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Hello there!
ReplyDeleteI'm Mac and I'm a Land Dayak of Bau Jagoi from a village called Sebobog.
My mom is an Iban.
I'm looking for someone who can assist me in improving my Sinda Bidoyoh and I believe that you are the most approriate person from whom I can learn.
Let me know how to contact you.
I can be contacted via gmail, macdillian@gmail.com
Looking forward for your reply.
Hi macdillian a reference like is just used to remember those that we have forgotten. However to be proficient in the dialect just like learning other language...speak it...there is nothing more effective that this and like the people use to day "practice makes perfect"...
DeleteIf you want to learn about the dialect faster - have a good circle of friends who speak the language or be in the community...you will learn faster that you think...and also deeper than...
Having a reference like this make you disconnected between words and how to use it and in fact in Bijagoi you need to pronounce them properly otherwise it will not be proper.
This is not an advice but a fact that you have to go through...and i hope you will learn it fast