Hwnic/For the Future

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Mormez lsvo islojunujunujunujunu Casrumtag lsvi rit omi ti mvinos v bdoz xadndu nr xanxadunozor Gidmxav fone cist u Gloss ge cezin razav kyzon

Detect the long long long long line I found something interesting: the eye can read static text that overlaps moving text. Try viewing this page on [your] phone and scrolling the gloss around.

Glossing

Mormez lsvo islojunujunujunujunu Casrumtag lsvi rit omi ti mvinos v bdoz xadndu nr xanxadunozor Gidmxav fone cist u Gloss ge cezin razav kyzon

detect.3I PST.PFV line-long-long-long-long interest-observe.1Sg PRES.PFV this [def.] eye REL ability appos. read.3N text-static LOC top_layer-text-move-PARTI this-look.2Sg [REL] phone then ACC gloss MOT surroundings scroll.2Sg VOLUN.FUT

Glossing and translation

[I wrote this text in the interlinear gloss, then mapped it into Hwnic.]

Cmaz u Fractlcilinu v uqcari² ivar lne
ust odn ltnecone e delnucifexuu vcti ltmer
Fdnireq b launt nr xanemedls xoqor
ti Oratnion u cnadil poveil farig lne v geulbiz
alaindup ti pimut afadosebrfn ivndizmuc
Opmbo niva ceimautrlimac sngescuer
trcarn ldud nr jelnrkn gusifdem b icadcti ndogu
Suitti quriscererpe nr ersnt tifevtir
Suitta ti sojitifobaenli micam cl odn xastipn³
Siqlaxhertilcfe ge tini gusxadirmir snter
qasl u eidasene zamaqn mapintokbasne t luem
Desem patnui u eidapotef asined
Mxacolg cist dlxng lsvo v xa vu bim¹

spider ACC fractal-translucent appos. web-infinite spin.3N PRES.CONT
and city late_autumn DAT storm-winter-first appos.-to_be await.3N
cross-section GEN water-opaque LOC suspending-headspace hang.3N
REL wheels-neon ACC trend ride.PRES.IPFV (appos.) downturn economy
gun-electron REL purpose-diffraction-make LOC face-some
LOC front_side-sky LOC.this birds TEM during-flight rot_away.3N
dine.1Pl PST.FREQ LOC boundary district LOC interior rim-outer-glass GEN bladed_weapon-to_be-fused
TEM past-that gate-painted_over LOC homeless_man night-day-night-verb.3Sg
TEM past-that REL memories-childhood business-small this def. city forget.3N PST.PFV
arena plastic MOT point-this cctv_cameras-fervent trace.3N
pain-meaningless ABL the brain
music unsophisticated ACC scream-death drown_out.3N
eyes-shut.1Sg then reflect_mentally.1Sg PRES.IPFV appos. one two three

A spider endlessly spins a fractalic web
in the late-autumn city that awaits the first winter storm.
The cross-section of cloudy water hang above;
here I, with many others, ride on wheels of neon the trend of economic downturn 
clutching an electron gun to make a diffraction of someone's face.
Against the sky where birds rot away mid-flight,
we used to dine at the end of the waves, inside walls of fused blades.
Before that it [this place] was a painted-over gate where a homeless man spent his days and nights,
and before that relaxed diners [I remember] from my childhood, but the city has since forgotten them.
Now all the fervent surveillence cameras turn to one point in the plastic arena.
Nobody will answer cries for help; here pain has no significance outside the brain.
As easy music drowns out the dying wailing around me,
I shut my eyes and connect the dots: one, two, three.

¹ I wrote this text to show how a language designed to be precise can be made blurry. I think (and hope) I don't have the ability to predict the future.
² An electron emitter used in diffraction demonstrations
³ When these relaxed diners I mention here still existed, the PST.PFV form of Hwnic verbs was to suffix -''pn'', part of a deprecated system now superseded with auxiliary verbs.

Notes

  • Pronunciation is an obstacle, as always:
  • Fractlcilinu v uqcari is [fr&ct@lc5IlInu2 7v(j){ELISION}uq(nar)carI], recall that the apposition particle v is palatalized.
  • trcarn ldud is [t4caa(~)Rl(~)du2D].
  • uqcari is uq- "of the mind" and -cari "network", contraction of carsapi.