A Collection of Texts in Sqa

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)

Swʡ ʑtha̠ ʡẽ ðwā ztḥyx̣ā zhdā ðwā jai̠, zwɔī ʁɔī, zwɔī q̣e̠, swkhā ẓkhɔi̠ sqwy̠ ẓeʑrdaī ẓkhɔi̠. Swʡ rtaḳā ʡẽ rsquɔī ddwaū ðwā þ̣a̠, sqwy̠ swʡ ʑtwē ʡẽ rsquɔī swquaþ̣a̠ ðy̠ gaī, zwɔī zhħgwy̠, ṣtwazhtaū swʡ ɕtheʑħgwe̠ ʡẽ rsquɔī þ̣ē. Swʡ que̠ ʡẽ rsquɔī cḥ c̣aþwyṣḳ zh gwā sqwy̠ cḥ c̣aþwyzwga ɕkyrsq̣ā zh gwā. Swʡ ʑtha̠ ʡẽ rsquɔī c̣aþwy̠ ṣquḳa̠ gā, sqwy̠ swʡ ʑtha̠ ʡẽ rsquɔī zthaquȳ ṣquḳa̠ ğeɕṭā.

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

Swʡ skħħau̠ gwā ztḥyx̣ā, zwɔī ħa̠. Swʡ srtħge̠ ʡẽ ɕkhẽ̠ sqwy̠ s’a̠ zhkḥa ðwā ztḥyswkhā rsquɔī. Swʡ cḥeɦa̠ ʡẽ rsquɔī zhkḥa ðwā ztḥyxẽ̄ ztḥyɕkḥyğ̣a̠ sqwy̠ ztḥyẓħgwā. Ẓqɔi̠ swʡ ẓqwẽḳai̠ ʡẽ ðwā sqwā, zwɔī swʡ xa ska̠ ħgy ðwā swkhā, ðy̠ ɕkḥā, zwɔī shqā. Swʡ sʡata̠ ʡẽ sa̠, zwɔī ʁɔī, sqwy̠, zwɔī q̣zrtha̠, ðy̠ ṣʡeþwau̠, zwɔī gwai̠. Swʡ qwaɕquaū ʡẽ ħgy ðwā swkhā, swʡ rzḳẽʁwɔī ʡẽ sa̠.

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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