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Lwaitel phrasebook : Greetings and partings
What's your name?
  
Swan lau an luituchi.
[ˈswɑn ˈlao ˈan ˈlʊɨ.tʉ.ʧɨ]
swa-enbe-prox lauwhat anprox luitu-chi.name-2.

swan LOW [rhymes with "how"] on LOY-too-chee?

Lwaitel phrasebook : Greetings and partings
My name is ___.
  -
An luituku swan _____.
[ˈan ˈlʊɨ.tʉ.ku ˈswɑn _____]
anprox luitu-kuname-1 swa-enbe-prox _____._____.

on LOY-too-coo swan...

Lwaitel phrasebook : Language
What does ___ mean?
  -  
Lau luitu _____ swaim maus
[ˈlao ˈlʊɨ.tʉ _____ ˈswɑem ˈmaos]
lauwhat luituname __________ swa-ibe-obv maussay

Translations from CALS in Lwaitel
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
   . ,  1     
An súshli luitu tap íhe. Tápku kiustenku, swan maus úni al hi swin maus lú pwíli hu chí.
[ˈan ˈsuʃ.ʎɨ ˈlʊɨ.tʉ ˈtap ˈi.çɪ̆, ˈtap.ku ˈkᵻʉs.tŋ̩.ku, ˈswɑn ˈmaos ˈu.ɲɨ ˈal çe ˈswɨɲ ˈmaos ˈlu ˈpwɨ.ʎi hʉ.ˈʧɨ]
anprox súshlihere luituname tapuse íhe.pl. tap-kuuse-1 kiusteng-ku,knowledge-1, swa-enbe-prox maussay únineg almed hiwhere swí-enbe.sbjv-prox maussay lúsee pwílibelieve hu=chí.exp=you.
Tower of Babel story in Lwaitel
1.Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.
   1     
Sú nálwen swaim tap h'í hástu se swaim tap shálshel luitu.
[ˈsu ˈna.lʷn̩ ˈswɑem ˈtap ˈçe ˈhas.to sʊ̜̆ ˈswɑem ˈtap ˈʃæʎ.ʃl̩ ˈlʊɨ.tʉ]
súall nálwenworld swa-ibe-obv tapuse he=ícard=1 hástulanguage seand swa-ibe-obv tapuse shálshelsame luitu.name.
Tower of Babel story in Lwaitel
8 Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth;
   בָּבֶל‎‎,    ,
Wan luitwi swaim pápel, petwánchi chúsel háneng hástu chí sú nálwen,
[ˈwɑn ˈlʊɨ.twɨ ˈswɑem ˈpa.pl̩, pə̆t.ˈtwɑn.ʧe ˈʧʉ.sl̩ ˈha.nŋ̩ ˈhas.to ˈʧɨ ˈsu ˈna.lʷn̩]
wanso luitu-iname-obv swa-ibe-obv pápel,Babel, petwánchibecause chus-elmake-med hánengdark hástulanguage chíyou súall nálwen,world,