A Collection of Texts in Elil

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)

Chiin dat siiñij ñol siimib suhuj siñij tas miihij guñ tas moochutuduj. Labech dat kach ted samib, guñ ñoob dat kach mowañuchuj ñen midib suchusuj, fubud mafin dat kach keef. Sud dat kach giilimagibi jaf we guñ miilimagal heen jaf wihaa we. Chiin dat kach miilimagij wañom misib, guñ chiin dat kach mikidafij wañom makinachib.

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

Chusof fich we miiñij saañij. Nidig dat mechij guñ medij siihij kach. Jason dat kach soobuj milagiwij guñ mifij. Daal balof dat siihij we gus selilij ñen moolubub samichij. Mañod dat kach suhuj guñ sumuladuj ñen michabafib safafij. Tumul dat fich siihij we, samen dat kach.

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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