Bengedian/Texts

Here are some sample texts in the Bengedian language.

=Schleicher's fable=

Bengedian
'Thu uwa at thum swasen'

''Am séutoi, uwa ke ne sered udiwa auged swasen. One swas ide šuscem šugusca, one ide furem unde roge, at one ide furem berme tu fasceš. Thu uwa losed thuni swaseni "Sas arda abane, carke loa berme kie guyanem swasen." Thum swasen losedon "Wicsonet de, uwa, čis sans ardan abanon carke augon thi. Berm, kie rešom, tuse uwas udiwa o yarem beufite šamutu sus. At, uwa ne sere udiwa. Carke thu uwa wicsoned thi, the bauged thui grašoi.''

English (literal)
The sheep and the horses

On hill, sheep who not had wool saw horses. One horse was pulling wagon, one was carrying big load, and one was carrying person with speed. The sheep said to the horses, "My heart hurts, when I see person who is driving horses." The horses said, "Listen you, sheep, for our hearts hurt when we see this. Person, who is ruler, uses sheep's wool to make his own warm clothes. And, sheep not has wool." When the sheep heard this, it fled to the plain.

English (free)
The sheep and the horses

On a hill, a sheep which had no wool saw horses, one pulling a wagon, one carrying a big load, and one carrying a man quickly. The sheep said to the horses, "It pains my heart to see a man driving horses." The horses said, "Listen, sheep. It pains our hearts when we see this: A man, the master, makes the sheep's wool into a garment for himself. And the sheep has no wool." Upon hearing this, the sheep fled into the plain.

=Universal Declaration of Human Rights=

Bengedian
''Dus bermen mon yarec kion čuserec at copten yo sičole at candálec. Then mon dalec thu nusem at andomótome, at then noron fašem súnethi tu motad predires.''

English (literal)
All people are made such that they are unbound and equal with respect to dignity and permission. They are given thinking and conscience, and they must do to each other with feeling of brotherhood.

English (free)
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.