User:Mardikhouran/May 12 text

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The May 12 text is an PNG file with sixteen lines of Zaduusel script in it transcribing what appears to be Kinuk'aaz, found in the work/defiance/misc folder of DJP's website. You can see the original here. As of April 17 2024, there is no translation, or explanation of its context.

The text

Retranscription

  1. it'ousail miliaz
  2. it'ousail misaidol
  3. b'iu zarlusinail
  4. sool zarlusinail
  5. it'ousail uesaidol
  6. suriikail miliaz huvsiitail
  7. suriikail misaidol huvsiitail
  8. veret zazadues
  9. lits'uabet roit'im
  10. ts'uq'ehet ts'uvirail
  11. lits'uabail gul
  12. gulaaniik elouset
  13. q'uliaz ts'uq'ohet luq'ohail
  14. lusopsiit luq'ohail
  15. q'ozail sonendau
  16. opasoh sonendau

Transliteration

  1. it'ousail miliaz
  2. it'ousail misaidol
  3. b'iu zarlusinail
  4. sool zarlusinail
  5. it'ousail uesaidol
  6. suriikail miliaz huvsiitail
  7. suriikail misaidol huvsiitail
  8. veret zazadues
  9. lits'uabet roit'im
  10. ts'uq'ehet ts'uvirail
  11. lits'uabail gul
  12. gulaaniik elouset
  13. q'uliaz ts'uq'ohet luq'ohail
  14. lusopsiit luq'ohail
  15. q'ozail sonendau
  16. opasoh sonendau

Analysis

Romanization

The writing system is said to encode an earlier stage of the language, before a Great Vowel Shift and the change b' d' > b d.[1] Based on what is currently known about sound changes from Proto-Kinuk'aaz to Kinuk'aaz, a tentative standardized romanization would be:

  1. it'uusel miliaz
  2. it'uusel misedol
  3. bev zarlusinel
  4. suul zarlusinel
  5. it'uusel vesedol
  6. suriikel miliaz huvsiitel
  7. suriikel misedol huvsiitel
  8. veret zazadves
  9. lits'vabet roüt'im
  10. ts'uq'ehet ts'uvirel
  11. lits'vabel gul
  12. gulaaniik eluuset
  13. q'oliaz ts'uq'ohet luq'ohel
  14. lusopsiit luq'ohel
  15. q'ozel sonendav
  16. opasoh sonendav

Known words

References