A Collection of Texts in Dlar

What follows is a collection of texts intended to illustrate the language in more natural and extended use than the glossed examples found in the grammar.

The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9)

Shohʈiædi rsiqiiĩgi tẓʈʼo pḥæn#̃zho tẓʈʼo zhodtwiĩ̠rso jurw shopiin#̠ŕw ħħō̃vo ẉ̈r̥w tẓʈʼo giï̄bbo tẓʈʼo ghwènènpḥæn#̃zho tẓʈʼo ħg̣ï̠̃ggw hmoaχw ṣkhièn#̠ğw sokhiinr̥o tẓʈʼo doõ̠qi zotoaū̃nw zhohtwābbo tẓʈʼo wwoiiẓrthiæ̠̃ẅo zotoaū̃nw. Shohʈiædi zikorroan#̄ṛ́ sokhiinr̥o ħoë̄fi gquëë̃ghw ɥ̣óŕo tẓʈʼo rzirdhièn#ː̠di tẓʈʼo swthoënënpḥæn#̃zho rdhoïn#ː̄ẅi, zhohtwābbo shohʈiædi shohtiīqqhw sokhiinr̥o ħoë̄fi tẓʈʼo rzidḥë̠rdi tẓʈʼo rzortiāẅw hmoaχw χwæærsidtoaĩ̠ği ħħō̃vo ẉ̈r̥w tẓʈʼo rzirdhièn#ː̠di tẓʈʼo phiïr̥wë̠rdi r̥oæn#̠̃tlho, ɴiènènrzidwin#̄̃ħħi shohʈiædi ɸoózwgwã̠ħo sokhiinr̥o ħoë̄fi zhidwïn#̠̃khw. Shohʈiædi dḥɔĩ̠ddi sokhiinr̥o ħoë̄fi tẓʈʼo tẓʈʼo tẓʈʼo khwènsi zitḥununmiizhigqoiĩ̠ɺo jurw shohpōħi zhohtwābbo tẓʈʼo tẓʈʼo khwènsi sogḳèṣquizhigqoiĩ̠ɺo zhodtwèn#ːzwhʈiiñ̠qi jurw shohpōħi. Shohʈiædi rsiqiiĩgi sokhiinr̥o ħoë̄fi tẓʈʼo ẉizhigqoiĩ̠ɺo hliabiï̄fo tẓʈʼo ẉ̈r̥w jjoè̄̃bhi, zhohtwābbo shohʈiædi rsiqiiĩgi sokhiinr̥o ħoë̄fi tẓʈʼo dtiïnzhikhoon#ː̄zw hliabiï̄fo tẓʈʼo ẉ̈r̥w goóṣbp̣ëë̄tzw.

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

A Creation Myth

Shothwaħgi ṣhp̣on#sopho̠dzo sokhiinr̥o shohpōħi tẓʈʼo tẓʈʼo swdtwaĩ̠rzo jurw shopiin#̠ŕw. Shohʈiædi βoin#ṣrtien#̃r̥o sokhiinr̥o tẓʈʼo zhiquææ̠̃ɻo zhohtwābbo tẓʈʼo ṣdtió̃ħħo sokhiinr̥o rtoïnïnzhi liænænpḥæn#̃zho doõ̠qi sokhiinr̥o ħoë̄fi. Shohʈiædi ngoiixx̣ẽ̠t͡ʂi sokhiinr̥o ħoë̄fi sokhiinr̥o ẓrdoïʛw d͡ʐianpḥæn#̃zho sip̣ĩ̠gw sokhiinr̥o sokhiinr̥o d͡ʐoósikoo̠ggo zhohtwābbo sokhiinr̥o rsoaīr̥i. Twæn#ː̄no shohʈiædi dtwen#ːğ̣óñ̠ħgi tẓʈʼo tẓʈʼo sokhiinr̥o sihṭiɮi liænænpḥæn#̃zho doõ̠qi sithwó̠po rzoḅiɥi hmoaχw χwæn#htwæn#̃zho ɮiāŕi ħħō̃vo ẉ̈r̥w tẓʈʼo rzirdhièn#ː̠di tẓʈʼo ghwèèzitwë̠rdi tẓʈʼo shigquāpo hmoaχw zoħg̣ï̠̃rri. Shohʈiædi ṣurzodhiaĩ̠jji tẓʈʼo qhiè̄dḥ tẓʈʼo tẓʈʼo tẓʈʼo ħg̣ï̠̃ggw hmoaχw zhohtwābbo tẓʈʼo tẓʈʼo zhiħg̣iẓëë̠̃qqho hmoaχw ħħō̃vo ẉ̈r̥w tẓʈʼo rzirdhièn#ː̠di tẓʈʼo ghwèèzitwë̠rdi tẓʈʼo ɸion#ː̠̃gki hmoaχw nqoënrsodtwon#ː̠̃β̣. Shohʈiædi shothwaħgi rzoħgounðoan#̠̃lo sokhiinr̥o sihṭiɮi liænænpḥæn#̃zho doõ̠qi, shohʈiædi rsohpouẅwó̄ẓ tẓʈʼo qhiè̄dḥ.

We are not like other people. Their languages were shaped by struggle and time. They copied the sounds of beasts and birds, and they learned to speak like that. But our language arose in a different way. It was born whole and perfect in a single breath. Our language did not evolve; it was created.

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