A Collection of Texts in Idad

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)

Фуудъиб̱угуд ґар кайб̱ фәәч ҁнут кәәӈ фәәф кав бунъ јаўнъ каак куј јаўнъ кинъиб̱ун. Фучудуб̱угуд бууњ кааб̱ фәәп кај гайтъ, куј фидъаб̱угуд бууњ вәм кааґариб д̱ъидъ каґ д̱ъиф кај бунъ, чакуј файфакаб̱угуд бууњ д̱ъииј. Фиваб̱угуд бууњ ҁнаај кайњибудъ фидъидъакуд куј ҁнаај кайњибудъ фәтидъакуд бад̱ъинъ. Фуудъиб̱угуд бууњ кайњибудъ кииӈ рирак, куј фуудъиб̱угуд бууњ каабид̱ъап каанъупад рирак.

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

Фикивидъугук ҁнаај ҁнәәӈ кайб̱. Фимањиб̱угуд кайм куј кииј бууњ каак фәәв. Фаўчачаб̱угуд бууњ каанибид̱ куј кив кә фәәдъ. Чаўдъ фәтъакуб̱угуд ҁнаај каак фәәв файнадъугуд киид̱ад фәәм бии кинан д̱ъив кај бунъ. Фәґудуб̱угуд найӈ ҁнут куј чупәәдъ нам кињуд̱ум д̱ъив кај бунъ. Фувапуб̱угук ҁнаај каак фәәв, фәчанъаб̱угуд найӈ.

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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