CALS_βConlang Atlas of Language Structures

9. Ler Urb est Babel; De chambiwit ler Lingen in Babel, et De separwit ler Chäme in Babel.

9. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

8. De separwit ler Chäme.

8. So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

7. De chambiwit ler Lingen Chämede.

7. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

De dichwit, "Ler Chäme dichen Ling un!"

6. And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

5. De widewit lie Urb et lie Turr.

5. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

4. Ler Chäme dichwit, "Nos chewi Turr."

4. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

3. Ler Chäme dichwit, "Nos chewi Later."

3. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

Chäme wadte Arien. Ler Chäme munite un Urb in Schinar.

2. 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.

1. Uni Mund dichte Ling un.

1. And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

Eg chogite, erg sam.

I think, therefore I am

Minkotom n shket, samfen!

Minkot-om n  shket, samfen-Ø!
worker-PL of world, unite-IMP

Proletariat of the world, unite!

Shispat ryaki jenem lïsalsk lïn.

Shi-spat  rya-    ki  jen- em lï -sal-  sk lïn.
3pl-sleep furious-ADV idea-PL NEG-color-ADJ green.

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.

Leb lú Va-quj-duq qu Settet deGár trinéz Carolus te Jacubus.

The boys whom I saw yesterday were Karl and Jake

Tritq qa brA.

As you wish.

Qu trit deGár, šüGár te šüdiGár, te qu öbt leb Fendto hEit leb mideten kér. Qu trit leb Iveni de'i-Sett seq éqütéz leb Ivent te štrntq-stet clacivori delatavors hEit leb quj-duq'lú pó leb deTograx, leb claci-lúi grax, te Ivehomax... Daroi, Ónie pó leb Ivehomax va-quj-duq jadex leb havaGrax pó leb Terradix. Qath tritq qa, te qu trit qathu!

I am yesterday, today and tomorrow, and I have the power to be born a second time. I am the divine hidden soul who created the Gods and gives sepulchral meals to the denizens of the deep, the place of the dead, and heaven... Hail, lord of the shrine that stands in the centre of the earth. He is I and I am he!

Kulint poxillkani deTritsentom! Éqüta ket poxillkan!

Fight linguistic extinction. Invent a language!

9. Mo e kikila *Babel*; hai *LORD* juadola isa fe lona aa: ya ba katave *LORD* kitotila esa ra lona aa.

9. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

8. Mo *LORD* totila esa ra lona aa: ya esa tazala ra leika diko.

8. So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

7. Yata, eka eisa yata yu, ya levo juado isa esano, evo esa muzozo esainorifu neina.

7. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Ya *LORD* neinala, Oki, emodorusa kuala a, ya esa maino isa a; ya eru esa paba ra paku: ya zehe sihukagori kataru bi esa, evo esa gekidula ra paku.

6. And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

Ya *LORD* daxila yu ra oki dikoru ya onapiru yuba, evo gatisa fe emodosa leikala.

5. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

Oikeirer glas, erdünhakh'mi.

I can eat glass, it does not hurt me.

Dünwòshe' aðbogh 'naðdeshwòzhe

Don't wash the bottle in the dishwasher

Shak?

Yes?

Fētēs

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Chauk íalörsaup fanferaup lü sauk shmaiörsaud sfen zhö chau knélírsaun zhö chek auzçathsef sauk ktesersaud sfen féten. Rhaur lak chö çöizdhabsöt zhö chau kföshersaut shwégan kfö la cha taríonsan chí desíöböjélsíb thfau spanga-u ba moküth daikh.

Chauk íalörsaup fanferaup lü      sauk shmaiörsaud sfen zhö chau  knélírsaun zhö chek auzçathsef sauk ktesersaud sfen 
the   person    all       aux.    a    free        as   and the   dignity    and the  right      a    equal      as
pl.   nom.      nom.      transc. pl.  post.                sing. instr.         pl.  instr.     pl.  post.
      pl.       pl.                    pl.                        sing.               pl.             pl.
féten.   Rhaur lak     chö   çöizdhabsöt zhö chau kföshersaut shwégan kfö la    cha   taríonsan chí desíöböjélsíb thfau  
be.born  they  aux.    the   reason      and the  conscience  endow   and aux.  the   spirit    the brotherhood   as/of
         nom.  pres.   sing. acc.                 acc.                    pres. sing. instr.        post.
               dat.pas.      sing.                sing.                               sing.         sing.
spanga-u  ba moküth daikh.
mutually  BA act    should

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Dar.

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DeTibinti fanti vecadohAdis goffq tobaGaxi.

Colorless green dreams sleep furiously.

Qu vect, vós qu trit.

I think, therefore I am

Soralé.

Certainly.

Ĕlntej trumilza, gensilza, ńejkemilzante gille vĕrj Ĕlntejan ńesum dema ulkra ĕlleńktele gul ĕlntejan Ĕlntej rolkle gap blaš ĕmrente Denú o kipéza, ĕmbešle tegék ĕmsas, sĕlde ĕnstentpa Nenés mes vézat aslamóralin Ĕljurpsa ĕmbeštra bicénsúlinte.

Winter is the wolf that takes the old, the sick, and the very young Winter is the hard rock on which nothing grows Winter is the cruel beak and the sharp talon And so we beg you, bounding boy of spring, dance over the earth So that the sun your mother will look down upon us And flowers will spring from your footsteps.

Azar nein löketsan þrexerðöþ!

Happy New Year!

Pilturikr xta ften miri, Karlua ei Džékua.

The boys whom I saw yesterday were Karl and Jake

Agüridi ezgrios.

Very well.

Ajar lüs tatšüs tam.

Don't touch me there!

Nam

Yes?

Šikar špapilaxte; lüš šmertar vaseinos.

I can eat glass, it does not hurt me.

okamaþjerðaþ

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Afti diugze aþ pie.

I think, therefore I am

Balple otonlo.

Ready for action.

Mirre alpte ĕrjgaptente ĕlme tamonzantema. Dezare pekse ĕntén aplińktesaj deza osselara arnevle ímante.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Adepsetir, mejle í štejńerginlin ĕńkelle mil.

Let him be pitied, who thinks there is only one way to make a language.

Díjé occenonzajés.

Awaiting your orders.

Ĕntejonéste.

At your service.

Vét gampsa ’ńes ollin.

Tell me what to do.

Mej štejńer mej ńet sĕrrente. Casirnú deza neglińkú Šinarntermale dervle ĕnterot nekta deza, soton dezale nuk gintaksante. Gapsetaksante: neńkpa, gelpsa gintiréza, tykpte deza mĕlplin. Muclo dezat gelpsa’pta, densaj deza depselin. Gapstaksante: neńkpa, ades gintiréza, ĕljut ĕmpekot ukle budonsaj; vézalo nińke gintiréza, sĕlde uklajumézaliklo. Tekés neńgutta menzanú treple ades ĕljunte asliktente. Gapstak tekés, anspa, dezare mej millil dezaret mej štejńernte; ses mejle ĕllecon deza otrajonvo: nónú ontegumlejan dezale ĕntejonnú deza ukuntirginlin. Neńkpa, uńkottiréza dezale štejńer dezanú ginte, gapsemegumonlo. U tekés deza sĕrrema ĕntesta: dezale ades deza becca treplin. U de nimpekseta Babel, soton tekés gillata štejńerresek sotonú deza ĕntellagintak sĕrrenseńkte.

And all the earth had one language and one tongue. And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place. And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth. And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth. And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building. And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs. Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another. So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town. So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.

Gĕljonénlo reńkalin.

Reporting for duty.

Ńeson Milvo // De mil // ĕllisitte démma // De mil // Rusénde sabon. // Milletonza rem // varren inta // Milletonza rem // Ĕllekén uklase. // Mille nét nekta // Ĕndóssan nón // Mille nét nekta // Rusén abekkejan. //

The Rain Song It is raining in the night in the desert It is raining My soul is peaceful. The raindrops are falling in the daytime on the leaves The raindrops are falling My heart lifts. The time of rain has come For a time in the mountains The time of rain has come My soul rejoices.

Omle laj abekketir!

Happy New Year!

Secrus abbeketir!

Merry Christmas!

Ités abekketir!

Happy birthday!

Qu hèget falk Hakna

I can eat glass, it does not hurt me.

Nétte men ńejvo tetukején’pta, trĕljt uklatak. Mejtu cíuktak; ceskita soton mejpte ĕntes. Sotonú slumuktak; ceskita soton mejpte umson. Sotonú cajuktak; ceskita ékcunle ĕndónza deza tetuke ĕmpérńkeguntańkte. Cerpte šoštak sósuklin, dem, sluk, ĕńkejmante. Sósonna trĕljrenale kepcun ades astak.

When my great-great-grandfather was a young man, he travelled out into the world. First he went west; there was only sand there. Then he went north; there was only snow there. Then he went east; there the mountains were too high and great-great-grandfather couldn't climb them. At last he decided to travel south, on foot, on horseback, by cart and by boat. In the south he saw the largest city in all the world.

TorVar tofGár

Happy birthday!

Vé isse, isses, it neglikvonte megon vét mlupse ostu nédondente. Teksa gintale rus tekle téksente vé ransa pilklovo bantamilzarente vé, éssesir, ĕmpeńkte… E, rolmil ĕrtelle sĕl ĕntellikle milšvo. Ak vé vé ańkte !

I am yesterday, today and tomorrow, and I have the power to be born a second time. I am the divine hidden soul who created the Gods and gives sepulchral meals to the denizens of the deep, the place of the dead, and heaven... Hail, lord of the shrine that stands in the centre of the earth. He is I and I am he!

Mva hau?

Yes?

Öçek la chensat hökfakh?

Öçek  la     chensat hökfakh?
you   aux.   what    need
nom.  pres.  acc.    interr.
sing.        aff.
aff.

What do you need?

Ĕlreksajumle nalca malkvo alvĕvompte bars.

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.

Šessašejeńńa ĕrtep šejumba.

Don't wash the bottle in the dishwasher

Sí la tlöth, gaiçö sí la mal. OR Sí lü tlöth, gaiçö sí lü mal.

Sí    la     tlöth, gaiçö      sí   la    mal. // Sí lü tlöth, gaiçö sí lü mal.
I     aux.   think  therefore  I    aux.  be         aux.               aux.
nom.  pres.                    nom. pres.            trans.             trans.
aff.                           aff.

I think, therefore I am

Tsovíeths lav, gü sau mölkarharsaut chau dravnathalörs sü bdönöksün sírekün öiü miçnakh sho, övaz, seth lat zhbauftén.

Tsovíeths lav,       gü   sau   mölkarharsaut chau dravnathalörs sü    bdönöksün sírekün öiü  miçnakh sho, övaz,  seth  
whoever   aux.       that a     language      the  doing         a     way       one     only exist   SHO  think  he
nom.      pres.           aff.  acc.          aff. nom.          aff.  instr.    instr.                           nom.
aff.      impersonal            aff.               aff.                aff.      aff.                             aff.


lat    zhbauftén.
aux.   pity 
pres.  hort.
pass.

Let him be pitied, who thinks there is only one way to make a language.

Sí la che üthset ba glozh kalokh, feg la fít égöl.

Sí   la    che  üthset ba  glozh kalokh, feg  la    fít  égöl.
I    aux.  the  glass  BA* eat   can     it   aux.  me   hurt
nom. pres. aff. acc.                     nom. pres. acc.
aff.            aff.                     neg.       neg.

*BA: links one verb to another.

I can eat glass, it does not hurt me.

Se sömöths rhashpeth techetneketh la öçkek nü.

Happy New Year!

Se ngaradalths techetneketh la öçkek nü.

Merry Christmas!

Chök zodöbsöp lé, chöböch sí lé che hereçkedalthsev tel sho, Karls zhö Jéks nöi.

Chök  zodöbsöp lé,   chöböch sí    lé    che  hereçkedalthsev tel sho,  Karls zhö Jéks nöi.
the   boys     aux.  whom    I     aux.  the  yesterday       see SHO*  Karl  and Jake be
pl.   nom.     past  acc.    nom.  past  aff. loc.                      nom.      nom.
aff.  pl.            pl.     aff.             aff.                      aff.      aff. 
      aff.           aff.

*SHO: marks the end of subordinate clauses, especially embedded ones.

The boys whom I saw yesterday were Karl and Jake

Se zdídalths techetneketh la öçkek nü.

Happy birthday!

4. Ya esa neinala, yata, eka eisa leika diko ya onapi yuba, leka eno mivuti lo kai; ya eka eisa leika oo einosa, ro eisa mitotilari re lona aa.

4. And they said, go, let us make city and building tall, top may-reach to sky; and let us make name our, or we may-scattered-[participle] across world all.

4. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

3. Ya esa neinala lo esarifu, yata, eka eisa leika koposa, ya kusi batei esa. Ya esa mainola dorixusu lo kopo, ya savi lo suko.

3. And they said to themselves, go, let us make bricks, and burn thoroughly them. And they had mud for bricks, and slime for morter.

3. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

2. Ya e daxila ru goxu, kata esa jotola bi oto, esa heitila juna po Shinar; ya esa kutula lave.

1. And it came to pass, when they traveled from east, they found plains in Shinar; and they lived there.

2. 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.

1. Ya lona aa neinala neinasu a.

1. And world whole spoke language one.

1. And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

Fenfe la fít va helkedípsav hüzörsketh!

Fenfe la     fít  va   helkedípsav hüzörsketh!
you   aux.   me   the  there       touch
nom.  pres.  acc. neg. loc.        imp.
neg.         neg.      neg.

Don't touch me there!

Chí jürdhals la cher-ha hömal?

Where is the bar?

Cha zhefüdöns la cher-ha hömal?

Where is the beach?

Chí als sítel la cher-ha hömal?

Chí  als   sítel la    cher-ha  hömal?
the  room  my    aux.  where    be.located
aff. nom.  nom.  pres.          interr.
     aff.  aff.

Where is my room?

Ausü.

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Fenfe la vöi röshedhsöit ve içslarauröthsen hüröth.

Fenfe  la     vöi   röshedhsöit ve    içslarauröthsen hüröth.
you    aux.   the   bottle      the   dishwasher      wash
sing.  pres.  neg.  acc.        neg.  neg.            imp.
nom.                neg.
neg.

Don't wash the bottle in the dishwasher

Mëndi durchil una, gÿmbich nênil in.

can-1.p.PRESENT SIMPLE glass-ACC to-eat, hurt-3.inanimate.PRESENT SIMPLE I-ACC not.

I can eat glass, it does not hurt me.

Nên i adhala, efáth a thurchil, A ündi i gambadhil cendan jánau. Nên i armien einilíth endent, ches aimac il einailil a bänthic undar cwûth il fällïmäm i simbasa, i winuina il ghúrënt a winedhúr. Âh, i andor i játhura, gëmmich las edh-i vû calla! Tên nên a nên dên!

I am yesterday, today and tomorrow, and I have the power to be born a second time. I am the divine hidden soul who created the Gods and gives sepulchral meals to the denizens of the deep, the place of the dead, and heaven... Hail, lord of the shrine that stands in the centre of the earth. He is I and I am he!

Eisa daxinu,

We coming.

On our way.

Ei geki, mo ei kutu.

I think, therefore I am

Ei fahei kei?

You need what?

What do you need?

Neina ei ru paku evo.

Tell me to do that.

Tell me what to do.

Yata!

Go!

Move out!

Okiaku

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Aku hata.

Very well.

Nei?

Yes?

Ei liamu faiju. E kuiiya ei.

I can eat glass, it does not hurt me.

He u pulipu poinotu, uimu!

/exhort. plu. worker gen.-world unite/

Proletariat of the world, unite!

Iti heva!

/move.fast away/

Move out!

Au olo oloko io kama tovuka.

/new.sbj.plu. sleep dream without color furious/

Colorless green dreams sleep furiously.

Kéaratasa tavvala bapar ta perasí delamil. Yindi ku na ildon fasyala tomyal alum da Sínar ta fal senyal. Ta íaili peyyul ef "Ala tonayya yuvi ta toevuratya gilidon." Tayyala yuvi no kaged ta ratho ikil no aritho. Ta peyyal ef "Ala torinya éposa ilra ela hatir seldoika senyan no Lendion, ta tonayya éposa séma poranyélotos po tarsona akéaratasa." Té Ëlori géfayyal onyéos ni'ilra ta nihatir yindi rinyala keth. Ëlori peyyal ef "Oyon, ela eyi bayindi ta tayyaa bapar, lai nayya niul. Pa laskenyot em ela nayyat donayya pakatha. Ala togéfayya ta tothevratya paireli éaili moalmuyélutos. Lai Ëlori poranyal ela na fasun po kéaratasona, ta rinyalam ni'ilra. Lai ul sémayoa ef Babel, lai Ëlori fas thevratyal par akéaratasa, ta poranyal ela po tarsona akéaratasa.

And all the earth had one language and one tongue. And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place. And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth. And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth. And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building. And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs. Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another. So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town. So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.