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The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9)

Jư nˠikʲi hưlʲit͡sʲi θˠơtˠa, hu fʲumˠư, fˠasʲi mˠư, hutˠư sˠanʲư, jeθˠi kˠu kˠư lˠomʲư kˠu. Jư mʲodji jatˠư θʲơnʲa θʲitʲa t͡sˠa, kˠư jư mˠunˠi jatˠư xʲerʲư tˠikˠi θʲitʲa mˠư, hu nʲuŋʲư, tˠa jư kʲaθʲi jatˠư kˠau. Jư mʲaiŋˠi jatˠư mˠiθˠut͡sʲưmʲư rʲetˠư kˠư t͡sʲekˠư rʲetˠư θˠut͡sʲưt͡sʲi fˠu. Jư nˠikʲi jatˠư θˠut͡sʲư θˠapˠư T͡sˠi, kˠư jư nˠikʲi jatˠư lʲaurˠu lʲauʋʲi T͡sˠi.

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

Jư kˠu ʋʲưdjư rʲetˠư hưlʲit͡sʲi, hutˠư θʲưrʲư. Jư nʲat͡sʲi djaiŋˠi kˠư ʋˠurˠa jatˠư jeθˠit͡sʲi. Jư djơmˠi jatˠư t͡sʲơkˠut͡sʲi kˠư ŋˠehat͡sʲi mʲơnʲat͡sʲi. Fˠa jư tˠaθˠi tˠưlˠư, hu jư ʋˠujư rʲetˠư jeθˠi, ʋˠeʋʲi, hu fˠudjư, θʲitʲa mˠư. Jư hedji rʲi, hu fʲumˠư, kˠư, hu nʲasˠư, ʋʲưfʲi, hu fʲefʲư, θʲitʲa mˠư. Jư [??2: xxx_verb]ư. Jư [??2: xxx_verb]ư. Jư [??2: xxx_verb]ư. Jư [??2: xxx_verb]ư. Jư [??2: xxx_verb]ư. Jư [??2: xxx_verb]ư? Jư fˠet͡sʲư ʋʲafˠit͡sʲi tʲaipˠu, jư fʲơʋʲư lʲetˠư θʲuŋʲi, jư [??2: xxx_verb]ư. Jư kˠu ʋʲauʋˠi rʲetˠư jeθˠi, jư t͡sˠakˠi rʲi.

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. Before that moment, our ancestors lived in a shadow-world. Then God pressed one button, and words and meanings arrived. The people awoke, and speech filled their mouths like breath for the first time. Where there had been nothing, there were now mountains, rivers and names for everything. Some outsiders claim that our language was not made by God at all, but by a machine. But how could that be? Machines can grind wheat and count money, but they cannot create mountains or ignite the sun. Our language did not evolve; it was created.

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