Back to Hue village to listen to Quang accent

STRANGE ACCENTS IN THE LAND OF HUỆ

About 40 km southeast of Hue city center, My Loi village is located in Giang Hai coastal commune, Phu Loc district (Thua Thien-Hue). As soon as we arrived at the village, we met a woman with a different voice than most people in Hue.

"Who are you looking for? Are you looking for On Long? I wonder if On Long is home?" she asked again when she heard us asking for the house of village chief Luong Thanh Long.

My Loi communal house

The Hue accent is generally in the Central accent region from Thanh Hoa to Thua Thien-Hue, all have common points such as: mo (where), te (there), rang (why), rua (like that)... but "lighter" and use more local words. The voice of My Loi villagers has a different timbre, with many high and low tones, melodious. Therefore, many people think that their voice is similar to Quang accent. Some people explain that, because the people who opened up this land went to Quang Nam for a while, then because of too many difficulties, they returned, so the voice "mixed" with Quang accent.

There have been many studies on dialects, with different interpretations. Here, we try to listen to the people of My Loi village talk about the history of their language.

Mr. Nguyen Hai (76 years old), former head of the village's ritual committee, said that the descendants of My Loi villagers were originally from Luong Niem village, Quang Xuong district, Tinh Gia district, Thanh Hoa. "The accent of My Loi villagers is confined to the village and their children continue to speak this accent and pass it on until now. The accent of My Loi villagers is unique and currently the accent here is not Quang Nam or Da Nang , especially not Hue accent. Even the descendants of the village when they go far away still speak this accent, without changing their accent. Parents speak My Loi language, children speak My Loi language. We went to Thanh Hoa, in Sam Son, and saw that they also spoke the same accent as My Loi village," Mr. Hai shared.

Mr. Doan Nhuan (former representative of the People's Council of Thua Thien-Hue province, a native of My Loi village) also had many field trips to study the accent of the people of My Loi village. "The accent, words and unique tones of the people of My Loi village are not mixed with anyone else's accent, but retain the accent from Luong Niem village (Thanh Hoa) in ancient times, when they opened up the land, built hamlets and established the village," said Mr. Nhuan.

Mr. Luong Thanh Long, head of My Loi village, introduces the village.

B VOICE PRESERVATION

According to the My Loi Village Gazetteer (Thuan Hoa Publishing House), My Loi Village was formerly My Toan Ward, officially established in the year of Nham Tuat (1562), the 5th year of Chinh Tri period of the Later Le Dynasty. The village's genealogy also recorded: "The eight gentlemen who founded our village were granted the title of Duc Bao Trung Hung Linh, and were awarded the title of Doan Tuc Ton Than, who were from Luong Niem village, Thanh Hoa province. They were originally soldiers, in the year Chinh Tri, the Le Dynasty followed Lord Tien (ie Thai To Gia Du, Emperor of our dynasty, Nguyen Hoang) to guard Thuan Hoa (now Thua Thien). After the military affairs were settled, they submitted a petition to request the requisition of our hamlet land (east bordering the sea of ​​My A commune; south bordering Nghi Giang, Don Che; west bordering 3 communes Diem Truong, Phung Chanh, Luong Vien; north bordering the sea and An Bang hamlet) and named it My Toan Ward (later changed to My Loi hamlet) to be passed down for a hundred generations".

In addition to the above documents, according to the oral tradition of the founding families, the origin of the founding fathers was 8 people in the army, guarding a large house, 10 rooms long in Khe Long to live and work. The names of the 8 founding fathers recorded in the village's worship book include: Le Van Dai, Truong Van Truc, Nguyen Van Dau, Nguyen Ba Nien (some places write Nguyen Van Nien), Do Van Lich, Sao Van Lieu, Doan Van Bai, Tran Van Nghi (Nghia). The founding fathers' book also said that they belonged to the "Trung Nghia Quan" class, contributing to the work of the Lord's Palace, so their descendants were exempted from paying taxes and corvee fees thanks to that favor.

Dai Nam Liet Truyen (compiled by the National History Institute of the Nguyen Dynasty) also recorded: "In the winter of the third year of Canh Than (1560), a sea station was set up to guard the coastal area (at that time, the Mac army often took the sea route to rob Thanh Nghe, so we had to be on guard". Thus, the eight founders of My Loi village were originally a border guard team, guarding the estuary. After completing their mission, they submitted a request to establish a ward to settle down and stabilize their lives.

Mr. Doan Xua (80 years old), former member of the My Loi village ritual committee, said that the village was previously named My Toan, later changed its name to My Loi, meaning "my" is good, "loi" is favorable, prosperous.

"My Loi village has a special feature that no other village has. In the middle of the village, there is a water source flowing out at both ends. One branch flows up and the other flows back. Those two water sources surround and gather at My Loi market, creating a unique feng shui point. The location of the village communal house also has two beautiful rows of sandy land surrounding it. The origin of the village is from a Thanh Hoa countryside and with the village's quite special terrain, with little change in population throughout history, the villagers have preserved the original voice of their ancestors," Mr. Doan Xua affirmed.

Mr. Luong Thanh Long (74 years old), the village chief since 2011, with a deep voice similar to Quang's, slowly expressed that the people of My Loi village are always proud of their accent.

Mr. Nguyen Hai, former head of the ceremonial committee, also asserted that thanks to this unique voice, no matter where they go, My Loi people can still recognize each other. "From there, they love and care for each other more, love their homeland more and more people know about My Loi village," Mr. Nguyen Hai shared.

(to be continued)

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