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Gafat Language in 1770

Post by Noble Amhara » 15 Apr 2024, 04:24

Song of Solomons

Recorded by English Explorer James Bruce in 1770
in Wemberna, Southern Gojjam
of the Gafat tribe that fled West Shewa (Mugar) due to Tulamas invasion conquest and assimilation of the Gafat people only 4 people could speak Gafat during James lifetime. As well Gafat spoken during this time was largely influenced by Amharic as this was recorded in southern Gojjam. Original Gafat sounds more like Guraghe language and Agew language

Gafat

ይህ: የሰሎሞኝ: ለጀዋት: ለጄ፡ ስ
ጄ: በለሞት: ለጄ: ለባባሞ: አባባ

ጛ፡፡ ዋይት: ስትላቊ፡ ንቦጄ፡

ሕዝጇ: ጉ:: ስነፋሰ: ዓፋ:

አለው: ደጋጅ። ሰውየትጂ: ደበሉ:

ሰሞውትህ: ለቅዴ: ገኝ: አጽሞ፡፡

የውታተ: ዘትጅ: ወድሂ:: መስፍና

ሕ፡ ቀጠለ፡፡ በነፈጄ: ጸሩወ፡

ስታሁና:: ኝጉሠ: ስትገባኝ: በ

ጒል᎓᎓ በይት: ደሰ: ይብል: ጥቡጂ፡

ሞ፡ ድጋጂ፡ ለወዴ:: ይት: ወዮጲ፡

ተነ: ጸው: ደቀ ፡፡ ከረሓለ: መ

የች፡ ጹተስቊ: ለጎላጀሁ:: አኝዴ: ለ

ቦስሞ: ድካ፡ ስደ: ለሱዋ:

ጮድነኒ፡= ጥኝ: ጋጀሁ፡ ደጀ፡፡

አገኘሁዏ፡ አትጂ፡፡ በረት፡ ለ

ላጀች። አጭት: ቡሾች፡ ሴት፡

ይብሉ: ይትጻሌ፡፡ ሞደሸ: ለቡ፡

ብል: አትወ:: ነትኝ: ወደ: አላ

ቍብሁ:: ለዕጄ: ቀለኝ፡ ደውዴ።

ደፈና: ተዘገባ: ደፈነትትገደለ: ቀኝሽ

ኩ:: ይትታወክ: ማልሆዒ፡ ግለች

ጄ፡ ነገ፡፡ ድሐሽ: ትሸሊ፡ ለ

እተች፡ ጕነ፡ ተሸሊ። ጕናችኝ: ጮ

ለኵኒ: ቀጥይ: ኝደደ:: የናሎችሸነ፡

ጥቦት: ስቅቢ:: ቦ: ላሽ፣ ቦቲ፣ ዕቅ

ቢ:: ፈርሺነ: የፈርዖን: ፍርድሸ:

ባዕን፣ የፋርነቴ ባልሽ

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Re: Gafat Language in 1770

Post by Noble Amhara » 15 Apr 2024, 04:40

Song of Solomon

Tcherets Agow an extinct tribe of Agaw that were recorded by James Bruce in 1770 as living near the Abay River likely this tribe lived between Gohatsion, Selale and Dejen, Gojjam.

Tcheratz Agow

አነ፡ ምሰገነ፡ ጸጊ፡ ነው፡ ዋጋ፡

የሰሎሞኝ፡ ፯፡፡ ከዋቢ፡ ኩሰኛው፡

ኩሰኛ:: ከወይነ: Ÿ}: አ᎓ ዳነ:

ኵኒ፡ ኂሩ፡ ከኂረዉ፡ ዉስ፡ ከ

ኩ፡፡ ይዉሰጛዕ፡ አለቀጽትዊ፡፡ ኩ

ሰሞ: ኀረታ፡ አነካì:: አነስታ: ጸኝ

ካካ:ለካነኩ:: አኝግርዋ፡ ታነከኑ፡፡

ሓረደ: ረ: ካነ᎓᎓ ኝጉሥ፡ቻጉሊደ፡

ግጽ፡፡ ከዳ፡ ደዋ᎓᎓ አነጉዋ: ከወ

ይነ᎓ ዳስነካኝ᎓᎓ ኩዋ፡ አነከነኝ፡ ግግረ፡

ድቢ፡ ፯፡፡ ከየሩሳሌሞ: አነካካ፣ የሐ

ርክታ:: ዚለተ: ጉጅ፡ ሰሎሞንታ፡

ድነኴነታ: ጸሩዝ: ኾነ: ሀርከታ: ካ


አነ፡ ምሰገነ፡ ጸጊ፡ ነው፡ ዋጋ፡

የሰሎሞኝ፡ ፯፡፡ ከዋቢ፡ ኩሰኛው፡

ኩሰኛ:: ከወይነ: Ÿ}: አ᎓ ዳነ:

ኵኒ፡ ኂሩ፡ ከኂረዉ፡ ዉስ፡ ከ

ኩ፡፡ ይዉሰጛዕ፡ አለቀጽትዊ፡፡ ኩ

ሰሞ: ኀረታ፡ አነካì:: አነስታ: ጸኝ

ካካ:ለካነኩ:: አኝግርዋ፡ ታነከኑ፡፡

ሓረደ: ረ: ካነ᎓᎓ ኝጉሥ፡ቻጉሊደ፡

ግጽ፡፡ ከዳ፡ ደዋ᎓᎓ አነጉዋ: ከወ

ይነ᎓ ዳስነካኝ᎓᎓ ኩዋ፡ አነከነኝ፡ ግግረ፡

ድቢ፡ ፯፡፡ ከየሩሳሌሞ: አነካካ፣ የሐ

ርክታ:: ዚለተ: ጉጅ፡ ሰሎሞንታ፡

ድነኴነታ: ጸሩዝ: ኾነ: ሀርከታ: ካ


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Re: Gafat Language in 1770

Post by Noble Amhara » 15 Apr 2024, 05:01

Amhara



Galla / Oromo



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