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The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
Color told this to Black Dark,
 k sw  ,
Súngep mausen t'al Swátel Mepíng,
[ˈsu.ŋʊ̜̆p ˈmao.sn̩ ˈtal ˈswɑ.tl̩ mə̆p.ˈpiŋ]
súngepthis_fact maus-ensay-prox te=aldat=med swátelblack mepíng,dark,
The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
Gray noticed this and made it so that there were objects that were sort of black and sort of white, and lots of shades of that color,
  s   , s      ,     ,
Im súngep hu'al Shichíl luim pútwe, se chúsel swáshe im hes man shelyúp se man swátel, se swáshe lil ihíhe kel kaitu,
[ˈim ˈsu.ŋʊ̜̆p ˈhwɑl ʃe.ˈʧiʎ ˈlʊɨm ˈpu.twʊ̜̆, sə̆ ˈʧʉ.sl̩ ˈswɑ.ʃɪ̆ ˈim hə̆s ˈman ʃʎ̩.ˈʎup sə̆ ˈman ˈswɑ.tl̩, sə̆ ˈswɑ.ʃɪ̆ ˈʎiʎ i.ˈçi.çɪ̆ kl̩.ˈkɜe.tʉ]
imobv súngepthis_fact hu=alexp=med shichílgray -isee-obv pútwe,notice, seand chus-elmake-med swásheexist imobv hesrel mankind_of shelyúpwhite seand mankind_of swátel,black, seand swásheexist liltype ihíhemany kel=kaitu,from=color,
The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
Photography was invented shortly after that,
  ,   ,
Pe man ípwenk kel súngep, al chilaupi suitelshe tweskíl,
[pə̆m.ˈman ˈi.pwŋ̩k kl̩.ˈsu.ŋʊ̜̆p, ˈal ʧe.ˈʎao.pɨ ˈsʊɨ.tʎ̩.ʃɪ̆ twʊ̜̆s.ˈkiʎ]
pe=manat=kind_of ípwenklate kel=súngep,from=this_fact, almed chilau-piphotograph-abstract_concept suit-el-shemake.inv-med-indf tweskíl,invent,
The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
Cyan said that ze liked just staying in the background, so that's what ze did: the sky became cyan.
kl  kl    ,  ,  
Al kílu mausel hem wiut swal pe kelím, wan lámel súngep, helíyel naim kílu.
[ˈal ˈki.ʎʉ ˈmao.sl̩ hm̩ ˈlu ˈwᵻʉt ˈswɑl pə̆k.kʎ̩.ˈʎim, ˈwɑn ˈla.ml̩ ˈsu.ŋʊ̜̆p, çʎ̩.ˈʎi.jl̩ ˈnaem ˈki.ʎʉ]
almed kílucyan maus-elsay-med hemthat see wiutlike swa-elbe-med pe=kelím,at=background, wanso lam-eldo-med súngep,this_fact, helíyelsky na-ibecome-obv kílu.cyan.
The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
Now, Orange and Yellow were upset about this.
 p     
Hu'al hántlwek se pai luim miulsek súngep.
[ˈhwɑl ˈhant.lʷʊ̜̆k sə̆ ˈpae ˈlʊɨm ˈmɪʉl.sʊ̜̆k ˈsu.ŋʊ̜̆p]
hu=alexp=med hántlwekorange seand paiyellow -isee-obv miulsekanger súngep.this_fact.
The Invention of Color in Lwaitel
And so it was.
  
Se swa nel súngep.
[sə̆ ˈswɑ nl̩.ˈsu.ŋʊ̜̆p]
seand swabe nel=súngep.like=this_fact.
Tower of Babel story in Lwaitel
let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
   ,      )
Súngep chúshi swáket sángu, se láspi neskíl niunket tekápu shi sú nálwen”.
[ˈsu.ŋʊ̜̆p ˈʧʉ.ʃɨ ˈswɑ.kᵻ̆t ˈsa.ŋu, sʊ̜̆ ˈlas.pe nɪ̆s.ˈkiʎ ˈɲɪʉŋ.kʊ̜̆t tə̆k.ˈkɜ.po ʃɨ.ˈʃʉ ˈna.lʷn̩”]
súngepthis_fact chus-imake-obv swa-ketbe-1.incl sángu,famous, seand las-istop-obv neskílprevent nium-ketgo.sbjv-1.incl tekápuscatter shi=to=all nálwen”.world”.

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