This Dakelh example was taken from a text called Musd̲z̲i ’Udada’. The story was published in the Modern Roman Orthography, and I have transcribed into syllabics. The syllabics version here does not mark glottal stops at the beginnings of words, tone, or the underlined consonants (except as finals). There is no means in the traditional Syllabics system to mark the latter two.
Unlike the original text, I have used the guillemets « and » instead of quotation marks in the Roman, so as not to confuse the punctuation with the glottal stop symbol ’.
Please note that the following characters may not display properly, as they have not been included in Unicode yet: The syllabics versions of /s̲/ and /’/. (See Syllabarium). Also, Unicode by default places all finals at the top-line, where the Dakelh texts I’ve seen typically place them mid-line. Languagegeek.com Dakelh fonts use mid-line finals.
You can also see another Roman orthography text online, The Name – Nak’azdli as told by Louis-Billy Prince.)
ᐅᑕᣟ ᐉᘯᑋ ᐈᐪ ᙨ ᙎ ᘊᔆᙌ ᘗᐪ ᙜ ᙝᐣᗝᑋ ᗣ ᙐᒡᣟᐊᐉ. ᙌᐣ ᗝᙣᐠ ᐉᘯᗌᐣ ᗸᘏᑋ ᙎ ᗘᙄᑋᘓᙆ ᐈᐪ ᑐᗏ ᑔᐣᑕ ᐉᐣᗾᙆ ᑐᘇ ᗽᘄᘄᒡᗡ. ᐣᘎ ᘊᔆᙌ ᐣᙠ ᗾᐪ ᙫᘓᐁᑋ ᗪᗏ ᐳᐪᘆ. ᐉᐣᗺ ᙨ ᐳᒡᗏ ᗟ ᙎ ᐅᑕᣟ ᙜ ᙧᑐᐣᘅ ᘇᗩᘄᒡᗞᔆ.
ᐈᐪ ᐉᘯᑋ ᐳᒡᗏ ᐉᘯᗌᐣ ᑐᘅᘓᙆ ᐊᐁ ᘇᘂᗟᣟ ᐳᐠᗕ ᘥᣟᘆᙂᐣ. ᘄᑊᘟᑋ ᐉᐣᗾᙆ ᐊᐁ ᘇᘱᣟᐉᗤᒡ ᙠ ᐅᘛ. ᐊᐣᙫ ᙤᗭ ᐅᣵᑕ ᐉᐣᗾᙆ ᐠᗒᐣ ᘄᣟᐊ. ᑐᙝᐣᘓᙆ ᘐᘧᗝᑋ ᗘᑔᒡᘀᐉᑋ ᐉᐣᗾᙆ ᐣᣟᐊᐁᑋ ᘇᐷᑐᘆᒡᗣᑋ. ᐠᗒᐣ ᙎ ᘇᘆᙆᙩᐣ ᐁᗭ ᙎᣟ ᘐᗥᐣ. ᘐᗏ ᘆᘆᐣᙂᐪ. ᐊᐁ ᑐᘢ, ᑐᗭ ᗪᒡ ᘰᗪᑐᔆᙨ. “ᘇᘆᐣᗠᑋ, ᐠᗕ ᘧ ᘊᔆᙌ ᐣᘎᙌᑋ,” ᐳᘐᒡᘆ.
ᐁᗭ ᘐᗺ ᐳᘒᑋ, “ᐊᘆᑋ ᘑᣟ ᐣᘛᐣ ᔆᙠᐣᗥ ᙒᐣᗠ” ᘐᒡᘆ. ᐈᐪ ᙠ “ᗺᣟ ᐊᐁ ᐳᐠᗕ ᘱᣟᘄᣵᙂᐣ” ᘆ. “ᐣᘢ ᙠᐣᗥ ᙒᐣᗠ” ᘐᒡᘆ. ᐈᐪ ᙠ “ᗺ ᐊᐁ ᐳᐠᗕ ᘱᣟᘄᔆᙂᐣ” ᘆ. ᐊᐁ ᗘᙆ ᐁᗭ ᐣᑐᐪᘆ, “ᐣᙥᘓᐣ ᙠᐣᗥ ᙒᐣᗠ, ᗽᔆ ᐣᘐᙆᣟᐈ, ᗷᔆ ᐣᘎᘃ ᗟ ᙠᐣᗥ ᙒᐣᗠ.” ᐈᐪ ᙠ, “ᗺᣟ!” ᘆ ᙅ ᐅᐪᘆ.
ᐅᑓᗾᙆ ᐊᗓᐪ ᙫᘓᐣᘅ ᘇᘆᔆᗟᙆ. ᑐᘅᘓᙆ ᐈᐣ ᙅ ᐊᗓᐪ ᙤᗭ ᐅᔆᑕ ᐉᐣᗾᙆ ᐠᗒᐣ ᘄᣟᐊ. ᐈᐪ ᘊᔆᙌ ᙜ ᘐᗠᒡᣟᐈᐣ. ᙎ ᘇᘆᒡᙣᑊᘓᙆ ᘐᙄᑋ ᘇᗣ, ᘐᙆᙌᑋ, ᑐᙉ ᗫᙆ ᗙ ᘓᘃ ᐉᐣᗾᙆ ᘐᒡ ᗙᘇᗣ.
’Uda’ ’ilhoh ’et ts’o soo musd̲z̲i jut cho chuntoh t’o s̲ulh’ai. Dzin tot̲s̲uk ’ilhoghun keyoh soo whuzihyaz ’et dugha dinda ’ink’ez dune k’ununúlhta. Nyoo musd̲z̲i ncha k’et ts’iyawh bugha hútni. ’Inka ts’o hulhgha te soo ’uda’ cho ts’oodunne nabonulhtus.
’Et ’ilhoh hulhgha ’ilhoghun duneyaz ’aw nanoote’ hukwa le’níz̲un. Núlch’eh ’ink’ez ’aw nalhe’ít’ulh cha ’uja. ’Ants’i t̲s̲eba us̲da ’ink’ez kwun nu’a. Duchunyaz yulatoh whudilhk’aih ’ink’ez n’awh nahídunilht’oh. Kwun soo nanizt̲s̲’un ooba soo’ yut’en. Yugha níninz̲ut. ’Aw duloo, dubá bulh lhubudústs’o. «Nanintih, kwa la musd̲z̲i nyoodzih,» huyulhni.
Oobá yuka huyih, «Anih ye’ njan schant’e s̲ínti» yúlhni. ’Et cha «Ka’ ’aw hukwa lhe’nús̲z̲un» ni. «Nloo chant’e s̲inti» yulhni. ’Et cha «Ka’ ’aw hukwa lhe’núszun» ni. ’Aw whuz oobá ndutni, «Ntsiyan chant’e s̲inti, k’us nyuz’e, k’us nyoono te chant’e sinti.» ’Et cha, «Ka’!» ni za ’utni.
’Udek’ez ’awet t̲s̲’iyanne nanistez. Duneyaz ’en za ’awet t̲s̲eba usda ’ink’ez kwun nu’a. ’Et musd̲z̲i cho yutilh’en. Soo nanilhtsulyaz yuzih nat’o, yúzdzih, dudzo bez whe yano ’ink’ez yulh whenát’o.
