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A Collection of Texts in Unang

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)

हस् हिल् दोत्स़् क्तोप् ङ्वच् क्त़ात़् मेप् ङ्विब् द़द़् ङ्वुत्स् वग् द़द़् ङ्विकगेस़् ॥ किदिल् त़िल् होत़् ङ्वेग् । हस् नाल् त़िल् सप् ङ्वस़ऩिन् त़त्स़् ङ्वेऩ् । ङ्तेगूस़् वफ़ोल् त़िल् ग्वाञ् ॥ द़ैल् त़िल् ग्वोप् स़ञ् यैक् दोत्स़् ङ्वोङुद़िय् त्सहौल् वग् मोप् स़ञ् यैक् दोत्स़् ङ्वोङुद़िय् त्सहौल् बिसौत़् ॥ हिल् त़िल् ङ्वोङुद़िय् ङ्तत्स़ीप् ङ्वैक्व् । वग् हिल् त़िल् ङ्वङिस़स् ङ्तत्स़ीप् ङ्वयोद़व् ॥

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

हस् नुब् त्सस़ीप् यैक् दोत्स़् ग्वैप् ङ्वच् ॥ मियैल् ङ्वोत़् वग् ङ्वेय् त़िल् दोत्स़् ङ्वुत्स् ॥ ङ्त़िक्विल् त़िल् दोत्स़् दोत्स़् ङ्वोद़ोनक् वग् दोत्स़् ङ्वेत्स् दोत्स़् ङ्वल् ॥ हस् गत्सैल् ङाप् ङ्वुऩङ् यैक् ङ्वुत्स् त़त्स़् ङूप् ङ्वालोऩ् ॥ हस् ऩत़ल् त्सौक्व् मेप् वग् कुचाप् त़त्स़् लुप् ङ्वूग्वेनुस़् ॥ नुब् पुमुल् यैक् ङ्वुत्स् । ङ्तग्वेल् त्सौक्व् ॥

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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