A Collection of Texts in Vivo

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)

Wee woohi bu ni de bu ju too zu ñimee zo maa pu na siimiiñe pu. Hewiipi woohi nii bu be ra muuna koo, na jaruu woohi nii tujee rajutii do ra ñimee zo, goono babizii woohi nii ta. Daada woohi nii mi suziwi jazaa judaa kiina peepo na mi suziwi jazaa zi kiina wije peepo. Wee woohi nii suziwi tu ñimee poobii, na wee woohi nii noogeja birañe ñimee poobii.

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

Jogete daga mi si de. Pirenu woohi mee na ja nii peepo bu maa. Kaasoba woohi nii simozo na kee peepo bu ño. Ho penaapu woohi mi peepo bu maa woo bu wiiwoo zaapu roza ra ñimee zo. Nemuñi woohi nii ju na wediibu sooje sedupi ra ñimee zo. Purabe woohi daga mi bu maa, jemeeri woohi nii.

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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