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Monday, July 10, 2023

"ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᕿᒥᕐᓗᒃᑯᑦ " by Christopher Fox Graham

ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒋᑦᑎ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ 

"ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᕿᒥᕐᓗᒃᑯᑦ "

by Christopher Fox Graham

ᑲᑭᓂᖅᑎᙵ
ᐅᕕᖓᓂᖅᓴᐅᓗᓂ
ᕿᒥᕐᓗᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᐅᓂᖏᑦ
ᕐᑳᖓᓄᑦ ᕿᒥᕐᓗᒃᑯᑦ
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᒫᖏᓐᓂ
ᑐᖅᖢᕋᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅᑕᖏᑦ 
"ᐱᕈᖅᑐᑦ"
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᓯᐅᖅᑰᔨᔪᓐᓃᕐᓗᓂ;
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓂᐱᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᓂ ᓂᐱᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ
ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ

ᐊᕋᐱᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕼᐃᕗᕉ
ᐃᒃᓯᕚᕐᓗᓂ ᓴᓂᓕᕇᒃᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᒋᑦᑎᙱᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᐅᔭᖅᑲᓂᒃ
ᖃᑦᑖᕐᔪᓛᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ Hindi−ᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖏᑦ
ᐊᒡᒐᐃᑦ ᑲᓱᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓯᕙᓕ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕼᐅᑐ ᑲᐅᑕᐅᔭᕐᒧᑦ
Basque ᐊᒻᒪ Zulu ᐊᒃᑐᓕᑕᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᖅᖢᐃᑦ ᐊᑎᖏᑦ
ᓈᕙᔫ ᓂᐊᖁᖓ ᑐᐃᖓᓃᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᒪᓚᐃ

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᑐᒍᑦ 6,000-ᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂᒃ
ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕆᔭᐃᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐊᖅᐸᕋ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᕆᑎᑕᐅᔪᖅ
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓂᐱᖏᑦ ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒍᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᑦ
ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᙱᖦᖢᓂ
ᐊᒻᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒧᑦ

ᐊᕝᕆᑲᐃᑦ (African)
ᐃᓂᖃᖃᑎᖃᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᑉ ᐊᑭᐊᓂᙶᖅᑐᓂᒃ,
ᐊᔅᕕᐊᓐ ᒧᕇᒻᔅ,
ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᐃᒍᓯᖏᑦ,

ᑐᑭᓕᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᕿᓪᓗᒋᑦ
ᓲᕐᓗ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᐅᑐᓐᖏᑦᑐᓄᑦ
ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᒃᓴᑦ ᖁᐱᕐᕈᓄᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᓪᓗᖓ
ᐅᑉᐱᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐳᔪᕈᔪᒻᒥᑦ ᐊᕐᔭᓂᓪᓗ
ᐅᒃᐱᕆᔭᕗᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᑦᑎᒃᑯᑦ
ᓂᖀᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᒃ
ᒪᕐᕋᕐᒥᑦ ᖃᐃᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ
ᓇᐃᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᒪᖁᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓗᓂ

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅᐳᑦ ᒪᒪᖅᓯᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ
ᐃᒥᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᓇᖏᓐᓂᒃ
ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᔾᔪᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ
ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᑦᑕ ᐅᖁᒪᐃᓐᓂᖓᓂᒃ
ᐊᒻᒪ ᐳᐃᒍᖅᑕᐃᓕᓚᕗᑦ
ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᕈᓐᓃᕌᖓᑦᑕ
ᓂᕐᔪᑎᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᑎᓐᓃᑦᑐᑦ

ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᕐᓗᒍ
Morse Code
ᕿᒥᕐᓗᕐᒪ ᑐᙵᕕᐊᓂ
ᑐᓵᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕋᒪ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅᑕᕐᒥᒃ
ᓯᕝᕕᐊᓐᓂ ᓯᓂᒃᑳᖓᒪ
.--. --- . - .-. -.--
ᐄᓯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓗᒡᕖᑦ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ
ᓴᐅᓂᓕᒫᒃᑲ ᖁᐱᕐᕈᐃᑦ ᐃᓅᓕᓴᒐᒃᓴᐅᙱᑦᑐᑦ
ᓂᐱᒐ ᐊᓯᐅᔨᒍᒃᑯ
ᓱᓕ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᖓ
ᒪᐅᓇᒃᑲ ᑯᕕᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ,
ᕿᓚᐅᑎᙳᐊᕐᒥᒃ
ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᑎᒪ ᑎᒡᓕᕐᓂᖓ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓗᒍ
ᐊᐅᒐ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒋᔪᒪᓪᓗᒍ

ᑕᐅᑐᙳᐊᕐᓗᒍ

6,000 ᐅᖃᐅᓯᑐᖃᖏᑦ
ᕿᒥᕐᓗᒐ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓗᒍ
33-ᓂᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖅ
ᐅᕙᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᔾᔭᖑᑎᓕᐅᕐᓂᖅ
ᓂᑲᒍᓱᒃᓗᓂ ᓂᑲᒍᓱᒃᓗᓂ
ᕿᒥᕐᓗᒐ ᐅᐊᔭᒐ
ᓂᐱᖅᑯᖅᑐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓗᓂ ᓂᐱᖅᑯᖅᑐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓗᓂᓗ ᓱᓪᓗᓕᖕᒥ
ᓂᔾᔭᐅᓯᔭᕐᓂᖅ
ᖃᕋᓴᕐᒪ ᑐᙵᕕᓕᒫᖓᓄᑦ
1000000000000000000
ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᐊᖁᕐᒪ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ
ᖀᖅᓱᕐᓂᖅ
6,000-ᖑᔪᑦ ᓄᑖᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᑦ
ᑖᔅᓱᒧᖓᑦᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒧᑦ
6-ᐱᓕᐊᓐ ᐃᙱᖅᑏᑦ ᓂᐱᖏᑦ
6−ᓄᑦ ᑐᕆᓕᐊᓐ−ᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᓐᓄᑦ
ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓂᑲᒍᓱᒍᓐᓃᕈᒪ
ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓐᖏᐅᓯᖏᑦ ᖃᖅᖢᓐᓂᙶᖅᑐᑦ

ᒪᓂᒪᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᒃ
ᐊᑕᐅᓯᑦᑕᐃᓐᓇᕐᒥᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᓂᖅ
ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᑦ ᐃᙱᐅᓯᕐᒥᑦ
ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᓂᐱᒥᒃ
ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᑦ ᐊᖑᒻᒥᑦ
ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᕐᖐᓐᓇᖅ

ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᑎᕝᕗᐊᓚᐅᖅᑎᓐᓇᒍ
ᑕᐅᑐᒐᖃᕈᓐᓃᖅᑐᖅ
ᐊᒻᒪ ᓈᓚᒡᓗᒍ ᐃᒃᑭᖐᔭᕐᓂᖅ
ᓱᒃᑲᐃᓵᕐᓗᑎᑦ

ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᖅ 
ᓂᐱ 
ᖃᖅᑭᐅᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ