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What’s with this “Wren” thing?
The oldest extant version of the fable we are presenting here appeared in 1913 in the first volume of a two-volume anthology of Low Saxon folktales (Plattdeutsche Volksmärchen “Low German Folktales”) collected by Wilhelm Wisser (1843–1935). Read more ...

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Translator: Nuka Møller
Oqaasileriffik (The Greenland Language Secretariat)

Location: Nuuk (Godthåb), Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)

Transliteration: Reinhard F. Hahn
Please note that this is not Greenlandic orthography but an attempt at writing Greenlandic in a more phonemically based way for linguistic demonstration purposes.

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Timmiaaɢaq

Timmiaaɢaɢuuq quimi iniqaɢluni. Taamaaɬuniguuq aŋajuqqaavi aaɬaɢput. Piaqqamik niɢisassaannik ujaasiaɢtuɢlutik anisaɢiaqaɢput piaqqatik kisimiitiɬugit qimaannaɢlugit.

Sivitsuŋŋitsuq ataataat utiqqippuq.

“Susuqaɢamiuna?”, ataataat apiɢivuq. “Kikkut ajuɢtumik pigamisi? Iɢsisuɢujussuususi takusinnaavaɢa!”

“Ataataa”, uqaɢput, “iɢsinaɢtuɢsuaq aqqusaaɢami. Pinniitsuɢsuaq kiinaɢujussualik! Isiɢsuaminik iniŋŋuaɢput qulaaɬugu isigiinnaavikkamiuk. Iɢsiniɢmik sajuttuinnaŋŋuɢluta!”

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“Ila aɢɢaa,” ataataat uqaɢpuq apiɢlunilu sumut iŋiɢlasimaniɢsuq.

“Iihm, ikuŋŋaɢpuq,” nassuiaapput.

“Maani utaqqigitsi”, ataataat uqaɢpuq, “Malissaqaaɢa. Iɢsissaŋŋilasi pisaɢisavaɢa.” Tiŋiɬunilu aaɬaɢpuq.

Tiqiqquq uiarlugulu takuliɢpaa sunaavvaana liiversuaq pisuɢujuɢtuq.

Kisianni timmiaaɢaq iɢsiniq ajuɢpuq. Qaavanut miɢiaɢluni taannaqali liiviɢsuaq naviiliɢpaa. “Sussaɬutit aamma ininnut isiɢavit”, niɬiavuq, “piaqqakkalu iɢsitiɬugit!?” Liiviɢsuup suqutiginagu iŋiɢlaɢujuuginnaɢpuq.

Timmiaaɢaq suli nipittuɢniɢuliɢpuq kamaŋaaɢami. “Tamaani susassaqaŋŋivipputit! Utiqqikkaluaɢuilu pisassat pissavat! Taamaasiuɢusuŋŋikkaluaɢpuŋa”, uqaɢpuq niumilu aappaa kiviɬugu, “niɢiuɢsussavakkit … qitit napissavaɢa!”

Taava iniminut utiɢluni tiŋivuq.

“Qituɢnaŋŋuakka”, iqqissisaaɬuni uqaɢpuq, “tassa naviiqaaɢa. Takuqqikkunnaŋŋilaɢsi.”