A Collection of Texts in Anoko

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)

Naa ruure wi rokiiwoo mee me raiwoo ru haqa maa ru hoqaanoqi. Naa rautiqe ne wi raapii, maa naa raiwo ne paatu hopemeepee ra haiwe, wakau naa ruuniwe ne ke. Naa roonu ne kuu papekutoopu kooqaa maa kuu patu hapekutoowoohii kooqaa niipai. Naa ruure ne hapekutoo peni hota, maa naa ruure ne hookareku peni huquwiire.

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

Rinipa poo kuu qii hokiiwoo. Naa rupaawi hekee maa haupu ne raqawoo. Naa raakaaru ne hauteemiwiwooka maa haipowooka rekawoo. Re naa rumiino ranooko, ta riiwoo kuu raqa, ra himo hakoma. Naa rokeno tuu me maa wepaake ra monee haronema. Naa raimipi poo kuu raqa, naa rauwiitaa tuu.

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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