Bambang Isinay Stories: How Bambang Got Its Name

NOTE: To give Isinay World friends and patrons an idea of how the Bambang version of Isinay was spoken and written several decades ago, we're putting out selections of Isinay-Bambang stories from the book ISINAY TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS (authored by former University of the Philippines Professor Ernesto Constantino and published in December 1982 by the Tokyo-based Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa). The book is copyrighted, thus we're only including the Isinay version of the stories here with the sole intent to help revitalize the Isinay language, nothing more. To help our readers with certain words that may have eluded their Isinay vocabulary (as well as to enhance the Isinay literacy of fellow language activists), we appended a selection of terms with their nearest English, Ilocano and Filipino equivalents. Still, we advise those who wish to know the meaning of other words, phrases, or sentences in this selection to please get in touch with a literate Isinay, or get hold of a copy of the book where the stories have English translations. Oh yes, this particular story should show readers how Bambang Isinay compares with Dupax Isinay.]

Wad Ngaronad Di Beveyoyad Bambang

Anastacio Acosta
(Octobre 4, 1966)

Si naun-unar an tiyempo, nan-intatawiran di de^dee miyar dari, si nanlaput apu, apu si apu, maantunat tarasiye an ekaw. Tinawir mi siyen estorya, mu andiye innun di beveyoyad Bambang an nangeyat ngarona.

Sirin tiyempo nanung na tay an ma-i-ator di in-aamtar si siyen beveyoy, si buttan di ekawar, diyoy si osan tribu an diyoy pay la si obehas na, atdi pay la si eyanopanar. Akayanan ba^ba-on, di Buhalotar on Ibilaw. Andu-oy an tiyempo an mansingkontra darasiye. Mari ran makaykayan an manliliyuuy.

Dimmatong si osa an nangngaron si Juan Campa, an mangi-ali si in-akristiyano si siyen beveyoy. Kinontran di saratiye an tribu, on akakayan da otiya an patayon. Mu bayaw nayid poddan serbin di armas dad isiya, toy mu gayangon da omu peyangon da, pum-ot lokom si payung nad.

Besan, naas-asinut na dira an inamo, atdi ela inesep da ri mebbesar. Nantavtavayat tiyen duwa an tribu. Nandaramu ra sitiyen beveyoy, imbangbang da ri armas dar dari an gayang, ota^, eyatay. Inluvu^ da si piyo-ar. Tarit sangkana an ingngaronan siyen beveyoy Bambang.

Satut umput na.