A Collection of Texts in Klag

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)

ɕä’swtw swṭæɕrt rshṭæn#ːdḍ thwóóg shhʈiqw rshṭæn#ːdḍ shhkin#swgk rshṭæn#ːdḍ ᵏǃʼwexx rshṭæn#ːdḍ xxin#ɕk qḥent ṣthwän#ṛ́ ᵑǀʼ̣ä’ŕw hläṛ qḥent chweeṣʈʼ swhpä’ʑbp ɕṭooṇ chweeṣʈʼ r̥̣aneengw. ɕä’swtw swṭæn#ːshhṭin#ːshʈʼ qon#ṛ́ rshṭæn#ːdḍ ɕdṭääk htwi nq̣äggw swgkän#ːf, ɕṭooṇ ɕä’swtw swṭósdtw qon#ṛ́ rshṭæn#ːdḍ hugq shhʈiqw rshkwan#ːn ggiinḥeshp rshkwan#ːn ᵏǀʼ̣äqw htwi ᵑǀʼ̣ä’ŕw hläṛ qḥent, nci’ɳ̥udtw ɕä’swtw swṭiiṣdtwó’rw qon#ṛ́ hme’shdt. ɕä’swtw swṭen#ːṣk qon#ṛ́ ɕquhóóswk swṭiisw shthuur̥ ŋ̥æn#ːng sdtweʈʼ ṣdtón#ːṣtḥen’g ɕṭooṇ ɕquhóóswk swṭóɕqu shthuur̥ ŋ̥æn#ːng sdtweʈʼ ṣdtón#ːṣtḥen’g zwitxiddw. ɕä’swtw swṭæɕrt qon#ṛ́ ṣdtón#ːṣtḥen’g ṣphärs ᵑǀʼ̣ä’ŕw män#ːswdtwæn#rn, ɕṭooṇ ɕä’swtw swṭæɕrt qon#ṛ́ ᵏǀʼanggan#ːṛ́ shä’swgqaxx ᵑǀʼ̣ä’ŕw män#ːswdtwæn#rn.

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

Dṭuh swṭun#ːhkwinjj ŋ̥æn#ːng rshṭæn#ːdḍ ɸut shhʈiqw shhkin#swgk qḥent. ɕä’swtw swṭotzugqw tzeez ɕṭooṇ ɳ̥iggw qon#ṛ́ shhʈiqw rshṭæn#ːdḍ swhpä’ʑbp qḥent. ɕä’swtw swṭæshthwä’ṭ qon#ṛ́ beequhójj ɕṭooṇ nhäärn shhʈiqw rshṭæn#ːdḍ khaaxx qḥent. Swrtisw ɕä’swtw swṭin#ʑrthanangg ɕquhóóswk swṭun#ːt rshṭæn#ːdḍ swhpä’ʑbp r̥tẓ rshṭæn#ːdḍ ᵑǁʼäggw rshṭæn#ːdḍ tzursgk rshkwan#ːn nqä’tx qḥent htwi ᵑǀʼ̣ä’ŕw hläṛ. ɕä’swtw swṭushʈóʑ qon#ṛ́ rshṭæn#ːdḍ ᵏǃʼwexx shhʈiqw qḥent ɕṭooṇ rshṭæn#ːdḍ ṣthwan#ːrskhinṇ shhʈiqw qḥent rshṭæn#ːdḍ nguɸ rshkwan#ːn hkwiisdtwæṇ qḥent htwi ᵑǀʼ̣ä’ŕw hläṛ. ɕä’swtw dṭuh swṭañäqu rshṭæn#ːdḍ swhpä’ʑbp r̥tẓ, ɕä’swtw swṭän#ːṣsdt qon#ṛ́.

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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