The sound of Baljek vs. Sandic

I've finally gotten to a point where I feel comfortable giving voice to Baljek words and phrases. I decided to compare the sounds of the two languages, and was surprised to find them sounding quite a world apart from one another.

Considering that I built Baljek off of a deconstructed version of Sandic, I was expecting them to sound quite a bit similar. Apparently, though, taking the trill out of the r and replacing 'ba' and 'ta' with lé makes quite a difference. It's of course easy to change sounds on paper and 'know' the changes. Hearing it with one's own ears is another matter entirely.

I recorded the same sentence in each of the languages for comparison. Both of them are the second sentence in the tower of Babel story. ("While the people came from the west, they found a plain in the land "Shinar", and made their homes there.")

Have a listen for yourself!

Sandic: Listen
Mér ba kéman baxfézu dé lēra, baxsu lorab pa ba poc "Jînar", mé ŵak baxma ta safpabin.

Baljek: Listen
Mar fédi lé dél dé ra, te daju lé dél lorat pa lé pos "Jînar", ma pa rak te dama lé ralditan lé also.

-Deconstruction:

Sandic:

Mér ba kéman baxfézu dé lēra,
While the(sing.) people it-past-go from west,
While the people went from the west,

baxsu lorab pa ba poc "Jînar",
it-past-find plain(acc.) in the land "Jinar"
It found a plain in the land of Jinar,

mé ŵak baxma ta safpabin.
and there it-past-make the houses(pl.acc.)
And it made its houses there.

Baljek:

Mar fédi lé dél dé ra,
During going(posessed) the people from west,
While the people went from the west,

te daju lé dél lorat pa lé pos "Jînar",
past it-find the people plain in/at the land Jinar
the people found a plain in the land of Jinar

ma pa rak te dama lé ralditan lé also.
and in/at there past it-make the houses(pl. acc. posessed) the they.
and there they made their houses.

Ba!

Ba tob Babél

Ba tob Babél

1.Ba ivi imbrrîa baslét trré jîctab mé trré jîb fî ivi kéma.

2.Basal mérr ba kéman bajeb dé ra, baju lorrab pa ba boc jînarr, mé ŵak basma ta safpabi.

3.Basmî dé trré kéma dé jut kéma: "rai bal an otaŵma main belabi, mé otaŵred hel otéb."

4. Mé basmî: "rai bal an otaŵma fî aŵ ba kéman tufanab mé tobab, mé ba uwa fën ba tob fën aŵ obakrréw ba hyarab."

5.Ba jwrin kéman basfézu dé hyar, an rrauk ba tobab mé tufanab, atéb kamai basal ba kéman.

6.Mé ba jwrin kéman basmî: "inéhî, ba kéman batara trré kéman, mé fî ba nu bal trré jîct, mé an ma béb osrreb. Me inéhî élso toma ivin dabi, an ma otéb ojin."

7. Bal ra an otaŵféd dé hyarr, mé ŵak otaŵma fî ba jîct, an bateneot lét gob, fî an ba kéman bateneot fe trré kémab u jut kémab.

8. Basal, ba jwrrin kéman basma fî ba kéman, an basal usmetúi o ba imbrîa; mé ba kéman bajem an ma ba tufanab.

9. Skrra jéb basoka, kéman otorra fî ba tob béenúb babél, skrra ba jwrrin kéman basma fî ba jîct ba ivi imbrrîa, an basneot lét gob, mé skrra ba jwrrin kéman basma fî ba kéman, an basal usmetúi o ba imbrrîa.

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This is the first-ever text in what I'm calling Atipican Sandic. It's the Babel text!

Atipican Sandic is very closely related to Nothern Sandic (which is what everything else here on this blog has been written in), and officially it's considered to be a dialect of Northern Sandic. The two are mutually-intelligible, though a speaker of either dialect will consider one of the others to have a heavy accent.

Féúluc

Care to listen?

Féúluc baahl naulé katui ta lēlain, ta bertalaoin, ta naberain
Féúluc baahl pela rolēthini, pal ba bajjew neot
Féúluc baahl ba lisa amatéi mé ba emú akyui

lēian ebas, lēé ba kame ba kéfaluc, ân lēétrékâ ó ba imprîâ
ân ba mlî ba núkiam, kateraug wian
mé enfelan etole dé ta îrin lēé

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Winter is the wolf killing the old, the sick, and the very young
Winter is the hard stone where nothing lives
Winter is the evil beak and the sharp talons

We ask you, o youth of spring, to dance upon the earth
So that the sun of Núkiam will look to us
And flowers will spring from your footsteps.

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Found here.

A note: The sun is considered to be one of Núkiam's eyes. If the sun is looking at the earth, then Núkiam must be looking, as well. It is for this reason that the verb used is kateraug (he will look), not bateraug (it will look).

A further note: Aurg, I said 'greefeluc'(fall) instead of keefaluc(spring). I'll re-record this again sometime so it'll be right.

Lēé enfel

Lēé enfel, lēé enfel frn ba imprîâ uxmici, lēé enfel pal lēyar kazefai.
Pal imprîâ kéi baxara ba enfel, ba enfel baxjégén pa yéâ ba mlî!
Ynnéhî!
Ba kame ta man ka oahlto frnmacin ŵhé ân raug enfelabin,
Ba kame ba jjew ka baahlto kinéri ŵhé vuda enfelan,
Ba kame ba mî ka baahlto talēfi ŵhé aud frn sosoir enfelan,
Ba kame kéfaluc kamée ba repab ân zefa ta iaman ta enfelan.
Lēé kemâenfel ba auzerrai, lēé enfel lēétara ŵhé énj
lēé enfel ba kéman
lēé enfel ba mlî
lēé enfel kabrelēi ŵhé îbú maugi
Ynnéhî!
Lēé enfel frn ba ta oradan otara, lēé enfel wenarai.
Lēé enfel frn ba otara ta gezon, lēé enfel frn ba otara ta anderan!
Ynnéhî!
Ialth lēétara frn ba kéman, mé ialth batara ba kéman frn lēé!

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Oh flower, born on the earth, flower growing in the sky.
Small on earth was the flower, the flower wilted in the sunlight!
Behold!
The man whose acts are pleasing as the sight of flowers,
The man whose life is sweet as the smell of flowers,
The man whose voice is soft as the petals of a hundred flowers,
The man who in spring heralds the growing in the buds of flowers.
Oh good man-flower, flower who is like an angel
Flower of the People,
Flower of the sun,
Flower shining like the white-moon,
Behold!
Oh flower from whom there is a gift, beautiful flower.
Oh flower of whom we are the children, flower of which we are the descendants! Behold!
You are a part of the People, and the People are part of you!

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A whatever to Déviat. I just felt like translating it.

I modified it quite a bit, but see the original here.

Also, I did the stupid fall/spring thing again. I don't know why I do this, but ... I tend to mix up the words for 'fall'(greefeluc) and spring(keefaluc). I'll have to re-record this sometime.

Taraminact ba ere Arrthurr

Taraminact ba ere Ärrthurr

Felē eahl Arrthurr Piandragon, faé England eahl ere. Pal eslēam ba jam frn siap me, baahl ba plat hamari. Ba jam frn siap baahl mead, pa ba apen oturaj: tukan frn trakan, sukan frn apeact, dîjjckan frn dîjj uxtrecin. Ivi frn élsol kalēlét kambab ân mî.
Srît, fî ân ebra, felē esore ân eahl ere. Jéb baahl béno frn kambâ auzeri. Srît, ta kéman pal ba plat hamari oneot mî. Jésrît felē exsin frn ân mî kambab frn me.

A gator exmî biab- plî etemî.

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Helavnia mér kéfaluc, exféd éb dé kasla me, ân jjace. Ber me o klamek kaxtag ba kâmâ Akolon. So lēiaâ ba méeav ba mlî, erinrai kaherle baxmée. Aŵxbakraj.
Baxen dé rec aŵ. Fî ân aŵxav fúl faé ba, baxféd pa noalabin. Gre srît aŵxahl karaugin biab, mé baxneot ahl ra dé aŵ fovi. Ta klamekan aŵ oxara natulin mé paelain, a ba kaherle baxneot av ber rec aŵ.
Aŵxtag mé aŵxkraj- ejj mé ejj. Sun aŵxahl dé 'Kamialat' fovin.
Ta klamekan oxgrelav. Oxahl katéwîcin, mé paelâ oxenhâ.
Klamek me baxyum o vémarbin ba. Baxahlco whé baxviata iab ân esem.
"Aŵféd o fon aŵ zer plî." Felē exmî, mé exfiamav.
"Teadian lēé ere me?" Kaxbas ba Akolon.
"Teadian, balra." Rial exmî. Exraug ba meadab.
Exmahae ân esuig daniab usai- a daniab exneot su.
Utofein aŵxahl.

Felē efialēr

Felē efialēr

Felē efialēr ân batoka ba jjew me
Felē efialēr ân ta skaen otoka pa jebé me
Felē efialēr ân batara ba imprîâ

lēaact ber me baahl.

(bal péwîc ân bra biab?)


I allow

I allow my life to happen
I allow the breaths to occur in my body
I allow the earth to exist

I am happy.


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This is sort of a response to yesterday's post. I've found a quiet place to rest for the time being. And when things happen? Well, I'll ride the wave. Lēaact ber me baahl.