A Collection of Texts in Zupi

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)

Nuù gá kā di̠ soō piì mà laá bo̠ saǹ wií bo̠ san̄weēpí. Pìdo̠ gá tā zuū muù pun̠, wií minin̄ gá tā buùmańpa̠ hi̠ tí muù laá, hii̠kinin̠ zùdaa̠ gá tā bi̠. Pè gá tā bī hòpàgódó sunuń ñaà wií bī duù sunuń ñaà hòpàgó sē no̠gií. Nuù gá tā hòpàgó du̠ huùñiń, wií nuù gá tā tòñi̠dunuń leétinin̠maǹ huùñiń.

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

Buń zoōbò bī kā là. Jūdaà gá hī wií be̠ tā mù saǹ. Gii̠bū gá tā sìba̠go̠ wií dan̠ mù wiī. Ná hòhū gá gu̠ ñaà bī mù saǹ zunun̠pì hi̠gī kuú muù laá. Nùñà gá tā piì wií zàwi̠ ñādu̠wī mī muù laá. Buń ga̠baā gá bī saǹ, lúzu̠ gá tā.

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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