A Collection of Texts in Yeb

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)

Teler kong nis luwup buñ cham nis pisup som dorr jaskup khan dorr testastup. Rujager kong wed nid nis khamup, khan simer kong wed nok pithujup bem nam nok fiwup, dasas gothusker kong wed neth. Nosker kong wed bal gijelisper ngoñ wathakh khan bal ngaper ngoñ gijelup wathakh mathus. Teler kong wed gijelup kistog khangup, khan teler kong wed gubustup kistog nakedup.

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

Jagatyud bal luwup pam. Kaskiber kong damup khan siskup nik jaskup meng wed. Daneler kong wed nik lafup ngip jadimup khan terrup. La jekhoter kong ñaler nik jaskup bity wathakh nik jebup nam nok chichup lam. Lujanger kong jas som khan chanin nam nok churuñup wi. Fegalud kong nik jaskup bity, gimether kong jas.

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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