Sample Text

English Translation

"At the edge of the twilight, we gather under the great wind. The elders teach us to listen to its song, and the children learn to honor it. Water flows through the veins of the land, and we share it as a gift from the ancestors. The wind guides us, and together we survive."

Duskaran Creole in IPA

/na han.gaˈda.ŋa mi ˈŋaŋ.ga ta ˈmaŋ.ga han.ga/
"At the edge of the twilight, we gather under the great wind."

/baˈba.ki ja ˈki.na na han.ga ˈʃi.mu/
"The elders teach us to listen to its song."

/ziˈzi ʃiˈka.ŋa ja ˈna.la han.ga ˈba.ju/
"And the children learn to honor it."

/maˈji ˈsu.ra na ˈŋo.kaˌdo na ˈtaŋ.ga/
"Water flows through the veins of the land."

/mi ˈpa.sa ja ˈmi.tu na ˈbaˌbu.ka/
"And we share it as a gift from the ancestors."

/han.ga ˈŋi.da mi ˈzi.ka na ˈpaˌra.ŋu/
"The wind guides us, and together we survive."

Word-for-Word Breakdown

1. na → /na/ → "at"
2. hangadanga → /han.gaˈda.ŋa/ → "twilight edge"
   (hanga = "wind"; danga = "border/edge")
3. mi → /mi/ → "we"
4. ngaŋga → /ˈŋaŋ.ga/ → "gather"
5. ta → /ta/ → "under"
6. manga → /ˈmaŋ.ga/ → "great"
7. hanga → /ˈhan.ga/ → "wind"
8. babaki → /baˈba.ki/ → "elders"
9. ja → /ja/ → "teach"
10. kina → /ˈki.na/ → "us"
11. shimu → /ˈʃi.mu/ → "song"
12. zizi → /ziˈzi/ → "children"
13. shikanga → /ʃiˈka.ŋa/ → "learn"
14. nala → /ˈna.la/ → "honor"
15. mají → /maˈji/ → "water"
16. sura → /ˈsu.ra/ → "flow"
17. ŋokado → /ˈŋo.ka.do/ → "veins"
18. tanga → /ˈtaŋ.ga/ → "land"
19. pasa → /ˈpa.sa/ → "share"
20. mitu → /ˈmi.tu/ → "gift"
21. babuka → /ˈba.bu.ka/ → "ancestors"
22. ŋida → /ˈŋi.da/ → "guide"
23. zika → /ˈzi.ka/ → "together"
24. parangu → /ˈpa.ra.ŋu/ → "survive"

Features Demonstrated

1. Stress Pattern: Consistently penultimate across all words.
2. Syntax: Follows Subject-Verb-Object structure with postpositional modifiers.
3. Vocabulary: Combines native Duskaran terms with hybridized roots.
4. Cultural Context: Emphasizes survival, reverence for the wind, and ancestral connection.