Re: Genesis Rediscovered

Hallo!

On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 15:00:47 EDT,
John Leland <Lelandconlang@...> wrote:

> [...]
> .
> Tecnatecha
> Genesis
> (composed c.1970-72)
>
> Chapter 1:
> 1: Atec Nhatlec techa Nhatlectecna ec tecna.
> Beginning God made Heaven and earth.
So `Heaven' is a compund `God'+`Earth'?  That's interesting,
but it makes sense: Heaven as God's own world, i.e. the world
God lives in.

> 2: Ec tecna na techana, ec ennhatlectecna en
>    And earth no form, and   darkness (?)  on
`Darkness' = _en_+`Heaven'?  Or is that just coincidence?

>    tecna natechana; ec natec Nhatlec ecnatechaen en
>    surface? of water; and spirit of God move on
>    tecna natechana.
>    surface?of water.
> 3: Ec Nhatlec atecha "Nanhatlecna" ec nanhatlecna
>    And God     says       "Light"  and light
`Light' = _na_+`God'+_na_.  An interesting etymology.

>    (atec)techa.
>    was made.
> 4. Ec Nhatlec tlecen nanhatlecna n(h)a ec Nhatlec
>    And God see/judge light good (pure) and God
>    clecen nanhatlecna echa enhatlectecna.
>    divide light from darkness.
> 5. Nhatlec atecha nanhatecna, tecnanha, ec
>    God      says  light       day, and
>    ennhatlectecna, entec, ec atectecnanha
>    darkness, night, and morning
>    (atec) techa, ec atecentec (atec) techa,
>    was made, and evening was made,
>    nonnona tecnanha.
>    first day.
Nice!  It doesn't look like a natlang at all, but one can easily
imagine some weird sect to come up with something like this.

Greetings,

Jörg.