A Collection of Texts in Wauth

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)

Waung ñeg fiisel gucheñ khatel ñiin thais sééw ñid jéch mash ñid kegiith. Mewééd ñeg séér waikh hiw béém, mash qish ñeg séér maskel kenguud jain hiw sééw, ñeñij geguf ñeg séér ség. Qakh ñeg séér hik hetinese few kengauk mash hik hetieñet wom few kengauk beshuus. Waung ñeg séér heti déthef defaaq, mash waung ñeg séér keñith ketaqef defaaq.

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

Mechaw rer hik dakhel gucheñ. Qeboof ñeg qob mash gim séér jécheñ. Ñesqim ñeg séér jeshaatheñ mash naqeñ suungeñ. Miiq qeqob ñeg wauth, naang haich hik jéch, jashel giit hiw sééw. Mekis ñeg ñiim khatel mash ngethaafel wogel kekiich hiw sééw. Wewon ñeg rer hik jéch, khekhang ñeg ñiim.

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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