A Collection of Texts in Airu

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)

Ṣæ’qu ṭis baquój chód ṣos kot ḍuge’d shogój ḍichud ṣos ḍa’d jaj shaur ḍaufubad jaj. Chi’wiqu ṭis c̣ob cau ḍaimód ḍónad ṣos, shaur gwaqu ṭis c̣ob quiñój ḍetyachud kot ḍaimód ḍópud, miri’w ṇegóqu ṭis c̣ob ñæ’m. Ṭaiqu ṭis c̣ob ñæ’gw gwe’qu chim tij chañemid shaur ñæ’gw gwóqu chim tij chañemid shichun. Ṣæ’qu ṭis c̣ob ḍañemid puqueñ ḍuraṣ, shaur ṣæ’qu ṭis c̣ob ḍabórid puqueñ ḍærówuṣ.

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

Riṇiqu meṭ ñæ’gw shifój chód. Cishauqu ṭis ḍi’d shaur ḍisód cha’d ṣos c̣ob. Ṭeṣaiqu ṭis c̣ob chó’d ṣos chaṇucheb shaur chaib. Hi mapaqu ṭis ṭoqu ḍairud ṣos ḍa’d ṣos ñæ’gw kot ḍaimód shuquój ḍimed. Ñi’goqu ṭis dity shogój shaur ḍeṣóṇój kot ḍaimód capój ḍomujud. Degwaqu ṭis meṭ ḍa’d ṣos ñæ’gw, quóñaqu ṭis dity.

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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