Dedh Dew Cans Dogens ha Whetek
Friday, 13th September
My a discüdhas levrow en tavosow erel war o stylednow. Radn anodhans my a bernas o honan. My a dhescas Frenkek hag Almaynek en scol pell dhe'n eur-ma. Nebes levrow ell nôwethhe o hovyon. Bes na wrüga vy besca madra lies tavas. Ma dhebm levrow na orama ga redya. Slovenek ew tavas anketh (uncoth). Rag fra ma dhebm lever en Slovenek? My a scrifas lever en Sowsnek hag ev a veu treylyes. Martesen my alja dismygya radn an geryow. Ma dhodho letherednow my ell convedhes. Bes na venjama godhvos fatel dallath gen Chinek. Nag eus letherednow compes dhodho! Hag ass ew calish Arabek. Res ew dhewgh y redya war dhelergh. Ma'n kensa folen e'n kil ha ma va o cül diwedh orth pedn derag. E'n gwelha pres ma levrow en Kernôwek. My or aga redya. Ha ma levrow da adro dhe Gernow. Me ell redya an re ma magata. (Ha ma loor leun lebmyn.)
I discovered books in other languages on my shelves. Some of them I bought myself. I learnt French and German at school long ago. Some books can refresh my memories. But I never studied many languages. I have books I do not know how to read. Slovenian is an alien language. Why do I have a book in Slovenian? I wrote a book in English and it was translated. Perhaps I could guess some of the words. It has letters I can understand. But I would not know how to start with Chinese. It doesn't have proper letters. And how hard Arabic is. You have to read it backwards. The first page is at the back and it finishes at the front end. Fortunately there are books in Cornish. I know how to read them. And there are good books about Cornwall. I can read these as well. (And there is a full moon now.)
Deg ger rag hedhyw: Ten words for today
Arabek Arabic (notice that languages tend to end in -ek)
Chinek Chinese
discüdha discover (cavas or trouvya find)
kil back, rear, reverse side
pedn derag front end (you could possibly use tâl brow )
Slovenek Slovenian
tavosow (pl) languages < tavas (some people use yëthow < yëth)
tavosow/yëthow bian minority languages
tavosow nebes cowsys lesser used languages
war dhelergh backwards (also war dhelher)
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