A Collection of Texts in Gaib

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)

T͡ʃu mɯ bo ŋotɯ̰ fu soɡa ŋɤ ɓɤfḭ ŋotɯ̰ fa t͡ʃa̰bḭ t͡ʃau taiʃḭ hḛ t͡ʃau ninofḭ. Ŋʷesḛʃḛ bo maino̰ ɡʷɯ taisḭ ŋotɯ̰ faiɡʷḭ, t͡ʃu nɤ bo maino̰ ɡase toŋunḭ ŋɤ taisḭ temḭ, hina̰ ɡʷomɤŋɤ bo maino̰ kɯ. Sa̰ bo maino̰ ɡʷimeha mḭʃa tai bɯ ne hḛ ɡʷimeha mḭʃa ni bɯ ne ɡɯ̰ɓu. Mɯ bo maino̰ ɡʷimehḭ ŋat͡ʃa mihḭ, hḛ mɯ bo maino̰ kʷakʷidḭ ŋat͡ʃa niɓikʷḭ.

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

T͡ʃu ŋʷot͡ʃanu hɯ̰ mḭʃa he soɡa. Hɤsimɯ̰ bo ʃikḭ hḛ ŋʷauʃḭ ŋotɯ̰ taiʃa ka maino̰. Dɯbaiɓi bo maino̰ ŋotɯ̰ kʷɤɓa ka foʃḛna hḛ dɯt͡ʃa. T͡ʃu ʃifeɓḛ bo kau ŋotɯ̰ ɡaibḭ ŋotɯ̰ taiʃḭ sɯ̰ ŋɤ taisḭ t͡ʃaŋʷo̰ kʷadḭ. T͡ʃu ɓɤɡʷɯ̰be bo soŋʷa fa hḛ heŋedi ŋɤ taisḭ kʷemu dḛʃauɡḭ. Ɡḭt͡ʃimɯ bo hɯ̰ ŋotɯ̰ taiʃḭ sɯ̰, ɡeɓa̰ŋʷɤ bo soŋʷa.

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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