Tsėhésenėstsestȯtse - Cheyenne Language

Hooma mohvo’ėstanehevėhevohe tosa’e.  Naa hosėstse mo’evȧhehevohe tosa’e nėheohe kahkėse, xaa-vo’ėstaneo’o.  E’ȯhkėsaanȧho’ohtsevȯhesesto.  Naa ho’otova mohnȧho’ȯhtsevȯhevovohe.  Nėhe’še ho’otova ehnestovȯsesto.  Estsėhesenėstsesesto tsexhe’ėstsevȯse.  Naa mosėstȧhene’enovȯhevohe, a’e, hosėstse tsehneehovevȯse.

Across they lived somewhere. And some were somewhere there near, Indians. They did not visit them. And one day they visited them. Then all of a sudden they heard them. They were talking Cheyenne as they talked. And they found out about them, near, that they were just like them.

Notes:

• The high vowel 〈e〉 is lax [ɨ].
• High tone is marked with an acute accent (á é ó)
• Middle level tone is marked with a macron accent (ā ē ō)  Occasionally, a tilde (ã ẽ õ) is substituted for the macron. The macron is the preferred diacritic.
• Lowered high tone is indicated by the grave accent (à è ò).
• Where no accent appears above a vowel, the tone is low. However, in some texts, tone—especially the two middle level tones—is often left unwritten.
• Voiceless vowels are written either with a ring (å e̊ o̊) or dot accent (ȧ ė ȯ). The ring accent is preferred.