A Collection of Texts in Auma

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)

Xˠakʲu tʲa fʲə#kʼʲi tʲɯ bˠa fʲiʃˠəkʼʲa ʃˠi ɽʲikʼʲa mʲai sˠa ɽʲisʲakʼʲikʼʲa mʲai. Pˠəɳʲikʲu tʲa t͡ʃi bʲə fʲiʃˠikʼʲa, sˠa wʲikʲu tʲa t͡ʃi ɽʲəmʲabʲikʼʲa xʲawˠi bʲi ɽʲaɽˠakʼʲa, bˠuɡʲa ɳʲikʲəkʲu tʲa t͡ʃi lˠə. Xʲikʲu tʲa t͡ʃi mˠau ɽʲiɓʲḭɓˠikʼʲi sˠaipˠa sˠa mˠau ɽʲiɓʲḭɓˠikʼʲi ʂʲaupˠa dʲəwʲi. Xˠakʲu tʲa t͡ʃi ɽʲiɓʲḭɓˠikʼʲa ʈˠɯsˠɯ ɽʲaɽʲukʼʲa, sˠa xˠakʲu tʲa t͡ʃi ɽʲə̰kʼʲimʲikʼʲa ʈˠɯsˠɯ ɽʲaɡʲixˠukʼʲa.

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

Ɽˠḭnˠakʲu fʲi mˠau ɽʲə#kʼʲi ʃʲa. ᵏǀʲaɓˠikʲu tʲa ɽʲaikʼʲa sˠa ɽʲuʃˠəkʼʲa t͡ʃi fʲikʼʲi. Mʲiwʲikʲu tʲa t͡ʃi ɽʲaɳʲidʲḭkʼʲi sˠa ɽʲə̰kʼʲi fʲɯkʼʲi. Dˠai mʲəjakʲu tʲa fʲaumʲəkʼʲa mˠau fʲikʼʲa bˠɯkʲa bʲi ɽʲimʲəkʼʲa nˠiwˠa. T͡ʃalˠukʲu tʲa jə ʃˠi sˠa ɡʲaɳʲaiɓʲa bʲi ɽʲikʲipˠakʼʲa kʼˠiʈʲa. Fʲə̰xˠəkʲu tʲa fʲi mˠau fʲikʼʲa, ʈˠuʂʲḭkʲu tʲa jə.

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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