A Collection of Texts in Liz

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)

Zurd ward zigħ c̣ages ħgulis nos zaurr c̣ages ḍaugqut narut ɹ̣aus ni’l fiṭabut ɹ̣aus. Ziriṛ ward ɹ̣aik ṭüw paimut, ni’l zig ward ɹ̣aik zet c̣ages yabẽṭut chøn ẓu’ut, salü’r zeɹ̣i’ ward ɹ̣aik ɹiy. Zej ward ɹ̣aik cøs kugħa’ṛis zogk ñabb bubb c̣ages ni’l cøs kugħa’ṛis zütẓ ñabb bubb c̣ages bizuṛ. Zurd ward ɹ̣aik kugħa’ṛut bba’nüf yauɹ̣ut, ni’l zurd ward ɹ̣aik rdizøṇüt bba’nüf gkijaurut.

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

Zocham kar cøs züṣ c̣ages ħgulis. Zegħi’tẓ ward gke’ħgut ni’l bbedut ɹ̣aik naris ḍuṇ. Zigqigq ward ɹ̣aik ɹaṛachis ni’l melis ṇe’ħgis ḍuṇ. Rraur zugkaṇ ward narut yart zaigq c̣ages lizut chøn zaigħ c̣ages ṇaumut. Zübbat ward rta’bb zaurr c̣ages ni’l za’cha’’ c̣ages chøn zẽl c̣ages biṣü’füt. Zodiẓ ward kar narut yart, zauṣuɹ̣ ward rta’bb.

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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