A Collection of Texts in Tisan

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)

Næm nep sét sók fók mœm sén fip töt mes he kém nis kak nekipem nis. Hesœs nep syn tét sés tan mes, kak tœn nep syn föset tesymek pof kóm mes, menæ nepim nep syn nét. Ki nep syn hœ fem sepóstefnete setöp kak hœ sepóstef he kef fem tuf setöp hemök. Næm nep syn sepóstef henan fan mes, kak næm nep syn meskasep henan pefysen mes.

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

Memæ mep hœ sæn fók he. Fekæ nep kóp kak hif nek séf kém he syn kes. Fepæm nep syn nem sés pép he fefópen he kak nop he he kes. Næ nefæk nep sén tisen, sip hy fep séf kém, pof mohek féhep mes. Feséf nep fæf ip kak anespep pof tænef sespymet mes. Feskat nep mep fep séf kém, pepön nep fæf.

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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