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Language Europanto Year 2003 Translator Elmar Vogt Introduction Europanto is not so much a "real" language, but more a linguistic experiment - what might the common language of the European Community look like a few centuries from now, when English has faded into oblivion? The question was posed by Diego Marani, who has also published a novel in Europanto. As such, there are virtually no definitive rules on how to speak Europanto. Consequently, one can't prove any translation like mine to be "right" or "wrong". I hope it's in Diego's sense anyway. Verse 1 Toch hat gehabed toto mundo ein tongue, et ein lingua. (No, niks esse gewest Europanto!) Verse 2 Als diese nun sunt getrekked aan est, habent getruved ein plane-pay in pay Schinar, et habent gehabited ibid. Verse 3 Et habent gespraked aan eachaltro: "Aufgets, lasse uns faxe de brickes, et putte diese in flamme!" Et habent getaked brickes an plats von roks, et tar an plats von brick-collant, ... Verse 4 ... et habent gedixed: "Aufgets, lasse uns faxe ein polis, et ein tourret, que esse grande, dass il touchet die ciel, umzu faxent uns ein nomen pur uns. Andercase wir will esse dispersed par toto pays. Verse 5 Nun est Dominus gefared bas, umzu observe der cite et der tourret, que die human-infantes habent gebilded. Verse 6 Et Dominus habet gedixed: "Voilá, diese sunt ein folk, et haben ein lingua entre six, et dies ist solo der start von leur faxen! Nun niks shalt esse impossible pur diese, wann diese sunt resoluted! Verse 7 Aufgets, lasse uns fare bas, et make leur lingua confusissimo, dass nomanno willt comprende eachaltro futurmore!" Verse 8 So Dominus habet gedispersed diese von da aan toto pays, ergo diese habent gemussed stoppe faxe leur cite. Verse 9 Leur nomen ist "Babel", porque Dominus da habet gemaked confus leur lingua, et habet gedispersed diese aan toto pays. Notes 1 General note to pronunciation: "x" at the end of a word is similar to Spanish, or the German soft "ch"-sound. (Vaguely, like the English aspired "h" in "house".) "Sh" is like English, "sch" is actually two sounds, namely "s" and a hard "ch" or "k". Submitted By Elmar Vogt Date Submitted Sunday, January 12, 2003 Date Edited Sunday, January 12, 2003 Date To Headline Sunday, January 12, 2003 < Eurolang  Europanto  Fasile >
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