A Collection of Texts in Shait

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)

Zhiz rrushon chängaj ñers dij com saunaj rdaig lärr shäzh burt lärr kyshiw. Bychirdon shuw sej bing gyw, zhiz chyrdon shuw faurdaj chukairs dij bing dors, rranärd rrygkurdon shuw noj. Codon shuw rsafaj näp wep singich rtymyb burt hejaj näp wep singich rtymyb rsyzhaiw. Rrushon shuw singich lutugk ha, burt rrushon shuw wyrsing lutugk rruwaf.

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

Zhiz fadäzhaj häk wep cizhaj ñers. Gurroshon be burt fak shäzh shuw. Hyshairnon shuw gi rripish burt mit. Zhiz chärroson gaurnaj shait shäzh wep dij bing lidaj gep. Zhiz futigon rrärr saunaj burt sirnuhaj dij bing rdordaj jusird. Fyrsason häk shäzh wep, singingon rrärr.

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.

Language creation took 0.03 seconds; writing the texts 0.03 seconds.

Reload this page with interlinear glosses.