A Collection of Texts in Tet

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The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9)

بوڭ قۡب ڭوڭپ ڃسك نك ح كشف رݐك نت دويف سك شي فروف سك۔ حووڭ قۡب ڃش ووو چودف نر، شي حيڭ قۡب ڃش قۡوڃف قۡينك فك قۡيرف، وپا قۡشيڭ قۡب ڃش حام۔ ݐڭ قۡب ڃش نقۡت سڭ شپ قۡڃتپ چتم شي نقۡت نقۡوڭ شپ قۡڃتپ چتم پكيو۔ بوڭ قۡب ڃش قۡڃتف ݐݐس موگف، شي بوڭ قۡب ڃش نقۡيڭف ݐݐس نقۡشوكف۔

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

A Creation Myth

دڃيڭ نر نقۡت ڭوڭپ گپك۔ نقۡگوڭ قۡب مݐف شي بنف دويپ نر ڃش۔ ورڭ قۡب ڃش رڭپ نر ترڃپ شي بمپ۔ نڭ چگڭ قۡب نقۡوڭ دويف نر نقۡت چتم تتف نت فك تادف يورك۔ پڃڭ قۡب نݐ رݐك شي تگيمك فك دگپف دارك۔ تچڭ قۡب نر دويف نر نقۡت، يڭڭ قۡب نݐ۔

We are not like other people. Their languages were shaped by struggle and time. They copied the sounds of beasts and birds, and they learned to speak like that. But our language arose in a different way. It was born whole and perfect in a single breath. Our language did not evolve; it was created.

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