A Collection of Texts in Tang

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)

Sam tyn fyh ñyd chef mab bygk fah ñas gkyn ges ba’n gkyn se’negk. Sam ngypaib fa’k kech bygk dam, ba’n sam ma’s fa’k mag ñafek de bygk feg, machyn sam magak fa’k baugk. Sam shym fa’k hash se’h gkasebauch dastash ba’n hash se’h daush fyh de’m sebauch dastash nge’gkach. Sam tyn fa’k sebauch hagaung bygk tyng, ba’n sam tyn fa’k tafash hagaung bygk shanga’n.

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

Pang kapagk hash fyh fang chef. Sam betyn shaig ba’n chau fab fa’k fyh ges. Sam nabyng fa’k fyh fab fyh pecha’f ba’n fyh heh fyh byng. Fe’n sam fypeñ teng, dem chet fab hash ges, de bygk ñais tam. Sam pysaud nagk fah ba’n ge’ngauñ de bygk gyng ma’ñauf. Sam pang segke’f hash ges, sam kachegk nagk.

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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