A Collection of Texts in Eshas

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)

Kuumaf ming hafip pak miiñ mip habip gib mooch ñaf fuf myn kød fuf mañiqas. Kymyfyf ming kig mii hadip mud qeed, kød kypyf ming kig shøs mipichuq mii mẽẽd ñaf, qichoof køøfachaf ming kig bach. Komaf ming kig køñap kuch sab nichafich ñimẽk kød kiigap kuch sab nichafich ñimẽk bagøñ. Kuumaf ming kig michafich mooq kishash, kød kuumaf ming kig møøqishyt maguqaf kishash.

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

Tasimuf sab ngaan miiñ. Kidiqaf ming mech kød miib hahip myn kig. Kuchiqif ming kig hahip mi maagubim kød mach. Fiik kømifyf ming kyykaf hahip myn sab ñimẽk hakip meshas mii miid miñis ñaf. Kanadaf ming nyt gib kød pamach mii ñad mydabib ñaf. Tugugif ming hahip myn sab, kikafuf ming nyt.

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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