The Body Is My Vehicle (+ud ꭴꮪꭹ)

The body is my vehicle.
It hints at strength,
determination,
and persistence
through three-quarters
of a century.

But I am more.

[Udugi ꭴꮪꭹ]

ayelv gesvase aqua atsodudi.
nasgi kaneisdodase nulinigvgvne,
iyelisdine,
ale natlvyolihvnone
digvwalosv tsoi ginudodidi
sgohitsuqui vhnai.

aseno aya gesvase ugodesdi.

ᎠᏰᎸ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏆ ᎠᏦᏚᏗ.
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎧᏁᎢᏍᏙᏓᏎ ᏄᎵᏂᎬᎬᏁ,
ᎢᏰᎵᏍᏗᏁ,
ᎠᎴ ᎾᏢᏲᎵᎲᏃᏁ
ᏗᎬᏩᎶᏒ ᏦᎢ ᎩᏄᏙᏗᏗ
ᏍᎪᎯᏧᏈ ᎥᎿᎢ.

ᎠᏎᏃ ᎠᏯ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᎪᏕᏍᏗ.


Note: This may look like Cherokee (Tsalagi), but it is not. It is a constructed language based on Cherokee vocabulary and a very simple, Esperanto-like grammar. The name of the language is Udugi (ꭴꮪꭹ), which means "hope." I believe that, as the generations pass, it is the best hope to preserve at least some lexical elements of the Cherokee/Tsalagi language, Your comments will be very welcome either here in the blog, or by e-mail: exolinguist at gmail dot com. Thanks. ꮹꮩ.