A Collection of Texts in Vaka

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)

Powo woku la pailii qee ti weelii tuula wa peqoo hai wa meepiiwaqoo. Powo naapaipi tu le nulii, hai powo kawi tu wapu mepiloqoo mii nuuqoo, qutaa powo qatauna tu pe. Powo panai tu lu qiqa nonokiwe neeke hai lu qiqa wehai nonokiqoo tuula neeke luko. Powo woku tu nonokiqoo paani wuuqoo, hai powo woku tu haniilaaqoo paani pinutaqoo.

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

Qonaku mimo lu kuu paiqoo tuula. Powo potato taaqoo hai maiqoo tu pelii tuula. Powo kuuwanii tu paalanaaqoo tuula hai neqoo tuula tuula palii tuula. Ka powo qowuuta wakalii, to kaa lu pelii, mii qewo lomaqoo. Powo ketaiqu tee ti hai wumuke mii tehi hihonoqoo. Powo maameqe mimo lu pelii, powo pomimi tee.

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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