Below is the beginning of the story “The Man who Went to the Moon”, which can be found in Thompson and Thompson. The original is transcribed in the Americanist orthography. I have also included a Bouchard version.

As some of the accented letters are not independently encoded by Unicode, the accents may not appear in the positions they should.

Americanist

Wʔéx ekʷu néʔ ƛ̓iʔsqáyxʷ, ƛ̓uʔ ʔe sxʷúy̓s xʷǝsxʷesít u ł xéʔłtmíxʷ. Tǝtéʔ k e stéʔs, tém ekʷu téʔ k e stéʔs e séytknmx. Tǝtéʔ k syix̣mstés k stéʔ. Tǝtéʔe k syix̣mstés k stéʔ téʔe tǝk c̓íy us xʷuy̓ scutǝ́ns. ƛ̓uʔ ʔe suʔéxs ƛ̓iʔsqáyxʷ ƛ̓uʔ ʔe scutés ł sc̓ǝqʔéwłc e sxʷuy̓s nes u ł e máʕxetn. Wʔéx ekʷu ƛ̓iʔsqáyxʷ ƛ̓uʔ ʔe sxʷáwkʷs k sx̣ǝkpstés tǝk c̓iy us xéʔe u cíʔe k scutǝ́ns. ʔE xéʔe ƛ̓uʔ ʔe scúts “Xʷuy̓ xéʔe x̣ǝkpsténe he c̓kén̓m us u cíʔe he scutǝ́ns, u cíʔe tǝk tmíxʷ k séytknmx.”

ʔE suʔéxs ƛ̓uʔ ʔe scutés k̓íʔk̓eʔt n ł Kénfǝrd, he cutés us tǝk kíyeʔ, Q̓ʷisqné. ƛ̓uʔ ʔe snéʔes e cutés us ƛ̓uʔ ʔe sƛ̓ǝq̓ʷmíntm. ƛ̓uʔ ʔe sʕʷyǝ́ps łúʔe ƛ̓uʔ kʔéw. ƛ̓uʔ ʔe stém e stéʔ k scutés ƛ̓uʔ xʷúy̓ceʔ nxʷúy̓t.

ʔIł cutés us xʷúy̓ceʔ n ł Nq̓áwmn, ƛ̓uʔ ʔe snéʔes e cutés us xʷúy̓ceʔ n ł nq̓áwmn ł xʷuy̓ xʷesítstm us u ł xéʔłtmíxʷ ł xʷuy̓ nxʷesíttns u ł xéʔłtmíxʷ. ƛ̓uʔ ʔe suʔéxs ƛ̓iʔsqáyxʷ ƛ̓uʔ ʔe scutés. Péyeʔ tǝk síƛ̓q̓t e scutés ł xʷuy̓ xʷesítstm us. Péyeʔ tǝk síƛ̓q̓t e scutés ł xʷuy̓ xʷesítstm us u ł xeʔłtmíxʷ. Tʕʷíyxsc néʔe ʔił nłém̓ix us ƛ̓uʔ ʔe snxʔéʔs ƛ̓uʔ kícx u ł e máʕxetn.

Bouchard

W7áx akwu ná7 tl’i7sḵáyxw, tl’u7 7a sxwúy̓s xwesxwasít u lh xá7lhtmíxw. Tetá7 k a stá7s, tám akwu tá7 k a stá7s a sáytknmx. Tetá7 k syix̱mstás k stá7. Tetá7a k syix̱mstás k stá7 tá7a tek ts’íy us xwuy̓ stsuténs. Tl’u7 7a su7áxs tl’i7sḵáyxw tl’u7 7a stsutás lh sts’eḵ7áwlhts a sxwuy̓s nas u lh a mág̱xatn. W7áx akwu tl’i7sḵáyxw tl’u7 7a sxwáwkws k sx̱ekpstás tek ts’iy us xá7a u tsí7a k stsuténs. 7a xá7a tl’u7 7a stsúts “Xwuy̓ xá7a x̱ekpstána ha ts’kán̓m us u tsí7a ha stsuténs, u tsí7a tek tmíxw k sáytknmx.”

7a su7áxs tl’u7 7a stsutás k’í7k’a7t n lh Kánferd, ha tsutás us tek kíya7, Ḵ’wisḵná. Tl’u7 7a sná7as a tsutás us tl’u7 7a stl’uḵ’wmíntm. Tl’u7 7a sʕwyéps lhú7a tl’u7 k7áw. Tl’u7 7a stám a stá7 k stsutás tl’u7 xwúy̓tsa7 nxwúy̓t.

7ilh tsutás us xwúy̓tsa7 n lh Nḵ’áwmn, tl’u7 7a sná7as a tsutás us xwúy̓tsa7 n lh nḵ’áwmn lh xwuy̓ xwasítstm us u lh xá7lhtmíxw lh xwuy̓ nxwasíttns u lh xá7lhtmíxw. Tl’u7 7a su7áxs tl’i7sḵáyxw tl’u7 7a stsutás. Páya7 tek sítl’ḵ’t a stsutás lh xwuy̓ xwasítstm us. Páya7 tek sítl’ḵ’t a stsutás lh xwuy̓ xwasítstm us u lh xa7lhtmíxw. Tg̱wíyxsts ná7a 7ilh nlhám̓ix us tl’u7 7a snx7á7s tl’u7 kítsx u lh a mág̱xatn.

Last Update: September 9, 2010