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Re: Religious text in Conlangs

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 30, 2003, 14:41
> In the womb-dream, the goddess made us drink the word. > We were thirsty, we breathed it. > We stood. We spoke it. > Now we are humanity. >
This can be done, though the Kash aren't much into goddesses......... miçayusa ri umal i kinda yavele var imu e kota . catawu mipahan çuningar miçindi sañ tayanju miyukar e kaç mi/çayu/sa we/dream/past ri umal in womb i kinda the Earth Spirit (considered feminine) ya/vele 3sg/give (us, understood) var imu (=vara imu) e kota The Word var imu (for vara imu) in-order-to drink catawu mi/pahan thirsty we/breathe çu/ningar (inchoative) become-standing mi/çindi we speak sañ thus tayanju now mi/yukar we become e kaç The People