Sgę́nǫ’ Gahnawiyo’geh!
[ˈsɡẽnõʔ ɡaːhnawijoʔɡeh] (SKAYⁿ-noⁿ' gaah-nah-wee-yo'-gayh!)
Sound recording of "Sgę́nǫ’"
Source: "Cayuga Language." Internet: <http://www.ohwejagehka.com/cay-h.htm> September 12, 2005.
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O:nęh ęhsé:gę’ gyę́:gwa’ ska:t otahá:gwęh. Oyę́:deht to:gyęh hwa’ shęnhǫ: ha’deyona’skotá’ǫh. A:yę:’ gę:s toh n’agá:ye:’ ne’ í:nǫh nyo:’ ha’dwę́n’asgwahk ’awatahá:go’. Tkwęhǫ: gihne: gę́:s tę’. Ne:’ gi’ thǫ: ęhsyánhę:’ o:nęh tó:gyęh. Ó: tohdzí:hah shęh n’adagana’skwé:sǫ’s.
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Source: "Shęh Niga:yę: A:hado:wa:t Gwa’yǫ’." Internet: <http://www.languagegeek.com/rotinonhsonni/cay_example.html> September 12, 2005. Originally told by Reginald Henry to Marianne Mithun at Six Nations in 1978.
Cayuga Alphabet
Goyogo̱hó:nǫ’ Consonants
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bilabial |
alveolar |
palatal |
velar |
glottal |
| lenis stop |
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t / d |
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k / g |
’ |
| affricate |
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ts / dz |
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| voiceless fricative |
(f) |
s |
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h |
| nasal |
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n |
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| approximate |
w |
r |
y |
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Goyogo̱hó:nǫ’ Vowels
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front oral |
front nasal |
back oral |
back nasal |
| high |
i |
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| mid |
e |
ę |
o |
ǫ |
| low |
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a |
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Notes:
- Phonologically (in the grammar of the language), 〈t〉 and 〈d〉 are the same sound: /t/. The phoneme /t/ is written 〈d〉 when pronounced as voiced – i.e. before a vowel or approximate – and 〈t〉 elsewhere. The same situation exists for 〈g〉 (voiced) and 〈k〉 (elsewhere), which are used for /k/, and 〈ts〉 and 〈dz〉 for /ts/. The series stop + /h/ is written simply with the voiceless symbol.
- Vowel length is shown by a colon proceeding the vowel, so long “a” is written 〈a:〉.
- Stress is shown by an acute accent: á é ę́ í ó ǫ́.
- If a vowel is voiceless, it is underlined: a̱ e̱ ę̱ i̱ o̱ ǫ̱.
- The letter 〈f〉 written when /s/ appears between an /h/ and an /r/.
Source: Harvey, Christopher. "Goyogo̱hó:nǫ’ – Cayuga." Internet: <http://www.languagegeek.com/rotinonhsonni/cayuga.html> September 12, 2005.
