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Iyaric, Livalect, Dread-talk or I-talk is a created dialect of English in use among members of the Rastafari movement. African languages were lost among Africans when they were taken into captivity as part of the slave trade, and adherents of Rastafari teachings believe that English is an imposed colonial language. Their remedy for this situation has been the creation of a modified vocabulary and dialect, reflecting a desire to take language forward and to confront what they see as the confusion of a corrupt and decadent society they call Babylon. This is accomplished by avoiding words and syllables seen as negative, such as "back", and changing them to positive ones. Some if not most Rastafarians choose not to use certain words in the English language as they have Babylonian and devil-like connotations, for example the word "Hello" is not used because it contains the word "hell" and "lo" referring to "low". Instead words such as 'Wa Gwaan', 'Yes I' 'Cool Nuh Iyah' are used because they are words that uplift people. If at a Rastafarian Church, they would use their formal church greetings. For instance, the Rastafarian branch known as the Twelve Tribes of Israel would say, "Greetings in the Divine Name of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who revealed Himself in the personality of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie the first" Iyaric is sometimes also referred to as Wordsound — a name derived from the Rastafari principle of "Word, Sound and Power", which several scholars have compared to West African concepts regarding a power or essence being encapsulated within the pronounced sound of a name or word. Iyaric sometimes also plays a liturgical role among Rastafari, in addition to Amharic and Ge'ez. ==I words== * ''I'' replaces "me", which is much more commonly used in Jamaican English than in the more conventional forms. ''Me'' is felt to turn the person into an object whereas ''I'' emphasises the subjectivity of an individual. * ''I and I'' (also spelled ''I&I'', ''InI'', or ''Ihi yahnh Ihi'') is a complex term, referring to the oneness of Jah (God) and every human. Rastafari scholar E. E. Cashmore: "''I and I'' is an expression to totalize the concept of oneness. 'I and I' as being the oneness of two persons. So God is within all of us and we're one people in fact. I and I means that God is within all men. The bond of Ras Tafari is the bond of God, of man." The term is often used in place of "you and I" or "we" among Rastafari, implying that both persons are united under the love of Jah. Also in the Twi language (in which patois uses a lot of Twi loan words) of Ghana, Me ne me is also said, which literally translate to "I and I". * ''I-tal'' or ''Di food fula itality'' is spiritually blessed food that has not touched modern chemicals and is served without preservatives, condiments or salts. Alcohol, coffee, milk, and flavoured beverages are generally viewed as not I-tal. Most Rastas follow the I-tal proscriptions generally, and many are vegetarians or vegans. Even meat-eating Rastas abstain from eating pork, as pigs are scavengers of the dead, as are crabs, lobsters, and shrimp (whose banning coincides with the restrictions of Kashrut). * ''I man'' is the inner person within each Rastafari believer. * ''Irie'' refers to positive emotions or feelings, or anything that is good. Specifically it refers to high emotions and peaceful vibrations. * ''Ites'' derived from English "heights", means "joy" and also the colour "red". It can also be short for "Israelites". * ''Itesquake'' replaces "earthquake". * ''Irator'' replaces "creator", and ''Iration'' replaces "creation". * ''Idren'' or ''Bredren'' and ''Sistren'' refer to the oneness of Rastafari and are used to describe one's peers (male - "bredren", female - "sistren"). * ''Itinually'' replaces continually. It has the everlasting/everliving sense of I existing continuously. * ''Inity'' replaces "unity", demonstrating a general pattern of replacing "you" and similar sounds with "I". * ''Iya'' (higher): Rastafari vocabulary is full of references to the "iya man", "stepping higher and higher", etc. It is not a reference to the "high" normally associated with cannabis, but to stepping into higher realms of reality, as in higher awareness. Iya is also used to refer to a friend. As in "Yes Iya", or "Cool (no) Iya". * ''Iyaric'' is the self-applied term for Rastafari language. It is formed by a combination of ''Iya'' (higher) and ''Amharic,'' the language spoken by Haile Selassie I. * ''Iwa'' replaces "time" or more accurately, "hour": ''"Inna this ya iwa."'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iyaric」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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