The Language Creator
– from linguistic questionnaire to grammar, lexicon and texts.

A Collection of Texts in Yozoo


Warning: Undefined array key "debug" in /home/u338028385/domains/languagecreator.org/public_html/branches/0.90/gentexts.php on line 41

The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9)

Wé køzhó wa zynfé meñyru pœna ne zynfé tanwé tøbé dœ bazhu kyn dœ nyma. Wé nushø wa shø mœ zynja danzi, kyn wé søjé wa shø dofi jófe se mato, tu wé pódy wa shø go. Wé rara wa shø ki ñeze meñétawin kyn ki móri meñétawin she. Wé køzhó wa shø tawin Min rinfyn, kyn wé køzhó wa shø sézhi Min sadé.

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

Do buzœ wa ki meñyru dinpo. Wé mubø wa ñiko kyn kawé zynja mebazhu shø. Wé timyn wa shø zynja mekojø medóñishi kyn medómyja. Mi wé bózø wa zynfé jozyn, nœ kynsy wa zynja bazhu ki, se zóti jatin. Wé sandœ wa pyn tøbé kyn zhafa se nøre nifi. [??2: xxx_vérb] wa. [??2: xxx_vérb] wa. [??2: xxx_vérb] wa. [??2: xxx_vérb] wa. [??2: xxx_vérb] wa. [??2: xxx_vérb] wa? Gœnin wa mezhunzhø waza, bunzy wa pan bezhi, [??2: xxx_vérb] wa. Wé do kanky wa zynja bazhu ki, wé kiñœ wa pyn.

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.

Total execution time: 0.0296 seconds