A Collection of Texts in Jiz

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)

Јозбај р̇ал чаф меһ ғуљ чањ р̣ек щпељ вен щԛуњ щӏих њуз̇ саџ щирис њуз̇. Јир̇уѳај р̇ал н̇из̇ чањ с̇ог щић, саџ јащај р̇ал н̇из̇ ԛубук ґоз гор пощ, д̇арон јур̣ихај р̇ал н̇из̇ щаб. Јубај р̇ал н̇из̇ зизај з̇ґид̇ ғащ факер̇ щԛуњ лар̇ нитур саџ зиўај з̇ґид̇ ғащ факер̇ щԛуњ лар̇ нитур ѓиһир̆. Јозбај р̇ал н̇из̇ факер̇ моч ӷуѳат̇, саџ јозбај р̇ал н̇из̇ һаљал дафир̣ ӷуѳат̇.

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

Јуз̇ибај сќуӷ ғащ меһ ԛаӏ щԛуњ. Јатирај р̇ал д̇ижь саџ цеў чаф щӏих щԛуњ н̇из̇ гиғ. Јаўир̆ај р̇ал н̇из̇ чањ кас щԛуњ т̇аќоԛ щԛуњ саџ з̇иѓ щԛуњ щԛуњ гиғ. Шт̇иѳ једазбај р̇ал дущт̇ај чаҙ џиз чаф щӏих ғащ гиғ нитур р̇ер зоќ пощ. Југуљај р̇ал кан̇ щпељ саџ ӏас̇ум жикац з̇д̇оҙ пощ. Јиз̇умај р̇ал сќуӷ чаф щӏих ғащ, јоғишт̇ај р̇ал кан̇.

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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