A Collection of Texts in Thets

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)

Zauk rainitz närskächäk rthal dæŋ̥itz raspädäk qeng hmonhäd rdip qeng qibähmäd. Xirtik rrarr hmurs rursqädäk, rdip rtak rrarr qex hmætitz rstäkhóshqäd rthert qex sophäd, khifærr zimik rrarr rtut. Rnuk rrarr rspóx rdep wip tilärnäch rskirnaitz rdip rspóx rrup wip tilärnäch rskirnaitz däɳ̥æm. Zauk rrarr tilärnäd ɳ̥uɳ̥auq lingäd, rdip zauk rrarr khidodäd ɳ̥uɳ̥auq rdishkaursäd.

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

Chängäp tib rspóx phaixitz närskäch. Pharnaik fäbäd rdip taugäd rrarr hmonhächäk. Thasrtak rrarr rnanhuwäch rdip dɔimäch zernächäk. Rsirs bafak zetzädäk, kóng rthaip rspóx hmonhädäk, rthert qex xæditz srtenhäd. Kirrók pho dæŋ̥itz rdip qardeŋ̥itz rthert qex purritz phirsqoxäd. Tzurdók tib rspóx hmonhädäk, xinhik pho.

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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