Lenape Bulbous Bouffont Skit

This is an adaptation of the Bulbous Buffont song in Lenape, an endangered language spoken by the Lenape Native Americans, who originally come from the northeast U.S. This video is meant to serve as a resource for students learning Lenape who want something more amusing and less purely educational to watch so that they can hear Lenape spoken and get into the groove of the language. It is adapted from an English sketch that was chosen for its wordplay and focus on the intrinsic beauty of some words and how they sound.
The video is not meant to be an accurate portrayal of the Lenape people. The characters are merely vehicles for showing off the silly and wonderful sounds of some lenape words.
I hope that this video will help raise awareness of Lenape and its value as a unique and special language. We had a lot of fun making it and with luck it will make others enjoy speaking and hearing Lenape as much as my classmates and I do.
If you want to know more about the Lenape people, go to http://www.delawaretribeofindians.nsn.us/ or the lenape talking dictionary, at http://www.talk-lenape.org/

Here is the English transcript of this skit:
Person 1: it is a good day
Person 2: yes, it is a good day
Person 1: there is no lightning
Person 2: what?
Person 1: there is no lightning. And thunder.
Person 2: yes, agreed.
Person 1: the word lightning is pretty
Person 2: I guess so
Person 1: and the word whirlwind. When there is a breeze, there is a whirlwind. Say whirlwind
Person 2: whirlwind
Person 1: louder!
Person 2: WHIRLWIND!
Person 1: good. Lightning (etc)
Person 3: it is a good day. What are you all doing?
Person 1 and 2: nothing
Person 3: (sneezes)
Person 2: bless you
Person 1: hm.. bless you....
Person 1: woman, do you see the wallet?
Person 2: yes, I see the wallet
Person 1: and you, do you see the wallet?
Person 3: yes, I see the wallet
All: we see the wallet
Person 1:And the dog, do you see him?
Person 2 dog, go eat a red-tailed hawk!
Person 1: ooh, red-tailed hawk!
Person 2: lightning!
Person 1: whirlwind
Person 3: to ride horseback
Person 2: bless you
Rhythm gets going: (that person 3 repeats) bless you, bless you, lightening!
Person 2 says whirlwind over and over again.
Person 1 says the following words:
Squirrel
Oak tree
Pork
Cricket
Gooseberry
The two of us will ride together on the same horse!
Person 1 then says: thank you. I will see you again
Person 2: I will see you

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• comedy
• lenape
• language
• song

[deviouslikeyou]

who is doing this video?. im impressed with the language used as i recognize many of the words and phrases used. but unfortunately im not fluent and cant say if the words are used in the right context. the simple conversational lenape sounds great. anymore videos to share??

levi from the falleaf family, copan oklahoma<<<

[kwenemuxkwe]

@deviouslikeyou I'm glad you like it! I also made a few videos of conversations from my Lenape textbook.. I've just posted them as video responses to this. Thanks to everyone else who has enjoyed the video! I'm glad it's been a fun and useful language tool.

[kwenemuxkwe]

actually, It's just easier if i put them under my favorites section

[Brucetow2]

@deviouslikeyou Its so good to hear from someone from Copan. And, especially noted since your family has been caretakers of the campground so dear to the tribe for so long since I was a kid, myself. That is an honor.

[Valoree1104]

Are these people from the mountains in New Jersey?

[Rickyrab]

Interesting and rather welhik