A Collection of Texts in Sahqosahq

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)

ɕeh rtong ʑuun rson ʈʼecʼ pooṭ shatudt rsashygq rson ɕʈʼaq tidyigq tys rrisṭigq cʼiñ siṇ shʈʼuñeqigq cʼiñ. Rtong moskuty shyyrr rreɕkigq rson ʈʼuṣkigq sqiṣ, ɕeh rtong rstih shyyrr shkɔiq shgqerrashygq rreɕkigq kɔishgqigq tys, ṣpuɕooty rtong ʑirsʈʼɔip shyyrr kuu. Rtong ɕgqiṇ shyyrr srtoʈʼ sṭegk rtuteʑaate ñurs rsqiṣdṭuṇ siṇ srtoʈʼ sṭegk ṣoʈʼ dṭyn ñurs teʑaatudt rsqiṣdṭuṇ nemañ. Rtong ʑuun shyyrr teʑaatygq taudṭygq ṇosdtang, siṇ rtong ʑuun shyyrr shʈʼesdtarnygq sgqoshrtayṣtygq ṇosdtang.

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

ɕeh ṭuq gkengayrt ñurs ʈʼecʼ ṭody shatudt. Rtong sqyrspart ɕtoshkigq siṇ rsiisigq purs rson rrisṭudt shyyrr. Rtong gki’us shyyrr purs rson tyepudt rsygkaaɕdtudt siṇ ɕdtinudt. ɕeh rtong rscʼinuṣ ṣoʈʼ ṭos rson shqooɕgqigq nos rson rrisṭigq rreɕkigq sgqeṇ rsiṭigq tys. ɕeh rtong shdṭoṣgquurr ɕ’yys ɕʈʼaq siṇ sʈʼyṣtyah rreɕkigq gkegk ṣ’istyeeʈʼigq tys. Rtong ṭuq tirrɔis nos rson rrisṭigq, rtong skiṇers ɕ’yys.

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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