Re: Rob's Future English Babel Text

Hallo!

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 11:52:58 -0500,
Rob Haden <magwich78@...> wrote:

> Per Pascal A. Kramm's request, I've put the Babel Text into my Future
> English.  Enjoy. :)
>
>
> Tel o'Babel
> 1. Nau hagatim erta hol leñvica von n'vodas sem.
> 2. Hafainsim mansa eshamuvensa t'isda palen i'Xinar en hasedelsa in'der.
> 3. Hasejasim t'icoda, "Lesmimeksim barikas en mibeksim daruli."  Hajussim
> barikas isdo'raka n'tar f'morto.
> 4. Den hasejasim, "Lesmibildasim f'mis siti vit'tavo pat'xevensa.  So
> mimemeksim f'mis en minatbisageto ov'fes o'erta hol.
> 5. Bota hadaunkom Lorda f'sijimen siti n'tavo habildensim mansa dersa.
> 6. Hasejim Lorda, "Habeginsim des duven hir es'pipal von vit'leñvica von.
> So kendusim enitin davuvontasim duvimen.
> 7. "Lesmidauños en mikamfussim leñvica deson.  So natasdensicda."
> 8. So hasagetoim Lorda ov'erta hol en hasadapsim bildimen siti.
> 9. So nau gatim siti nem o'Babel kas etde hakamfusim Lorda leñvica o'erta
> hol.  Far'pales der hasagetoim Lorda des ov'erta hol.
>
> [interlinear etc. snipped]
This is beautiful, and hardly recognizable as English at first glance.
A laudable achievement!  Your future English is very well done,
plausibly evolving English into something typologically very different.

Greetings,

Jörg.