A Collection of Texts in Hed

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)

Р̇ее ју б̱айсъулөкинъө таўб̱улинъө, бее сай, тъе, бее чо, ћоњулинъө нъу си ӈитиијулинъө нъу. Њат̇е ју њуу с̇иир̇улинъө б̱үү, си ӈѳ ју њуу саґан̇улинъө ґвүүдулинъө съе, бее ја, р̇ипө д̇он̇е ју њуу тъуу. Дъа ју њуу кво ма пи ґү лас̇өтунъөкинъө си кво р̇ѳ пи ґү лас̇өтунъөкинъө сүћү. Р̇ее ју њуу лас̇өтулинъө лаґвулинъө бово, си р̇ее ју њуу квиґвашулинъө р̇енеесъулинъө бово.

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

Съакајү ґү б̱айсъулөкинъө, бее бу. Д̇усъо ју ґуд̇улинъө си дъур̇улинъө ћоњулөкусү њуу. Ћесъүү ју њуу шаанулөкаги чашөөвулөкинъө си дүн̇улөкинъө. Ка съос̇а ју гедулинъө, бее д̇ү ћоњуленъү, т̇увулинъө, бее ґа, съе. Ћачи ју квөө, бее сай, си, бее б̱есъа, ћилаатъулинъө, бее њай, съе. Нөпијү ју ћоњуленъү, деґво ју квөө.

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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