The language in use
Reading samples
Poems, stories, and essays in Sino-Mini. Shorter readings include pinyin and English; the complete Moloch essay is presented in Sino-Mini alone. Proper names retain their spelling.
- Nothing Gold Can Stay
- Robert Frost’s eight-line poem, with pinyin and the original English.
- Fog
- Carl Sandburg’s six-line poem, with pinyin and a literal English rendering.
- Old Pond
- Matsuo Bashō’s haiku, line by line in Sino-Mini, pinyin, and English.
- The Tortoise and the Hare
- Aesop’s fable, based on Joseph Jacobs’s public-domain version. 20 passages.
- Meditations on Moloch
- Scott Alexander’s complete essay in eight sections, revised to the current grammar and vocabulary.
- The Tower of Babel
- Genesis 11:1–9, translated from the King James Version. All nine verses.
The readings use the current grammar and vocabulary.