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A Collection of Texts in Sahqag

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)

Kʼʷɜɹˤ htʲiː꜖ʄʲ ɥˤa#ɺˠ htˤɘ꜒꜖rˠ ʃʲkʰʲe##꜖꜒r̥ˤ kˠa̰꜖nʲ fˠe##ː꜒꜖tʼˤ ɥˤa#ɺˠ bˠɨ##̰꜒k͡xˤ ɢʷɔ#ːbʱˤe##꜖꜒r̥ˤ sˤkʰʲɨ꜒꜖kʼʲ ʃʲkʰʲe##꜖꜒r̥ˤ sʲuʁʲ ʒˠtˤɜ##ː̰꜒dʱʷ ʃʲkʰʲe##꜖꜒r̥ˤ ʋˠi##꜒t͡ʃ ʃʲkʼʷɨ꜖꜒kˤ sʲhkˠau꜒꜖ɠʷ zˠkʰʲiːsˤqˤɛ꜖꜒ʂˠ ʃʲkʼʷɨ꜖꜒kˤ. Kʼʷɜɹˤ ʒˠgʱˠi##ːzʲɢˠɘ#ː̰꜒t͡sˤ zʲdʱʲɔː꜖꜒vˤ χˠɔ꜒꜖zˠ ᵏǁʰˠe##꜒꜖dʲ ʒʲdʲɜ꜒꜖dˤ ʃʲkʰʲe##꜖꜒r̥ˤ t͡ʂʲiːɡʷ, sʲhkˠau꜒꜖ɠʷ kʼʷɜɹˤ tʰʷe##꜒pʼˤ zʲdʱʲɔː꜖꜒vˤ ɥˤa#ɺˠ sʷhkˠe#ːɭˠi##̰꜖kˤ ɢʷɔːbʱˤa꜒rˠ kˠa̰꜖nʲ ᵏǁʰˠe##꜒꜖dʲ sˠtʲoː꜖꜒ɡˠ ɢʷɔːbʱˤa꜒rˠ sʲuʁʲ tʼˠe꜖pʼʲ ʃʲkʰʲe##꜖꜒r̥ˤ, ʃˠhtʷɛ##ʈʼʲu##꜖꜒ɳʲ kʼʷɜɹˤ bʲixʲaː꜖ɹˤ zʲdʱʲɔː꜖꜒vˤ sˠpˤo꜖꜒xˤ. Kʼʷɜɹˤ ʃˠkʼʷiː̰꜖χʲ zʲdʱʲɔː꜖꜒vˤ ɾˠɔɾʲ ɰʲɘ#ːrˠ nˠɜ#ːqʼʷħʲɔːʂʲqʼʷɨ̰꜒fʲ ᵏǀʲo#ːʛʲ ɗʲɨ##꜖꜒lˠ sʲhkˠau꜒꜖ɠʷ ɾˠɔɾʲ ɰʲɘ#ːrˠ xʲa#ːzˠkʼˠɔːʂʲqʼʷɨ̰꜒fʲ ᵏǀʲo#ːʛʲ ɗʲɨ##꜖꜒lˠ gʱˤuzˠɢʷaṵ꜒tʼʷ. Kʼʷɜɹˤ htʲiː꜖ʄʲ zʲdʱʲɔː꜖꜒vˤ ħʲɔːʂʲqʼʷɨ̰꜒fʲ qʼʲebʱˤau꜖꜒vˠ ɰˠɛ꜖꜒βˤ sʲuʁʲ, sʲhkˠau꜒꜖ɠʷ kʼʷɜɹˤ htʲiː꜖ʄʲ zʲdʱʲɔː꜖꜒vˤ ɹʲɔʂˠᵊ꜖꜒ʐˠ qʼʲebʱˤau꜖꜒vˠ nˤɘ#q͡χˤa##꜖꜒lʲ sʲuʁʲ.

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

Sʲɔ#k͡xʲ zʲʈʲɔɓˤɜ̰꜒r̥ʲ ɗʲɨ##꜖꜒lˠ ɥˤa#ɺˠ htˤɘ꜒꜖rˠ zˤbˠɔː꜒tʼˠ ʃʲkʰʲe##꜖꜒r̥ˤ. Kʼʷɜɹˤ ʈʲu##ːsʲpʲu##꜒꜖ɠʷ ᵏǀʲe꜒rˤ sʲhkˠau꜒꜖ɠʷ ʒʲbˤɨ꜖꜒ɰʷ htʷadʷ ʋˠi##꜒t͡ʃ ɽʲɔ#ʁˠe##꜖꜒r̥ˤ zʲdʱʲɔː꜖꜒vˤ. Kʼʷɜɹˤ ɖʲᵊʄʲa꜒꜖sʲ zʲdʱʲɔː꜖꜒vˤ ɥˤa#ɺˠ ʐʲɨ##꜖꜒ɹʷ qʼʲu#ːʃʲkʰʲe##꜖꜒r̥ˤ sˤtʼˤɨzˠɡˠɨː̰꜖bʱʲ sʲhkˠau꜒꜖ɠʷ zʲʈʰˠa̰꜖ɢʲ. ʐˠɔi꜖꜒χʷ kʼʷɜɹˤ zˠhʈˠi#ɖʱˠɨ##꜖꜒ʂˠ ʃˠqʼˠa̰꜒ɡʲ ɢʷɔ#ːbʱˤe##꜖꜒r̥ˤ, ɣʲɘ꜖ɥʲ ɾˠɔɾʲ ʃˠtʼʷɨ꜖ɹˠ htˤɛ#ːq͡χʷ ʋˠi##꜒t͡ʃ ɽʲɔ#ʁˠe##꜖꜒r̥ˤ, kˠa̰꜖nʲ ᵏǁʰˠe##꜒꜖dʲ ɥˤa#ɺˠ ɺˠe##꜖꜒mˤ qʼʲuːᵏǀˤtʼʲa꜒rˠ ɣʷe##ː꜒ʐˠ ʃʲkʰʲe##꜖꜒r̥ˤ sʲuʁʲ. Kʼʷɜɹˤ tʰˤɔsʲʈʰˠɜː꜒꜖ɴʷ zʲkʼʲḭ꜖ʋˤ ɥˤa#ɺˠ sˤkʰʲɨ꜒꜖kʼʲ ʃʲkʰʲe##꜖꜒r̥ˤ sʲhkˠau꜒꜖ɠʷ ɥˤa#ɺˠ sʲtʰʷi##ːʒʲgʱʷa##꜒꜖d͡ʐʲ ʃʲkʰʲe##꜖꜒r̥ˤ kˠa̰꜖nʲ ᵏǁʰˠe##꜒꜖dʲ ɥˤa#ɺˠ ʂʲtˤɔʃʲtʼʷɜ̰꜖ɢʲ qʼʲuːᵏǀˤtʼʲa꜒rˠ ʃˠhpˤɨ꜖꜒ʂˠ ʃʲkʰʲe##꜖꜒r̥ˤ sʲuʁʲ. Ɖʱˠiʐˠ ᵏǁʰˠesʲʔu꜖꜒mˤ htˤɛ#ːq͡χʷ ʋˠi##꜒t͡ʃ ɽʲɔ#ʁˠe##꜖꜒r̥ˤ, kʼʷɜɹˤ ʂʲkʰˤa#ʐʲa##꜒꜖qˠ zʲkʼʲḭ꜖ʋˤ.

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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