Jon'o 1:12 (John 1:12) Kamea Translation Work
Published Dec 4, 2009
The “a” with the umlaut (two dots over it) sounds like “ah,” the other “a” sounds like “uh.” The apostrophe is a glottal stop, the sound you make (or don’t make) in the middle of the exclamation “uh-oh.” The “q” sound you make at the back of your throat.
Other than that, the language sounds nothing like English. :-)
Jon’o 1:12 (John 1:12)
Häi täna qä’i oqänima amä’ä ä’oi qämäuta Ä’o mäqa wianä’änqäti ei. Enga qäna Nkotoe’a ime’a äu’wa temä’uta ti. E, to’oti amä’ä ä’oe’a täkäunta qunu qämtuta.
(Kamea notes: for now we are changing the possessive -i’ya from Hamtai to -e’a; it was their decision. Also, glottals/non-glottals in this exercise are subject to much more scrutiny, as are “y” and “w” glides. Also small changes in spelling; again their decision. Nothing is final; far from it. It is all a work in progress.)
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