A Collection of Texts in Yaz

What follows is a collection of texts intended to illustrate the language in more natural and extended use than the glossed examples found in the grammar.

The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9)

Zash des kif shuf spimeh fuf kif dauzh naw skish shpir shpép skish sheshaj. Kelauf des soz rit kif biw, shpép mauf des soz chal gauk dedur haz chal zhod, chechosh newor des soz sat. Dés des soz kat fen bauzh spezhulehek chegich shpép kat fen zhip spezhulehek chegich dezin. Zash des soz spezhul geshaif wis, shpép zash des soz fenaik geshaif teguz.

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

Der tesach kat pair spimeh. Sesal des zhar shpép jun soz kif shpireh. Zhekun des soz shtekiehesh shpép fusehesh kif bafeh. Chuñ ñemék des kif jaz, wap for kat kif shpir, haz chal tur him. Zerob des laif dauzh shpép medik haz chal pich zhekés. Der kespif des kat kif shpir, shpechif des laif.

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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