A Collection of Texts in Shakala

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)

Ваў ґа дай каса ӟьдапа јьдай гайша къасапа пайша са фава гь сь фаралаша гь. Пабаўрь ґа кай јьдай шьса бьра га, сь шь ґа кай јьдь фарьтарь фајапа јьдь шьјь бьра са, лаваў сьґьдь ґа кай ра. Ӟагь ґа кай кь ӟьшь гь фь къьлалавь сь кь фай гь фь къьлалавь къьпапь. Ваў ґа кай къьлалавь варь бафаўбь, сь ваў ґа кай јьфалаша къаралась бафаўбь.

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

Ӟабайда ка кь каса гайфапа. Кадага ґа фашь сь каўла кай дай фава. Шапаўпа ґа кай фајьракъа сь бакъа дай фаја. Ва пьшаўґа ґа јьдай шакъала ӟай фь кь дай фава дь капьла шаўвапа бьра са. Ракъата ґа кай къасапа сь лападапа јьдь бадаўрагь шаўкапа бьра са. Фьвьґа ґа ка кь дай фава, фашьда ґа кай.

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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