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A Collection of Texts in Gaud

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)

Нъа ту’ зу’ чүү тъъү мъəтису нъүү тъии намиси’ фъуу ґъүү фъуу къъа’ дъибъиси’ къаў къъа’ ҁтə̰шиси’. Нъа фə зу’ пъү’наа нъүү фуукиси’ жүү, къаў нъа съү’ зу’ пъү’наа нъу’ фъии тъижиси’ нъу’ макиси’ къъүү фъуу, ҁтъи’ нъа фъу’ зу’ пъү’наа ҁтъъу’. Нъа чуу зу’ пъү’наа тъъии пъүнъү’ дəːмъуфъу фъуу къаў гəː пъүнъү’ дəːмъуфъу фъуу тъү’. Нъа ту’ зу’ пъү’наа дəːмъиси’ сүдъиси’ га, къаў нъа ту’ зу’ пъү’наа дайтъиси’ ґаниси’ га.

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

Тъуу зу’ гуу пъүнъү’ мъə̰ мъəтису фъуу. Нъа мии зу’ къъүкъъиси’ къаў гифъиси’ пъү’наа чүү дъибъису къуу. Нъа гуу зу’ пъү’наа ҁтəбиисъу къаў ҁтуукъиисъу чүү гаакъъису къуу. Ҁтъу нъа мъа зу’ чə̰ зу’ нъүү ґаўдъиси’ нъүү дъибъиси’ ка фъуу нъу’ па’ тъъаўшиси’ фъуу къъүү. Нъа къъу зу’ зъүмъүү тъии фъуу къаў ҁтъа’ фъуу нъу’ тъү’ ґаўзъиси’ фъуу къъүү. Нъа ҁтъи зу’ гуу нъүү дъибъиси’ ка, нъа къа’ зу’ зъүмъүү.

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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