ᕿᑭᖅᑕᖅᔪᐊᖅ, ᕗᕋᐅᑕᓐ ᐊᐃᓚᓐ-ᖑᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ, ᑲᓇᓐᓇᖓᓃᑦᑐᖅ ᓯᓈᖓᑕ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓘᑉ 97 ᑭᓗᒦᑕᓂᒃ ᐅᖓᓯᓐᓂᖃᖅᓱᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑑᑉ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᖓᓂᒃ. ᕿᑭᖅᑕ ᑕᐃᔭᐅᕙᒃᑲᓗᐊᖅᓱᓂ “ᕿᑭᖅᑕᖅᔪᐊᖅ” ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᑎᖓ ᐅᖃᕐᒪᑦ, ᕿᑭᖅᑕᖅ ᐊᖏᓂᓕᒃ 12 ᑭᓗᒦᑕᓂᒃ ᓴᓂᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 16 ᑭᓗᒦᑕᓂᒃ ᑐᑭᒧᑦ.
ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖅᑎᒎᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ, (ᐃᓄᖏᑦ 561) ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᓕᖅᑕᓄᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᓯᐅᑎᓄᓪᓗ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓄᑦ, ᐱᖃᓯᐅᑎᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᕿᓯᕋᔭᐃᑦ ᐊᑎᒌᑦ ᑲᒦᓪᓗ. ᐆᒪᔪᕋᓴᖏᑦ ᖃᔾᔮᓇᕐᓂᖓᓗ ᐅᐸᒍᒪᒍᑕᐅᓲᖅ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᒃ.
ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᖅᑯᑎ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᒥᓐᖑᐃᕐᓯᕐᕕᒃ ᐅᐸᒐᑦᓴᐅᔪᖅ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ. ᕿᑭᖅᑕᖅᔪᐊᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᖅ “ᐱᖃᓗᔭᓄᑦ ᐊᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᑐᑦᑕᕐᕕᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ.”
ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓇᑉᐸᖅᑎᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓂ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᕗᑦ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᓯᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᐃᑭᐊᖓᓂ ᖁᐊᖑᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᐅᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᖢᓂ, ᓯᒡᔭ ᓱᕋᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᖢᓂ, ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑐᓄᓪᓗ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᓂᒡᓚᓱᖕᓂᕆᕙᒃᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᒪᖁᒃᐸᖕᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓂᕆᕙᒃᑕᖓᓄᑦ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓱᒪᒥᐅᑕᕆᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔩᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐆᒥᖓ, ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᒃᓴᐅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓇᑉᐸᖅᑎᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓰᓐᓇᒃᑰᖅᑎᑦᑎᓕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ (NISI−ᒥᒃ), ᑖᒃᑯᐊᓗ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ
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