A Collection of Texts in Yosh

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)

Hin chiṇ ni’das rtauṇum rdat chim tekas ṭersi’j miṣi’j rsauj faṇ ḍiṣabi’j rsauj. Faten fum shur chid sichi’j, faṇ ten fum tyusas tastingi’j ngurr ṭi’ṣi’j, ña’ñaḍ sipan fum ṣop. Ṇin fum daug ḍiw ḍor rsij baṭashim faṇ daug ḍiw far rsij baṭashim ḍadi’d. Hin fum baṭashi’j riram wagi’j, faṇ hin fum ṣornotyu’j riram jañugu’j.

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

Ñi’rdar rra’p daug tya’ḍas rtauṇum. Geñin rsaṇi’j faṇ geṣi’j fum chif miṣim heñ. Haṣaun fum saṭartim faṇ ḍaubum chif fuṣum ḍash. Maf tyaṇen chim jo’shu’j ḍiw ñer chif miṣi’j hang ngurr tyeshas ñauñu’j. Pa’run sairn tekas faṇ rdartaṭas ngurr japas rdigiji’j. Ṭenan rra’p chif miṣi’j hang, sefe’n sairn.

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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