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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)

Feghupir̥uɹ feghullaukhuɹ ʑunṛars rtơnzaŕ feghullaivuɹ ʑunṛars thenṛ́aŕ ẓinr̥̣ ɺưzaŕ qåll ɭinr̥̣ khórd qwællaŕ tal khórd tózhæṣaŕ. Feghuparzuṛuɹ tḥæğ jơkhaŕ ɭinr̥̣ ɺơnraŕ ṛek, tal feghupelluɹ tḥæğ feghullơnquhuɹ ʑunṛars ṛirråwaŕ hṭekhwaŕ ɺơnraŕ qåll, qwanhkaur̥̣ feghupơnɹ̣ikuɹ tḥæğ ħgwand. Feghupahtuɹ tḥæğ rthid fighơllunfưndḥaghwaŕuɹ ʑunṛars tal rthid fighơlliruɹ dḥaghwaŕaŕ ʑunṛars qwavurd. Feghupir̥uɹ tḥæğ dḥaghwaŕaŕ ɺaillaŕ zưnŕuŭw, tal feghupir̥uɹ tḥæğ rtunẓaɹaŕ hkijeɭaŕ zưnŕuŭw.

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

Fechulleṣưnrdhuɹ rthid feghulliduɹ ʑunṛars rtơnzaŕ. Feghupeħgagwuɹ qåfaŕ tal kóhlaŕ tḥæğ qwællaŕ ẓinr̥̣. Feghupenwichuɹ tḥæğ hkơgwægwưgw tal dhónkhwưgw ɺorsaŕ quinr̥̣. Değw feghupórreduɹ feghullưnṛ́uɹ rthid qwællaŕ ẓinr̥̣ ʑunṛars ɻơnzaŕ rtinr̥̣ feghullórruɹ ʑunṛars dataŕ ɺơnraŕ qåll. Feghupinrdưtyuɹ tḥæğ feghullaivuɹ ʑunṛars tal feghulluħginhṭuɹ ʑunṛars feghullurzuɹ ʑunṛars shabɔiṭaŕ ɺơnraŕ qåll. Fechupɔikhaħgwuɹ rthid qwællaŕ ẓinr̥̣, feghupaudơhluɹ tḥæğ.

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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