A Collection of Texts in Unis

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)

Tiñañ ham tin ku nim tin kemam, ting ter, ting tif, goj kok nar goj kokafub. Tukuniw ham lek him tin kob, nar tifas ham lek kebudang hak kidij, ting tangal, lideng tolidaj ham lek ñer. Tunguk ham lek sad tabaf kim kuragar wijum nar sad teniñ kim kuragar wijum ngasob. Tiñañ ham lek kuragar famil kadir, nar tiñañ ham lek keñaruf famil kulawaw.

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

Hikabal sad ku, ting tod. Tibigum ham kek nar karit lek tin kok. Tuwarang ham lek kajungid nar kur tin ke. Sef tunalil ham tin kunis, ting tibaf sad tin kok, hak kowaj, ting total. Tikigag ham lek, ting ter, nar, ting tiniming, hak kiniding, ting tesiw. Hotimuf ham sad tin kok, tidajug ham lek.

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.