Re: Babel Text in Ini (formerly named Nine)

Jonathan Chang wrote:
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> In a message dated 2000/06/27 01:47:21 AM, Nicole wrote:
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> >Pam pamum ta natan’a anin’kin na anam nu tu mimpimi kunatamun.  Nu pam
> >kutunuk tuk ikamikatinu pap tu anan’an it u umit a Atina nu pam
> >tikutamum ik tun’a.  Nu pam kukin’anuk it mumum, "Kan’ kintampanu
> >kunin’kantu, nu kan’ tikina kimpunu mup."  Nu pam pamum in’kantu kit
> >imut, nu ukan’u kit utintum.  Pam mi kukin’anuk, "Kan’ kintampanu u
> >an’kuk ka munun, nu u ampanut kik tu apuntu a tu ita, nu kan’ kintampanu
> >u ipatan’ ka munun; nin’ nika katitin’u tap tu natan’a antam."  Pam
> >pikunin’at ta ukatu pi katitanu tu an’kuk nu tu ampanut, kuma pakam
> >kintampanuk kunin’kin.  Nu pam kukin’anak ta ukatu, "An’ katitanuk, mum
> >na in’ka, nu pamum mitantut na anam; nu tuma kutan’uk tu ikikimu ut pu
> >ma kintan’ut; ka inananunum, ma ka kukin’anuk kintan’u, nukuputata ka
> >mum.  Kan’ pikunin’u nu kan’ papanimun tu anam ut mum ik tuna, pi kan
> >mitantanuk tu atut ut mumum."  Un’ pam katitin’at ta ukatu mum pap tun’a
> >tap tu natan’a antam, nu pim kintampanuk tu an’kuk.  Un’ nikapam
> >kipatan’akat Apapan, man pam ik tun’a papanimam ta ukatu tu anam ut ta
> >natan’a anin’kin; nu pam pap tun’a katitin’at ta ukatu mum tap tu
> >natan’a antam.
>
>     Looks very Polynesian a la Easter Island or Maori... IMHO.
> NICEness...
Had same impression when everything first started to come together.  And
am liking it.  But I think that that would happen any time you created a
lang with nine letters.  Also, I'd really like to see what Rob Nierse
(that's who it was who was also working on this!) has done with his
version of Nine, if anything.

Nicole
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