Greeting in Tamazight

Audio file

Date recorded: September 17, 1967 to September 30, 1967
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified boy; Performer: Unidentified interpreter; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: spoken
Culture: Amazigh, Moroccan
Instruments: voice
Setting: Roadside
Location: Merzouga, Errachidia, Meknès-Tafilalet, Morocco
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T2092
Track Number: 10
Archive ID: T2092R10
Note: Alan Lomax’s interpreter has a conversation with a young boy. They greet each other by asking ‘how are you,’ ‘how’s your health,’ etc. The response is always la bas (fine). This prolonged exchange of question and response is typical of Moroccan greetings, among both Imazighen and Arabs.
Transcript:
Belongs to: Merzouga 9/67
About the session: A series of speech samples (greeting, asking for directions) recorded in the small town of Merzouga, on the edge of the Sahara Desert, Errachidia province.
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