A Collection of Texts in Fal

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)

Dæshap dänij ban dóvij titz chif ga boch fid skuw ñayah fid. Dazhbiwap keñ ðaiy gäng dej, skuw difap keñ däsij tzuchäs khóy gäng ga, dashpew därushap keñ witz. Däzap keñ yóch zhimeb destij fip skuw yóch zhimeb daushtij fip ğigæñ. Dæshap keñ zhimeb næf khireng, skuw dæshap keñ tiniğ vungesh khireng.

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

Khivuwij yóch dæyij ban. Diwapap wän skuw fuñ keñ boch. Dauchawap keñ pañish skuw zhæm jum. Nɔif dinudap yóch boch dauzij fal daudij pij gäng ga. Dothäðap chaið dóvij skuw diğuchij domij tzakekh gäng ga. Khimäñap yóch boch, dezgizap chaið.

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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