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Here's something rather older—two things, that is, a parent and its descendant. I'm not quite sure what the phonology is; I've just taken a wordlist and made it into sentences.

Apparent phonology: /t k q b d g tʃ dʒ ʃ ʒ s x h v l m n r j/ and /a e i o u aj aw a: i: u:/

/hevu: bubhawvʃawt su:qqen kunugvo ra:mnis qa:x jajtta:k, kaj hej hevu: najdʒra:haw nahilmor majgʃu nebbek dudsa:q ra:mnis hevu: las kavi nud mokvoʃa:lo. nebbek jajtta:k kaj "lun, lun, lun!" ra:mnis "lun" najdʒra:haw tʃajnrawh, hu: ra:mnis "qa:qa:" nebbek qa:x najdʒra:haw nud. dʒi berditu:d kaj tʃalda, tʃi:x, tʃawn hevu: hu: vom hevu: mevxe. kaj xublak ʃajjam tʃalda li:mun nahilmor, kaj boʃa; nu: tʃalda vom kavi kitru:g hu: dʒaimbaʃ./

Apparent phonology: /p b t (d?) k g f v s z ʃ ʒ ʕ ħ ʔ m n ŋ j/; /a ɛ e i o u/ + length plus /ɜ ɨ ɒː ow/, and phonemic stress.

/tʃɨˈjaː pifiˈves ˈaʔaː ˈxuŋbe ʕaːˈniː xɒː jɨˈʔaː, xe jeː tʃɨˈjaː nɨˈʒʕoː njeːˈmiħ ˈmeʒɨ nɜˈʔiː tɨˈzɒː ʕaːˈniː tʃɨˈjaː naː xɜˈvi nus mɛˈfaː. nɜˈʔiː jɨˈʔaː xe "nuː, nuː, nuː!" ʕaːˈniː "nuː" nɨˈʒʕoː tʃiːˈʕo, ow nɨˈʒʕoː "xɒːˈkɒː" nɜˈʔiː xɒː nɨˈʒʕoː nus. ʃi pʕɜʃˈus xe ʃaːs ʃuː, ʃaːm tʃɨˈjaː ow vɛː tʃɨˈjaː ˈmɛve. xe xɨvˈnix ʃɜˈʔaː ʃaːs ˈniːmiː njeːˈmiħ xe feˈʃi; nuː ʃaːs vɛː xɜˈvi kɨsˈʕuːx ow ʃaːmˈbiː. ˈʔaŋgɔː nɜˈʒɛʔɜ xe oʔˈaħ./