A Collection of Texts in Wang

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)

Maf nof ñaf yum ranih hɔim ñaf ñɔis zaul jaith ðañ saung jaith bizbó. Maf skavuk dil ðitz ñaf zdækh, saung maf zhbaum dil shtað giv khafab kaut shtað mauh, sizif maf shasking dil lom. Maf spóm dil jef ngɔit ğum rachakóngay shtäzdäñ saung jef ðol ğum rachakóngay shtäzdäñ shizazh. Maf nof dil chakóng rusoğ gam, saung maf nof dil hiðär rusoğ mibóğ.

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

Piv vaskukh jef gal ranih. Maf fihautz bain saung ran dil ñaf raðañ. Maf hileb dil ranatiship saung rahokip ñaf razhul. Ğäy maf bukhow ñaf wäng, lach jon jef ñaf ðañ, kaut shtað than vaip. Maf shusäng haij ñɔis saung shkañän kaut shtað pikh gujab. Maf piv mivew jef ñaf ðañ, maf wäzgiv haij.

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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