A Collection of Texts in Lu

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)

T͡ʃaiˈ naː t͡ʃø zøˈsemuː sy ɾaˈjeruː ɡyːˈɟeruː syˈ kiˈ poˈtereː ɡauˈ kiˈ tibeˈhereː. Beːɡeˈ naː fyːˈ neˈt͡ʃeruː ɡiːˈɲeruː ɟiːˈ, ɡauˈ coˈ naː fyːˈ jeːˈ loːˈre ɲasaˈŋereː jeːˈ kyˈʎereː ɡiːˈɲeruː syˈ, naceˈ wipyːˈ naː fyːˈ hoˈ. Ɡoˈ naː fyːˈ kyːˈ ɲiːdaˈwaːde deː ɡauˈ kyːˈ ɲiːdaˈwumeː t͡ʃauˈ deː citiˈ. T͡ʃaiˈ naː fyːˈ ɲiːdaˈwereː haiˈɾiːreː wawiˈ, ɡauˈ t͡ʃaiˈ naː fyːˈ sireˈnereː søpøːˈɟiːreː wawiˈ.

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

Hot͡ɕiˈ fo kyːˈ ne zøˈsemeː. Lemaːˈ naː ɲeˈbereː ɡauˈ caˈfereː fyːˈ poˈtemuː. Ziraiˈ naː fyːˈ tøːnøˈrøːmeː ɡauˈ wøːˈŋøːmeː joːˈɲemuː. Caiˈ wøɡyˈ naː kyːˈ poˈteruː jyˈ luˈʎeruː jeːˈ liːˈma kiˈkereː ɡiːˈɲeruː syˈ. Rodoˈ naː haˈ sy ɡauˈ ɲecuˈt͡ʃa jeːˈ deːˈɡa feːløˈpereː ɡiːˈɲeruː syˈ. Faŋaiˈ naː fo kyːˈ poˈteruː, desauˈ naː haˈ.

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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