A Collection of Texts in Wail

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)

Kautad khing sis juun jum tas chad baip kaich biil baip gaboon. Punechad khing wan zaik waun, biil harad khing wan kang bachon zoot wa, gamang hijaulad khing wan jai. Ngipad khing wan jej chazid has gihuus dinaus biil jej saudid has gihuus dinaus gisur. Kautad khing wan gihuus zitir maat, biil kautad khing wan lachis zitir bizul.

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

Gadehid gaw jej pan juun. Widozad khing mum biil chikh wan kaich. Haguungad khing wan chinudin biil tikin miz. De wiremad khing wail, dir naukhid khing jej kaich, zoot saz kas. Parolad khing dap tas biil hingaaz zoot woon raring. Hibikad gaw jej kaich, lagudad khing dap.

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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