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The text, “Máhyeqs and the Mouse” can be found in the St̓át̓imcets grammar by van Eijk. It was printed interlinearly in the author’s own Americanist style phonetic orthography, with affix boundary markers indicated. An appendix of the same book gives a comparison of this writing system (used by the Mount Currie Community school and the Lillooet Tribal Council) with the practical orthography developed by Bouchard. The left column shows van Eijk-Mount Currie orthography, the right column is my transliteration of the story into Bouchard’s system. This page uses no characters outside the Unicode standard. |
| Niɬ ʔayɬ lcʔa smáma tihúz’a qʷǝl’qʷal’ǝl’tmínan. Náskʷuʔ ʔámlǝx ʔákʷuʔ cípunsa. Níɬƛ’uʔ sƛ’áksas tix̌lákaʔsa. Cixʷ ʔákʷuʔ, níɬƛ’uʔ sǝswáʔ, kʷánas ʔǝtʔú ʔisqáwca. Wáʔkʷuʔƛ’uʔ ʔátiʔ x̌ílǝm, ƛ’ákkʷuʔ knátiʔ tipúʔy’axʷa. Níɬkʷuʔƛ’uʔ skʷánas, lip’in’áskʷuʔ. Níɬkʷuʔƛ’uʔ ʔayɬ scuts: “Wáʔmaɬ ʔayɬ látiʔ kapǝ̣́ta”. Níɬkʷuʔƛ’uʔ ʔayɬ skɬakaʔmínaskʷuʔ latiʔ tisqawcaxʷiɬák’a, naʔq’ sqawc tikʷanǝnsása. Nkaʔask’áhǝm’tuʔ ʔayɬ nipúʔy’axʷa. Níɬtiʔ qʷámqʷmǝt száytǝns smáma. Cúkʷtiʔ. | Nilh aylh lts7a smáma tihúz̓a qwel̓qwal̓tmínan. Náskwu7 7ámlec ákwu7 tsípunsa. Nílht̓u7 st’áksas tixláka7sa. Tsicw ákwu7, nílht̓u7 seswá7, kwánas et7ú isqáwtsa. Wá7kwu7t̓u7 áti7 xílem, t̓ákkwu7 knáti7 tipú7y̓acwa. Nílhkwu7t̓u7 skwánas, lip̓in̓áskwu7. Nílhkwu7t̓u7 aylh stsuts: “Wá7malh aylh láti7 kapv́ta”. Nílhkwu7t̓u7 aylh sklhaka7mínaskwu7 láti7 tisqawtsacwilhák̓a, nao7q̓ sqawts tikwanensása. Nka7ask̓áhem̓tu7 aylh nipú7y̓acwa. Nílhti7 qwámqwmet száytens smáma. Tsúkwti7. |
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