<!>Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2015-03-30 16:32:40)
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? Travis B. posts: 603
, Crystallogen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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ʾìgpətək yət'úwät awwäxētäh děh ḏäśkâtə jäts'kâtə là qəḥúratäh.
[ʔìɡpɨtɨk yɨtʼúwət awːɐχɛ̀ːtəh děːh ðəɕkæ̂ːtɨ ɟətsʼkæ̂ːtɨ læ̀ qəħóɾætəh]
ʾìgpətəkEgypt-F.ABS.S yət'úwätPOSS.3.F.S-people-M.ABS.S awwäxētähPST.IPFV.APSS-write-IND.ABS.3.M.S děhonly ḏäśkâtəsound-F.INST.P jäts'kâtəhard-INDF.F.INST.P NOM-M.ABS.S qəḥúratäh.NEG.PRED-fortunate-IND.ABS.3.M.S
It's too bad that the Egyptians only wrote abjadically.
(Lit.: that the Egyptians only wrote with hard sounds, i.e. consonants, is not fortunate.)