A Collection of Texts in Shaush

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)

Гайтъ дъайјыдъ сәр̇ дъайдъ маґ дъайнъәдъ тар гаўд съан њын съаныд тъатъ шән̇ тъәӈ тъатъ р̇ыкәс. Дъыдъыфадъ сәр̇ с̇айдъ съаўш съан јаўт, гайтъ дъәән̇адъ сәр̇ с̇айдъ дъывадъ тар т̇ад̇әт шааӈ њаўнъ, с̇ас̇әәк дъайкыкәдъ сәр̇ с̇айдъ съыысъ. Дъаўшадъ сәр̇ с̇айдъ дъәтъ васъыдъ дъаўбад кәр р̇әдъ тъәӈ дъәтъ васъыдъ дъәәнъәд кәр р̇әдъ н̇ысат̇. Дъайјыдъ сәр̇ с̇айдъ васъыдъ јыв р̇әт̇ән̇, тъәӈ дъайјыдъ сәр̇ с̇айдъ јәд̇ар р̇анъаш р̇әт̇ән̇.

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

Гайтъ ракәнъәдъ дъәтъ дъәәсъадъ маґ. Дъәјаґәдъ сәр̇ ґад тъәӈ ґак с̇айдъ шән̇ съан. Дъаўват̇адъ сәр̇ с̇айдъ ү̆аӈәпәв тъәӈ съасъәв наш съан. Гайтъ дъәјыдъадъ сәр̇ дъасъадъ шаўс̇ съаныд дъәтъ шән̇ съан дъәрәдъ паар̇ њаўнъ. Гайтъ дъар̇ат̇әдъ сәр̇ нъәәт дъайнъәдъ тъәӈ дъәрањыдъ дъаас̇адъ тар ґањыт̇ њаўнъ. Радъәвадъ сәр̇ дъәтъ шән̇ съан, дъаймамадъ сәр̇ нъәәт.

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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