A Collection of Texts in Aya

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)

Nech neḍ rniñ jumeḍ ngwaurt bagw maungwaḍuj mul rdöd rdif mushardyl rdöd. Gköwid neḍ chungw rtört marriḍuj, rdif tart neḍ chungw ṇard tigw mutyersol cef ṇard mumaluj, gitis wanoḍ neḍ chungw gwik. Tiñ neḍ chungw föngw cish jaj ḍyrr jedögkol rdif föngw saf jaj ḍyrr jedögkol ṣingwaty. Nech neḍ chungw medögkol lesöt mofeluj, rdif nech neḍ chungw möṣyrnol lesöt maiṣykuluj.

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

C̣igwabb chil föngw lygk jumel. Cogkaubb neḍ mal rdif magquil chungw juḍ. Hersöd neḍ chungw jairsurtöl rdif jyl jeḍ. Huḍ bbysteṇ neḍ ṭach ḍyrr föngw muḍ majaḍ cef ṇard rtad migwyluj. Hoṣef neḍ num bagw rdif c̣angygqu cef ṇard gail maugkilyluj. Bboting neḍ chil föngw muḍ, naṣog neḍ num.

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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