Schlaub

Dahn schaul weg zu Mpfein aus zu Schnod = We speak about love and hate

(1PL speak about VN love and VN hate)

Are you saving it for me? = Zied tsohl ja nun xan ab? (2SG save 3SG.inan for 1SG INTERR)

we love him so we are welcoming him = Dahn ntxaß so weil dahn nkeiß zu Leib an so sein (1PL love 3SG.anim CONJ 1PL celebrate VN come GEN 3SG.anim PRES.PROG)

Numbers: die, beid, lähn, schred, kaß, traun, heid, ntzob, glaub, weiß

-b -d -g -s -n -l -ß = tones
a e i o u = /a e i o u/
ä ö ë = /ã õ ẽ/
ah eh ih oh uh äh öh ëh = /aʔ eʔ .../
ei ie au äu ëi = /əi iə əu əũ əĩ/
initials: p b pf pl bl m mpf ml /pʰ p pɸ pʰl pl m mɸ ml/
t d tz tl dl n ntz nl /tʰ t ts tʰl tl n ns nl/
k g ch kl gl = /kʰ k x~kx kʰl kl/
z s x sch schr = /s [basque s] ʃ [sje] ʂ/
ts nts tx ntx mp mb nt nd nc ng as expected
l = /l/
r = /ʐ ~ ɹ/
j = /j/
w = /w/
schm schn schl schw = voiceless m n l w
tr dr trl drl nr ntr ndr = retroflex versions of t d tl dl n nt nd

b = low rising
Ø = mid level / mid entering
d = peaking
g = breathy mid level
s = glottalized (vietnamese ngã)
ß = dipping
n = low falling / low entering
l = high rising / high entering

Tower of Babel

"Now the whole world had one language and a common speech." = Bis Dreib ein Schal tzeg flug die Ndlöß aus die zu Wel meid hin.

LOC present DEF world whole have INDEF language CONJ INDEF VN speak common PAST

As people moved eastward,[a] they found a plain in Shinar[b] and settled there.

[Bis Glied] zu Ntrub an ein Zühl wie Schlähn so raug die Schwiß bis Xi-Na aus [ntlub dran] hin.

[as] VN move GEN DEF people PREP east 3PL find INDEF plain PREP Shinar CONJ [settle] PAST