A Collection of Texts in Raiwag

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)

T͡ʃauʃaw takʷ kʷat xʷaːɡʷat͡ʃanakʷ fakʷ ᵏǀainatanat jaːxʷ pauʃ ɡaimatatakʷ ɡʷaw pauʃ ɲataiɲafatatakʷ. Daɡaɲaw takʷ ɲauf faixʷatanat maux, ɡʷaw waukaw takʷ ɲauf fak pawaipaɡatatakʷ majatatat fas, nakaːn nafaːkaw takʷ ɲauf faux. Maːbaw takʷ ɲauf t͡ʃaiwaw wax xʷaːw ɾaɾaxʷaɡat͡ʃatakʷ wakʷaːɾ ɡʷaw maubaw wax xʷaːw ɾaɾaxʷaɡat͡ʃatakʷ wakʷaːɾ ɡʷamaiʃ. T͡ʃauʃaw takʷ ɲauf ɾaɾaxʷaɡatatakʷ sat͡ʃatatat xafaw, ɡʷaw t͡ʃauʃaw takʷ ɲauf mafakʷabatatakʷ xanaːɲaɡatatat xafaw.

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

Ɡaɾabat xʷaːw kau xʷaːɡʷat͡ʃatakʷ. Kʷakʷaiɾaw takʷ kaxatatakʷ ɡʷaw ʃait͡ʃatatakʷ ɲauf ɡaimat͡ʃanakʷ. Ɲaɡaibaw takʷ ɲauf ɲaɡajaxat͡ʃatakʷ ɡʷaw xadat͡ʃatakʷ ɡauɡʷat͡ʃanakʷ. Saʃ kaɡaudaw takʷ ɾaiwaɡatanakʷ, kakʷ xʷawaw xʷaːw ɡaimatanakʷ, xaux xaːɲamatatat fas. Ɡasawaw takʷ paɡ fakʷ ɡʷaw ɡaɡaːn wab ɲakʷataxʷatatat fas. Daxauɡat takʷ xʷaːw ɡaimatanakʷ, t͡ʃaxʷat͡ʃaw takʷ paɡ.

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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