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Nyakanda puletya karndəli nyenggang piyalkal wikən.
I see two butcher birds sitting on a dead branch
Pronunciation:
lit. see-I two butcher birds sit-ting branch-on dead
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nyaka - to see, to watch, to think of, to consider
puletya - two - 2
nyengga - to sit
piyal - red gum, also 'tree' in general, stick
karndəli - butcher bird
wikən - dead
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