A Collection of Texts in Yuki

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)

Kee gudu duu mi jo duu ñuu ke huu ke jee pi li hii danune li. Pidowaa gudu bi duu ñaa muu ñoo, hii wii gudu bi piinu kadudo duu muu ke, bamuu dareeja gudu bi ti. Nii gudu bi lu gegazii jee mee za maabuu noo hii lu gegazii jee mee dee maabuu helii noo. Kee gudu bi gegazii se palaa, hii kee gudu bi keruñe koriña palaa.

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

Maamani lisa lu wi jo jee. Poodubi gudu no hii mii bi noo duu pi jee. Sejuuñu gudu bi goomesi jee hii kuu jee jee noo duu da jee. La ginuupii gudu lu noo duu pi ru duu juuki waja zuda muu ke. Kobaaña gudu de ñuu hii tawire temi gazoju muu ke. Simipi gudu lisa lu duu pi, pohaarii gudu de.

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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