A Collection of Texts in Yezin

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)

Toww lit hit nepif kip doh hit jowwif tak niw nah zup rum nah pezutow. Toww towweñ sip siww hit nid wwih, rum toww pil sip paskif luwawwat doh ñur wwih, botag toww dakam sip zok. Toww ror sip juw bil pehawwokug rum juw bil sal sañ hawwokug batir. Toww lit sip hawwokug tules zez, rum toww lit sip detiwik tules zobeñih.

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

Wenit mu juw pusif kip. Toww mopos ñon rum war sip hit zup. Toww hujag sip buñoder rum wwom hit poh. Naf toww lajuh hit jezin, nan sal mus juw hit zup, doh nejif ñazoj wwih. Toww nukun sip jowwif rum gonamif doh huñif katenam wwih. Toww gukod mu juw hit zup, toww tazam sip.

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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