A Collection of Texts in Maush

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)

Р̇ат д̱исут сак р̇айт̇ус баф сак найнис баф машис баф пач седис баф ӈет фисис соӈ ӈет т̇ун̇инис. Р̇ат текопут д̱ос̇ б̱ефис баф р̇уњ, соӈ р̇ат с̇ид̱ут д̱ос̇ сак д̇ињибис д̱ед̇ис нен̇ њефис баф, куґиб р̇ат гут̇ад̇ут д̱ос̇ т̇ан̇. Р̇ат гайњут д̱ос̇ фишефин̇уч сиґ нир̇ош соӈ даӈуч сиґ фишефун нир̇ош нан̇еб̱. Р̇ат д̱исут д̱ос̇ фишефис пушис д̱ор̇аўӈ, соӈ р̇ат д̱исут д̱ос̇ т̇ир̇апис р̇ос̇умис д̱ор̇аўӈ.

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

Р̇уӈамут т̇ин сиґ сак р̇айт̇ус фус̇ис баф. Р̇ат тиб̱айст̇ут каўр̇ис соӈ шуӈис поб̱ фисус баф д̱ос̇. Р̇ат сед̇офут д̱ос̇ поб̱ сафус баф сечан̇ус соӈ с̇айфус. Њод р̇ат шамиґут н̇айн̇ут маўс̇ис баф кос̇ фисис баф нир̇ош сак д̱аўд̱ис б̱ад̱ис баф нен̇. Р̇ат фокуӈут мат̇ сак машис баф соӈ сак ӈимамис баф сак сиб̱идис чир̇ис баф нен̇. Р̇ат пабаб̱ут т̇ин кос̇ фисис баф, р̇ат ґебањут мат̇.

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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