yud t´zut emo thub
"be no out of my heart"
Many movies in the world have used its own language and special names
with the intention of making the story more interesting. We know that "Kerchak"
is the "big boss gorilla" in the Disney Movies but in the ERB books is
a Mangani, difficult specie to be understood by anthropologists, or let's
say, by some readers. Names as Tublat, Terkoz, N'kima and Jad-bal-ja are
unforgettable.
Another
character is Kala, the tender and big mother who raised Tarzan, who had
to save him many times from the paws (hands) of Kerchak. Once the writer
has the characters, he has to think in another words which make part of
the the natural story. These are the verbs, common nouns, adverbs, prepositions
and adjectives, which constitute the variety of terms of communication
among characters in the tale respect to the events.
The true is that my wife and I spent many hours at night thinking in
the words of the Mangani Dictionary with the applied science to have a
valuable document. We thought more in the writers or film makers instead
of the common people. We don't know if people want to learn Mangani. I
know that a writer or a film maker is not going to use all the words into
his production but they could have this dictionary as a reference in some
lines of a book or libretto.
One relevant aspect of the Mangani language complexity begins with the
lack of words in past or future, because all the verbs are in infinitive
way. It doesn't have personal pronouns and few conjunctions that we are
not able to think instantly as in Spanish or English. Mangani is as a primitive
language defined by its grammar and words in it, not for being an ancient
language. It is a language of a short evolution which you can express any
kind of situation and of course related with apes. Even for me it has not
been easy to learn what I made.
I
could have each word in my brain, but not linked as my native language,
so the only way to speak it fast is thinking in Mangani, and that means
read and read. Or just singing in Mangani, what could be funny. So I translated
the Phil Collins Lyrics of the song "You'll be in my heart" what
in Mangani is said "All the time not being out of my heart".
The
song was translated into many languages of the world, and of course I have
it in Mangani. I don't know if the song could be sung in Mangani, because
the rustic sound of the words and sentences don´t match easily with
the music, but I think an expert could make the difference. When we want
to translate a sentence from Mangani to English, we have to think first
what to say. For example, the title of the song "you will be in my heart",
is a future phrase, not possible to be translated into Mangani. So you
have to think in Mangani, word by word, the expression what you want to
say. The sentence "Eho a tro" (in long time) is used to represent any situation
that (just) happened, is happening or is going to happen. But it doesn't
mean that the action depends indistinctly of the time in past, present
or the future, but does of the three.
In the list below you will find the song in Mangani, but the second
column has the idiomatic representation of the song lines in English (each
word in bold) in order to understand easily, the way as they are said in
Mangani. You can notice the Mangani column having fewer words than the
corresponding lines in English.
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Eho-a-tro, yud t´zut emo thub
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All the time not be out of my heart
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dando eto kree-gor
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come stop your crying
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wob yud van
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that be good (It will be all right)
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o-t´ja rem emo b´wang
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just take my hand
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rem-ah, unk da
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hold with force(it tight)
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ka-ja, eho-dan
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I will protect you - always-
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ul u rud
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from all around you
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yud yel
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I will be here
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t´kree-gor
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don't you cry
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bi obe o eta-ze
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for one so small
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o zuvo-ag
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you seem so strong
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emo jen-wang, ka-rem-ah
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My arms will -hug- hold you
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ka-ja-eta, eta-koho-ze
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keep you safe and, warm
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wo jen wee boz
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this bond (mix) between both
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t´da-ah yud tub-ze
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cannot be broken
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yud yel
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I will be here
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t´kree-gor
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don't you cry
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bi et yud t´zut emo thub
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because you will be in my heart
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rak, yud t´zut emo thub
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yes, you will be in my heart
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ul wo a, eho-dan
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from this day on (-always-)
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ara, bi eho-dan, ag
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now and forever more
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yud t´zut emo thub
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you will be in my heart
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tand gree´ta et obe gogo
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no matter what someone (they) say
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yud t´zut emo thub, eho-dan
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you will be in my heart, always
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eho-dan
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always
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COPYRIGHT
© Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. and Walt Disney Music, All rights reserverd. Based
upon the Phil Collins Lyrics,"You'll
be in my heart" ~ All rights reserved.
* Argos - Eagle.- Here there
is an explicative note:
"To expedite Tarzan's transportation to and from Pal-ul-don, DuBois
gave him many giant animal mounts. The giant eagles, Argus and Aguila were
his air transports to many far-flung adventures." (source: Dell,
Tarzan and Me : Tantor
Trumpets - by Ken Webber).
Ed: See also Duane Adams' Reviews and Commentaries of the entire
Tarzan
Dell Comics series ~ starting at: ERBzine
0851
Here, "aguila" is a female noun in Spanish, translated to English as
"eagle". Argos, corresponds in Greek to Argus, meaning "brilliant". I found
that Argus-eyed means Extremely observant; vigilant.
* Balana - Bee - The contraction
of the word bal-lana, meaning golden-sting.
* Ehodankoro - Pangolin -
This word has two meanings, "always-walking" or "hardness-walking".
* Gabusan - Large Monkey -
Particularly due to the red coloured organ of the large monkey.
* Ga b'yat klu - Guinea hen
- This kind of hen has a red comb.
* Guram - Lizard - With the
belly on the floor.
* Hoseno - Hare - The particular
movement of de hare with many jumps.
* Howangani - Gibbon - It
is referred to the long arms of this ape.
* Hoyuto - Porcupine -It refers
to the many sharp spines of the porcupine.
* Kolana - Pirahna - The word
Pirahna, Piraña o Piragna, comes from the combination "Fish-Dent"
in Guaraní language, South America. Eventhough, people says that
there is no Piragnas in Africa, I agree Tarzan saw a Citharinus in the
rivers of Africa. You can see it at http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribe(pez).
In Mangani means "mighty-pricking", "mighty-bite".
* Luhoseno - Frog - or Lulhoseno,
"hare of water", refers to the particular movement of de frog with many
jumps.
* Lulbara - Cob - The Cob
is an antelope that seem a deer which is said lives in swamps or near rivers.
It is called "aquatic antelope or waterbuck". I must say that a deer is
not an antelope and it rarely is in water.
* Motag - Okapi - "short-neck"
- The opposite of giraffe (Motag).
* Omlusremo - Chameleon -The
trapping long tongue of this animal.
* Omzeekoro - Heron, Crane
- The long legs of this animal used to take off.
* Pambaseno - Kangaroo rat -
Tiny rat that jumps instead of walking.
* Rylano - Scorpion - It refers
to the curved sting of the scorpion.
* Ryomtho - Toucan - The curved-beak
of the toucan.
* Ryzee - Bedouin - The way
it walks, as bending-legs.
* Sheebro - Secretary bird -
The work of this bird, Reptile-hunter.
* Torda - She-elephant - The
female elephant, refered as "bestial-force".
* Tumbu-nesen - Locust - It
refers to the grasshopper which can fly.
* T'ayato, Tand-a-yato - Owl -
The nocturnal bird which can see better at night.
* Umpa-lowa - Butterfly -
The wings of the caterpillar.
* Yango - Bat - The bad called
"rat with wings", this little mammal sleep hanged.
* Zanzi - Spider - The shaggy
legs of this bad called "insect".
* Zuklugomo -Ostrich- The
big hen that runs fast.
* Zuyak - Crab - The crustacean
with the big pincers.
Observations
This work is part of an investigation, as well as the dictionary proposed
in previous erb-zines and hence could be subject to changes considered
necessary in order to get the better result. The purpose of the whole job
is to have a document in support of Tarzan novels. Suggestions or comments
are welcome at:
juparella@yahoo.com
Credits
This work was possible done thanks to Bill and Sue-On Hillman, Peter
Coogan, Matthew Baugh, Brad Mengel.
My special thankfulness to my wife Adriana Garavito Rozo and Joanna
Ramon M, for helping in this work .
Downloads
You
can download the dictionary from:
Word text : .............English-Mangani: 
Following
with the research on the grammatical structure of language Mangani, semantics,
syntax and grammar, I have now produced this document on the phonetics
of the Mangani words in order to complete the study with one of the most
important parts of any language as is the pronunciation.
