Category: Phonology

Green, Blue, White: Colorful Hmong Peace

7/1/2018

Recently a written language again
"kev sib haum xeeb" or "kev tiaj tus"
or "kev thajyeeb nyab xeeb"
is peace in Hmong
sometimes it takes a long word
sometimes a lot of words
to call peace into reality

Thaaj yeeb peace in the Green
or Blue Miao dialect of Hmong
pronounced "tahng ying"
one letter different in white
"thaj yeeb" orally said "tah ying"
or "kev sib haum Zeeb" is peace
sometimes spelled "kev siab tus"
in the White Miao dialect of Hmong
or Hmong Daw at times
"nyob kaj siab lug" is used
peace in the white dialet

A Hmong folktale says
Hmong used to have a written language
important information written down
in a treasured book
the tale explains
cows and rats ate the book
the Hmong language exclusively oral
from that point onwards

Imagine if a cow or a rat ate your only book
what words would you teach your children
with no way to check
the truth of your words
would you make up words and meanings

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Kev sib haum xeeb White Miao dialect of Hmong or Hmong Daw
"Kev sib haum xeeb" (peace), "Kev tiaj tus", "Kev thajyeeb nyab xeeb" or "Ntiaj teb no" in Hmong or Hmoob spoken in China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.
"Thaaj yeeb" [tahng ying] (peace) in the Green or Blue Miao dialect of Hmong.
"Thaj yeeb" [tah ying], "Kev sib haum zeeb" (peace), "Kev siab tus" or "Nyob kaj siab lug" in the White Miao dialect of Hmong or Hmong Daw at times. White Hmong spoken in Northern Laos, a Hmong-Mien language.

Memory Exercise:

What word for peace would you choose if you made up your own language?
How would you spell "peace" if you had only ever heard the word and never read it?

imagine if a cow or a rat ate your only book
what words would you teach your children
with no way to check the truth of your words
would you make up words and meaning

Make up a language
describe the community that speaks that language
what are the words for
peace
calm
quiet
tranquil

Sometimes it takes more than one word to get the meaning across. It takes a community of peace to write peace in some languages. It is not a bad thing it just takes more people more connections more sounds to call peace into being.

Say the word peace in whatever language you would like as loudly as you can.
Tell someone about your commitment to peace and to health for yourself and others.

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When Laws Collide, Mägaya Peace In Yolngu or Yolŋu Australia

5/24/2018

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When Laws Collide, Mägaya Peace In Yolngu or Yolŋu Australia (Memory Exercises)

"Mägaya mäwaya"
one of the first words we learn
a woman in Yirrkala tells
peace peace
a legal term meaning the state of peace
achieved when laws are in place

If you've ever been down to a lake
or the sea in the morning
it's perfectly flat
that's " mägaya mäwaya "

Law creates that peace
you are protected
everything is "ŋoy-dharraḏa"
emotionally serene
at peace calm
and burrmiḏi peaceful
or "mutitj" calm and peaceful
"beḻaŋ" calm and quiet

But when two systems of law
operate in one community
tranquility is not
the new conflicts
with law and order
that's been there
in Australia
for 40,000 years

Mägaya in Yolngu
"Mägaya" in Yolngu or Yolŋu (Gupapuyŋu dialect) spoken in Australia.

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Memory Exercise
Visualize a body of water at peace. What does the surface look like? What color are the water and the sky? Are there other people or animals around? Is the water moving or completely still?

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A Vowel And A Consonant Poem

5/22/2018

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Does adding a vowel make a language
there is a saying
the difference between a dialect and a language
a language has an army

Is "pokój" peace in Polish
so different from
"pokoju" peace in Silesian
with it's extra vowel sound

No one agrees whether
Silesian is a dialect of Polish
or a separate language
influenced by Polish and German

"Pokój" is also peace in Upper Sorbian
or the Wendish spoken in Germany
and in Slovak uttered in Slovakia
same words different languages

And then there is an extra consonant
"spokoj" peace in Bosnian
which most agree
is a different language

Pokoju in Silesian (Poland)
"Pokoju" (peace) in Silesian spoken in Poland (Silesian Voivodeship, Opole Voivodeship) and Czech Republic (Moravia–Silesia, Jeseník).
"Pokój" (peace) in Upper Sorbian (Wendish) spoken in Germany
"Pokój" (peace) in Polish spoken in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia.
"Pokój" (peace) in Slovak spoken in Slovakia.
"Spokoj" (peace) in Bosnian spoken in Bosnia.

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Linguistic Conquest

4/2/2018

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Linguistic Conquest
Poem by Kimberly Burnham on Poemhunter

Before Spanish
Caribbean mother's sang to their babies
angry merchants shouted
lovers whispered
tribesman negotiated in so many
different now forgotten languages
obscured by the words rolling off
the tongues of
Spanish conquistadors
English sailors
French traders and Dutch merchants

Spanish now voiced by the most
on the largest
Cuba and Dominican Republic
where men and women discuss Paz

Peace in English the state language of many
Antigua, Bahamas,
Barbados, British Virgin Islands,
Cayman Islands, Dominica,
Jamaica and all the Saints,
sharing Puerto Rico with Spanish

On the compass points peace in European
languages standing strong in the Caribbean
Spanish pas to the West and Central
English peace to the North and East
French paix sharing the East and Central
Dutch vrede to the South

Mother's chant paix to their babies in Haiti,
Martinique, Guadeloupe, and St. Martin.

Vrede in Dutch full of good intentions in
Curacao, St Maarten and tiny islands

Indigenous languages buried deep
some pushing up expanding
a few lay dying
several birthing a new
creole gumbo

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Mir Peace, A Word Study In Humanity's Connections

4/1/2018

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Note: Mir or Мир or Mip (peace) in Russian and Russian influenced languages spoken in Russia (Europe & Asia), Ukraine, Serbia, Czech Republic, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Belarus, Montenegro, Macedonia, Moldova, Estonia, Latvia Lithuania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gerogia, Central Asia, Croatia, Slovenia, Poland and beyond.

Mir Peace, A Word Study In Humanity's Connections
Poem by Kimberly Burnham on Poemhunter

Disguised in Cyrilic
unfamiliar Russian letters
мир mir mip means peace
as Russia and the Ukraine
struggle against each
the same word waiting between

Ancient records evidence
mir peace in Serbia dances
across the page dressed in a Cyrillic alphabet
Roman letters marching to the same beat as English
Arabic script flowing peace from right to left

Mir peace in the Czech Republic
and Bosnian
words of peace in Bulgaria
Belarus Serbia
Montenegro and Macedonia

Bulgarian mir spoken in hope-filled tones
in Bulgaria TurkeyRomania
Russian mir given voice in so many lands
Moldova Belarus Estonia
Latvia Lithuania
Armenia Azerbaijan
Georgia and Central Asia
mir to all in these lands

In Croatia mir written in Roman letters
familiar to a Westerner
words still in Croatian and Czech
again mir in Slovene
peace moves on an out breath
in Slovenia Austria and Italy
mir peace borrowed by the Portuguese

Mir a common Muslim family name
in Pakistan Bangladesh and India
a short form of Arabic's Amir prince
Hebrews' Amir exalted summit of a tree
or mountain
while old Polish personal names miron
hold fast to the elements of peace quiet esteem

Miron or myron from myrrh
a fragrant resin incense perfume
wafts over the land
lubomir loves peace in Polish
miroslav a peace celebration
casimir the Polish bringer of peace
miro medieval personal names
of Germanic origin border on
the French variant of mire
all the while
zamir for peace in slavonic
resembles a common male Muslim name
zameer ضمیر
heart or conscience

Russion мир also means world
the perspective of a village
nestled in a beautiful countryside
local people live in communal proximity
sharing limited resources
heat in harsh winters
exclusion from the mir
almost certain death

Mir the name of a space station
peacefully floating in the air we all breath
over a land we share

Kimberly Burnham

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Green, Blue, White: Colorful Hmong Peace

When Laws Collide, Mägaya Peace In Yolngu or Yolŋu Australia

A Vowel And A Consonant Poem

Linguistic Conquest

Mir Peace, A Word Study In Humanity's Connections

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Green, Blue, White: Colorful Hmong Peace

​When Laws Collide, Mägaya Peace In Yolngu or Yolŋu Australia

A Vowel And A Consonant Poem

Linguistic Conquest

Mir Peace, A Word Study In Humanity's Connections

Now Available: Awakenings

(Integrative Medicine)​Poet & ​Brain Health Expert

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Categories

When Laws Collide, Mägaya Peace In Yolngu or Yolŋu Australia

(Integrative Medicine)
Poet & Brain Health Expert