Nuučaan̓uł Text

Below is the first two paragraphs of a narration which can be found at the beginning of a collection of texts compiled by Edward Sapir and Morris Swadesh. Modern Nuučaan̓uł orthography follows quite closely to that found in the text. The differences: Sapir’s λ χ ʜ ‘ are ƛ x̣ ḥ ʕ respectively in the current alphabet. Following this is the same text in the orthography proposed by Randy Bouchard and presented in Ellis and Swan 1981.

Modern Orthography

ʔUyaaƛaḥ hawiiʔaƛii maapt̓ał c̓išaaʔatḥ ʔuukʷił yuułuʔiłʔatḥ ʔaḥʔaaʔaƛsi n̓ačuʔałʔaƛsi hiikʷis. Meʔiƛqacʔissi ʔiiqḥii ʔanaḥʔis. C̓uʔičḥ qaʔuła p̓iip̓inw̓ałiiq ʔeʔiiḥiiq c̓išaaʔatḥ qaʔuła. Huʔanakšiʔaƛ nism̓a hiteʔitap̓aƛ ʔukʷił yuułuʔiłʔatḥ maapt̓ał. ʔUunuuʔaƛ ʔaḥʔaa ḥałḥaqułʔaƛ qaʔuła ʔani ƛułukqa ƛ̓uƛ̓im c̓eʔinwa hiłḥʔaƛ ƛ̓asatis sučicaqimł qaʔuła.

M̓eeʔiʔaƛ̓atuk t̓an̓aak ḥaw̓iłukqin yaaciiła ʔukłaa ḥaw̓iłukqin. ʔUuʔiʔaƛ̓at m̓eeʔiʔat ḥaayuupinuuł meʔiƛqac. ʔUḥʔatuksi saaƛsaayat neʔiiqsakqas siy̓aas ʔuʔinmašʔaƛ̓atsi saacsuuḥtisiis ƛiḥaqtumałn̓i ʔukłaa neʔiiqsakqas. ʔUḥukʷaḥ tupaati ƛ̓iʕašaqtu ƛ̓iisʔapuʔis qʷayac̓iik. Yaaʔałʔaƛsi meʔiƛqacqas qʷayaac̓iikʔi saacsuuḥtinł hiisaacsuḥtinłʔaƛ saacsuuḥtinł ʔuuqʷaatis. Hiłḥʔaƛsi n̓aacsa hiikʷis. Muučiiy̓aqƛ̓as m̓aaqƛ̓as ḥaayuupinuuł ʔaḥʔaaʔaƛ m̓aakʷay̓iiḥšiʔaƛ ʔaya ƛušinqak suč̓a ƛušinqak ʔaʔayas quuʔas. C̓awaakqḥ ƛušinqak nunuuk̓ʷaƛ nuuk m̓aakʷay̓iiḥy̓akʔi nuuk. ʔUʔuyaqḥʔaƛ yahaalaalaa yaaqʷacqas hiilkiyax̣tuwa wawaa m̓aakʷay̓iiḥy̓akʔi nuuk.

Bouchard Orthography

7uyaatlaẖ hawii7atlii maapt’alh ts’ishaa7atẖ 7uukwilh yuulhu7ilhatẖ 7aẖ7aa7atlsi n̓achu7alh7atlsi hiikwis. Me7itlḵats7issi 7iiḵẖii 7anaẖ7is. Ts’u7ichẖ ḵa7ulha p’iip’inw̓alhiiḵ 7e7iiẖiiḵ ts’ishaa7atẖ ḵa7ulha. Hu7anakshi7atl nism̓a hite7itap’atl 7ukwilh yuulhu7ilh7atẖ maapt’alh. 7uunuu7atl 7aẖ’aa ẖalhẖaḵulh7atl ḵa7ulha 7ani tlulhukḵa tl’uch’im ts’e7inwa hilhẖ7atl tl’asatis suchitsaḵimlh ḵa7ulha.

M̓ee7i7atl’atuk t’an̓aak ẖaw̓ilhukḵin yaatsiilha 7uklhaa ẖaw̓ilhukḵin. 7uu7i7atl’at m̓ee7i7at ẖaayuupinuulh me7itlḵats. 7uẖ7atuksi saatlsaayat ne7iiḵsakḵas siy̓aas 7u7inmash7atl’at-si saatssuuẖtisiis tliẖaḵtumalhn̓i 7uklhaa ne7iiḵsakḵas. 7uẖukwaẖ tupaati tl’i7̱ashaḵtu tl’iis7apu7is ḵwayats’iik. Yaa7alh7atlsi me7itlḵatsḵas ḵwayaats’iik7i saatssuuẖtinlh hiisaats-suẖtinlh7atl saats-suuẖtinlh 7uuḵwaatis. Hilhẖ7atlsi n̓aats-sa hiikwis. Muuchiiy̓aḵtl’as m̓aaḵtl’as ẖaayuupinuulh 7aẖ7aa7atl m̓aakway̓iiẖshi7atl 7aya tlushinḵak such’a tlushinḵak 7a7ayas ḵuu7as. Ts’awaakḵẖ tlushinḵak nunuukw’atl nuuk m̓aakway̓iiẖy̓ak7i nuuk. 7u7uyaḵẖ7atl yahaalaalaa yaaḵwatsḵas hiilkiyax̱tuwa wawaa m̓aakway̓iiẖy̓ak7i nuuk.