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A Collection of Texts in Sal

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)

Kel zhẽ̄ch shām hū̃hed baĩ̠n chã̠shes zõtyes gī̃ty gé̠̃ng nōfes ñaĩ̠r gé̠̃ng wetyé̠̃shes. Kel kelā̃z põ̠b choōtes fũ̠stes pai̠r, ñaĩ̠r kel té̃ñ põ̠b nã̠k hetyō̃wes jã̠jes fũ̠stes gī̃ty, netyã̠l kel tezhéé̠̃r põ̠b wa̠j. Kel dā̃ng põ̠b nga̠t telefé̠̃ched pẽẽ̠ñ ñeb ñaĩ̠r nga̠t telefé̠̃ched chãzh ñeb testũ̠ty. Kel zhẽ̄ch põ̠b lefé̠̃ches mõ̠bes wezhaũ̠g, ñaĩ̠r kel zhẽ̄ch põ̠b detyaūkes seshã̠ges wezhaũ̠g.

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

Pestuūw̄̃el nga̠t jūng hū̃hed. Kel wegā̃ty nau̠ches ñaĩ̠r kãges põ̠b nōfed. Kel chelẽ̄t põ̠b rezechéé̃ched ñaĩ̠r rehẽẽ̠̃ched haūched. Lõ̠t kel wedo̠ty nga̠t nōfes loõ̠b sã̠les dẽ̠̃s ka̠res fũ̠stes gī̃ty. Kel gebã̠s ri̠ng baĩ̠n ñaĩ̠r nekõ̠w dõ̠f lenī̃shes fũ̠stes gī̃ty. Kel gebaãw̄̃el nga̠t nōfes, kel kengõ̠g ri̠ng.

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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