A Collection of Texts in Gul

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)

Lau ngi de he laiza ja de zhi kizhi la paushu no la nañaiñi. Ngaduzha ngi po re de pangi, no gau ngi po shaubu ñangopu rai daubu, ngichai duwuna ngi po ba. Ne ngi po ñi bo ka ngañasha ma mashi no ñi ña ka ngañasha ma mashi chuzhu. Lau ngi po ngañashi ñazi puhu, no lau ngi po samami ñazi dushunu.

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

Kizeti wagi ñi so laiza. Jasira ngi taungu no hesi po sa de pausha. Nitasa ngi po shangeda no waira sa de deda. Zhi hiwazi ngi de gulu, ho dai ñi sa de paushu, rai saunga chaishi. Jadasi ngi ngu zhi no razali rai shimi shalauzhu. Zhishagi ngi wagi ñi de paushu, dusupu ngi ngu.

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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