A Collection of Texts in Shi


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The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9)

ɹˠó̉ kʰˠënën hpˤin hʈʲin#̀ tʼˠuᵏǀˤ́ d͡ʐˠaú tʼʷɔĩ tʼˠumˠoò ɓʲā ???[3:nóun/déf/néithér] kʼʲɔí pʼˤoó ɓʲā ???[3:nóun/déf/néithér] hkʷé̃. Hpˤó̃ kʰˠënën hpˤin θʷen#̃ htˤo k͡xˤun#̀ tʼˠuɢˤï̀, pʼˤoó bʲan#̉ kʰˠënën hpˤin θʷen#̃ dʱˤuũ ŋ̥ʲéé̉dʱˠi ᵏǀˤeẻ vʲé̄ dʱˤuũ ᵑǃʼʲë̉, ðˤun#̃ ᵏǀˤë̠ kʰˠënën hpˤin θʷen#̃ htˤo kˤon#́. ɳˠé̉ kʰˠënën hpˤin θʷen#̃ ᵏǁʼʲë̃ htˤo hpˤònʷonon ᵏǁʰʲïï̠ pʼˤoó ᵏǁʼʲë̃ htˤo hpˤòlʲ ᵏǁʰʲïï̠ ɖˠun#ː̄. ɹˠó̉ kʰˠënën hpˤin θʷen#̃ ???[3:nóun/déf/néithér] hpˤò ᵏǀʰˠɔĩ ???[3:nóun/déf/néithér] ʜˠa̠, pʼˤoó ɹˠó̉ kʰˠënën hpˤin θʷen#̃ ???[3:nóun/déf/néithér] ᵑǃˠả ᵏǀʰˠɔĩ ???[3:nóun/déf/néithér] bˠo̠.

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

ᵏǀʷiī hpˤin vʲónón ᵏǁʼʲë̃ ɓʲuū ???[3:nóun/déf/néithér] ᵏǀˤ́. ɸˤo̠ kʰˠënën hpˤin ???[3:nóun/déf/néithér] θˠè̄ pʼˤoó ???[3:nóun/déf/néithér] qʷí θʷen#̃ ʄˠè tʼˠukʼʲɔí. Ʋˠïï̀ kʰˠënën hpˤin θʷen#̃ ???[3:nóun/déf/néithér] ʋʲën#̉ pʼˤoó ???[3:nóun/déf/néithér] dˤin#̃ ʄˠè tʼˠuntʰʲïn#ː̠. Sˤo̠ ʈˠè̄ kʰˠënën hpˤin tʼˠuʂʲiỉ, mʲïn#̀ ħʲï̉ hpˤin vˤënën ᵏǁʼʲë̃ ʄˠè tʼˠukʼʲɔí bʲonon, vʲé̄ dʱˤuũ ŋʷó kˤà. T͡ʂˠủ kʰˠënën hpˤin ᵑǀˤó̀ tʼʷɔĩ pʼˤoó kˤoõ vʲé̄ dʱˤuũ lʲaũ sʲó̀. [??2: xxx_vérb] hpˤin. [??2: xxx_vérb] hpˤin. [??2: xxx_vérb] hpˤin. [??2: xxx_vérb] hpˤin. [??2: xxx_vérb] hpˤin. [??2: xxx_vérb] hpˤin? Ʋˤɔỉ hpˤin dʱˤuũ ɭʲun#̃ ???[3:nóun/déf/néithér] ᵏǀˤaà, ᵏǁʰˠ̀ hpˤin kˤū ???[3:nóun/déf/néithér] ɾʷë̃, [??2: xxx_vérb] hpˤin. Pʰˠā kʰˠënën hpˤin vʲónón ᵏǁʼʲë̃ tʼˠukʼʲɔí htˤo, χˠaa̠ kʰˠënën hpˤin ᵑǀˤó̀ bʲonon.

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. Before that moment, our ancestors lived in a shadow-world. Then God pressed one button, and words and meanings arrived. The people awoke, and speech filled their mouths like breath for the first time. Where there had been nothing, there were now mountains, rivers and names for everything. Some outsiders claim that our language was not made by God at all, but by a machine. But how could that be? Machines can grind wheat and count money, but they cannot create mountains or ignite the sun. Our language did not evolve; it was created.

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