kouakou! :-)

Chacun son avis ;-)

Nba! I yɛrɛ ni ce, karamɔgɔ :-)

Je suis content que tu puisses la découvrir à travers une de mes vidéos :-)

I ni ce! :-) I made "Beginners Start Here" guide that lists all of the relevant "An ka taa" resources/content that I've made: www.ankataa.com/blog/learn-bambara-beginners-start-here Have a look at that and let me know if it helps!

I ni ce, Joseph :-)

I ni ce!

Do you mean "why"? I think so. The answer is: because I strive to use a single standard orthography that is mostly based on Malian Bambara but occasionally draws on Jula as written in Burkina when needed. This lets me have a single style for all the episodes instead of different spellings for every accent :-)

I'm not sure that I follow what you mean

My last name is Donaldson

Nba! I ni ce, Leo! :-)

I ni ce :-) Yeah, I was a bit surprised that that side of things didn't come up too!

He as in me? Haha. No. I filmed it last time I was there! Hope to be back later this year 🙂

Merci à toi, Moussa ! :-) Non malheureusement. La vidéo avait été tournée la dernière fois que j'étais en Côte d'Ivoire

Hi Drake! Thanks for letting me know that you enjoy "Na baro kè" :-) Please let me know on the other episodes too if you watch them!

@@Ankataa Okay 😊 ❤️

Zoumana, i ni ce! :-) Merci pour ce petit mot si gentil ! Ça me touche de penser que mes vidéos te plaise et contribue à valoriser le dioula ! Ecris-moi dans les commentaires sur les autres vidéos que tu apprécies aussi. I Kamara!

Thanks for chiming in, Musa! Do you mean "had" or "has"? I know that there are Manding speakers in Sierra Leone (like in many other places), but the map is based on specific data from a published source. It's listed here on the page where I uploaded the image for anyone to use: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Manding_language_continuum.png

@@Ankataa has...

Dɔɔnin dɔɔnin don :-) I yɛrɛ ni ce!

I ni ce! :-)

Cool to hear that the video makes you feel closer to Côte d'Ivoire :-) Is that where you are from originally?

@Ankataa No -- Gambia. We have always been taught that our people migrated from Ivory Coast way back.

@@ebsincamara2246 I imagine that at the time there wasn't even a place called Côte d'Ivoire :-)

I did my best to explain what I have learned! :-)

Haha, I'm not sure that I could. I never listen to him. What's would a good song to start with?

@@Ankataa Lasidan is pretty!

​@@Ankataa Ali Farka is a brilliant musician, it would be amazing actually to learn bambara also to have some songs translated, they're just so catchy! Hani could be an interesting start czcams.com/video/JkuqxjzaIHw/video.html

Nba! I ni ce. Foli i yɛrɛ ta ye! :-)

I Camara! I ni ce :-)

I use a custom adaptation of an an SIL IPA keyboard. I list it here along with a ton of other keyboard options: www.ankataa.com/blog/how-to-type-bambara

@@Ankataa Thank you, i've just tried it and it works very well, i assume i'm gonna need some practice to get use to it. again thank you vey much for your fantastic work.

@@ousmanesidibe951 You're welcome! :-)

C'est vrai ! "Jula" veut dire 'commerçant' en mandingue de manière générale 🙂 Mais ça a d'autres sens aussi 😉

@@Ankataa comme quoi?

@@youssoufsangare7213 Dans certaines parties de la Côte d'Ivoire et du Burkina, ça peut faire référence a une ethnie ou un groupe "ethnolinguistique". En Côte d'Ivoire, c'est parfois un terme utilisé par des outsiders pour désigner tous les gens mandingues ainsi que les gens qu'ils assimilent à ce groupe (à tort ou à raison). Ce chapitre parle de la naissance de ce sens "ethnolinguistique" du terme : Sanogo, Mamadou Lamine. 2003. “L’ethnisme jula: origines et évolution d’un groupe ethnolinguistique dans la boucle du Niger.” In Burkina Faso, Cents Ans d’Histoire, 1895-1995, edited by Yénouyaba Georges Madiéga, 369-79. Paris, France: Karthala.

Nba! I ni ke :-) "Transcribing" ka gbɛlɛn kojuu! Dɔɔnɛn-dɔɔnɛn ne! ;-)

Thanks, Abdullahi :-) I appreciate the kind words. Do you live in Burkina? And do you prefer Bobo or Ouaga? ;-)

I ni ce! Haha, I'd love to visit. Are you based there? It would be great to try to pick up some Mandinka there :-)

I ni ce! :-)