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UDHR article 1

  • Dðatþur-þtu1 tn ba-fparpiy-kiy sm
  • human-all D2\COPY D2\UNERG-independent.of-gnomic D3\COPY.2
  • All human beings are born free and
  • bvü-bver-key sbü-ftū þirfpoy bm kē bm
  • D3\REFL-balanced-gnomic D4\NMLZ-named D5\law D4\and D3\OBL D2\and
  • equal in dignity and rights.
  • pðū tn ba-bðarbðir-pir ba-kāki-pir
  • AND.THEN D2\COPY D2\UNERG-study-IMPF D2\UNERG-take.care.of-IMPF
  • They are endowed with reason and conscience
  • pðū sba-bva-gžī-þti bva-ba-farzi pur-tþur2.
  • AND.THEN D2\NMLZ-REFL-arbitrary.2-all D2\REFL-UNERG-partner ABS-IRR
  • and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
  1. This is an example of “lingering” (a technique that Daemonica borrowed from Fith, as long as it was already borrowing the whole idea of a stack-based conlang). Dðatþur-þtu, “all people,” is placed on the stack at the beginning, copied twice throughout this paragraph, and only absorbed at the very end. By leaving the stack part-full throughout a long utterance, the speaker holds the audience’s attention, and the item that lingers on the stack functions as a topic.

  2. More literally: “all their relationships with each other should resemble the way someone treats a close friend.”