A Collection of Texts in Eshuh

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)

Каўдип гер̇ дайгиӈ пив вам гаўћ дычус̇ тив дифус̇ бов дечус̇ гуш бов дус̇әћәвус̇. Мод̇ыјип чун̇ њын довус̇ пив дашус̇, гуш с̇умип чун̇ гин̇әћ дит̇ињыпус̇ вам димус̇ дашус̇, т̇ен̇ам јањәјип чун̇ д̇аўф. Тет̇ип чун̇ найј јәнәм т̇ој дићидосиӈ њан̇ай гуш найј лыґәм т̇ој дићидосиӈ њан̇ай тәсайш. Каўдип чун̇ дићидосус̇ сичаш дәчус̇, гуш каўдип чун̇ данашасус̇ сичаш дор̇икоґус̇.

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

Сәпаґәсип найј гон̇ дайгиӈ. Бит̇итип дыгус̇ гуш данус̇ чун̇ шечиӈ пив. Гәнаўсип чун̇ динугыд̇иӈ гуш дәґиӈ гаўјиӈ гив. Р̇әс р̇әт̇ад̇ип пан̇әп чечус̇ пив њан̇ай дес̇угус̇ кив вам гәкыћ даўд̇ыдус̇ дашус̇. Фучан̇ип њањ гаўћ гуш гипепи вам гит̇ом дапишићус̇ дашус̇. Чикәлисип чечус̇ пив, гафас̇ип њањ.

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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