Mahain Jabaty and Yema Munda: On Bom Language

Authors

George Tucker Childs, Portland State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Interview

Publication Date

3-22-2009

Subjects

Endangered languages -- Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone -- Social life and customs, Bom language -- Sierra Leone

Disciplines

African Languages and Societies | Applied Linguistics

Abstract

In this interview, Mahain Jabaty and Yema Munda have a discussion centered on the Bom language, and why the young people no longer speak or understand it.

Location

Africa, Sierra Leone, Sampor

Participants

Mahain Jabaty (subject), Yema Munda (subject), Hannah Sarvasy (creator, transcriber), Tucker Childs (contributor), Tɔmi Ngombu (transcription consultant)

Languages

Bom, English

ISO 639

bmf, eng

Bundle ID

090322_1

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/30125

Citation Details

Childs, George Tucker, "Mahain Jabaty and Yema Munda: On Bom Language" (2009). The Kim and Bom Languages of Sierra Leone. 260.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/30125