A Collection of Texts in Perp

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)

Chud dyan déj sidy wau dés rtatj wètidy jur tjern gakh fid ncèèp rtuñèp fid. Khastééd dyan khédy dés ñarridy boon, ncèèp maad dyan khédy taid tyupit rtibidy dop, bbeñèch rturood dyan khédy tyurn. Ñood dyan khédy food tjas pafaag tjern rtètj ncèèp ciid tjas pafaag tjern wikèg rtètj. Chud dyan khédy pafaag watyidy balaw, ncèèp chud dyan khédy chachait rdidyéwidy balaw.

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

Hatyid bar rtètj rdud wau tjern. Tyidyaud dyan ñaw ncèèp baf déj gakh tjern khédy. Tyadyèèd dyan khédy déj giith tjern dyidalal tjern ncèèp saagal tjern tjern. Séén luñaid dyan dyood dés pèp déj gakh rtètj rdiin nènidy dop. Rnechad dyan ncéty rtatj ncèèp thilot rtès thatyawidy dop. Sarriid dyan bar déj gakh rtètj, dufud dyan ncéty.

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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