A Collection of Texts in Zahdazahk

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)

ɹ̣iingw rtïrzq haiɦ bïnkhinħg̀orz ɸech zhrtɔiḍ wó̀ch̀orz gqwaars̀orz dẓèẓgqu ṇunund sgquìẓgq rnơħgw ṇunund rspegqwèẓṭ. Sqwartɔìŕ rtïrzq t͡ʂaath pinrs vóósh̀orz nuǹrz̀orz ṭerztj, rnơħgw squaaztj rtïrzq t͡ʂaath saaǹħgw rråkhw sṭơrsóǹñ ɸech ṛ́usaaǹħgw ngwarz nuǹrz̀orz dẓèẓgqu, tjóshëkkhw tzaaṣùñ rtïrzq t͡ʂaath shkaigqw. Qær rtïrzq t͡ʂaath ð̣ærzħgw dyïï̀rstj ḍody qwaǹŕ shïrzd bïnkkhưztóǹrs gwarzganf rnơħgw ð̣ærzħgw dyïï̀rstj ḍody tẓaizhtj shïrzd bïnkkhưztóǹrs gwarzganf pfaṣårzħgw. ɹ̣iingw rtïrzq t͡ʂaath kkhưztóǹrs ɸech zhṭòɦ ṣkơṣèè̀l, rnơħgw ɹ̣iingw rtïrzq t͡ʂaath faawèħg ɸech tẓơẓħgwèsṭ ṣkơṣèè̀l.

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

Rzurtơờzdy ñinsh’ dyïï̀rstj d͡ʐèzh’ bïnkhinħg. Zanṣrtaìzṭ rtïrzq sgquooqqhw rnơħgw ṭèèp zhḍónl t͡ʂaath bïnsgquìẓgq̀orz. Rzod͡ʐaik rtïrzq t͡ʂaath zhḍónl bïnkhgquazhħginrztj rnơħgw bïnpësgq bïnhờrzq̀orz. Rsqïnïnrd tjaantẓèsh rtïrzq zhḍàzhgqùorz, tyìẓ kunungq rsưch zhḍónl dyïï̀rstj sgquìẓgq̀orz, ɸech saaǹħgw ʁwód͡ʐ ğwëë̀t nuǹrz̀orz dẓèẓgqu. Rsgqeẓgqàğ rtïrzq rraiɹ zhrtɔiḍ rnơħgw ħgïṣtjóǹy ɸech saaǹħgw joorsgq zhqïshgqơty nuǹrz̀orz dẓèẓgqu. Shtjenẓaugqw rtïrzq ñinsh’ dyïï̀rstj sgquìẓgq̀orz, zkèzhɔiṛ́ rtïrzq rraiɹ.

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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