A Collection of Texts in Zhuy

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)

Kadvtza charima éaminita che hityima jasinuta feezhinuta ñee lasinuyu fo ñee dakaaminuyu. Kaditzatu henu wo piginuta figinuta, fo kadeetza henu tjaawu lcqima chabiipinuyu che tjaanu paachinuyu figinuta, paro kadczhusi henu tyu. Kadvtja henu yenu kingizaqiza fi ñunii fo yenu kewi fi ngizaquhiyu ñunii gifa. Kadvtza henu ngizaqinuyu dada botjamuyu, fo kadvtza henu fufuuninuyu dada tawuñamuyu.

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

Jaatusi yenu éiiéima éaminiyu. Kadiifaji dcfinuyu fo miilinuyu henu lasinita. Kadctjangu henu huyuqatyiyu fo tiratyiyu tjokinita. Na kadcsama zhuyinuta, matja kvchi yenu lasinuta, che tjaadi chuuchima dañinuyu figinuta. Kadañitzi tyiitja hityima fo qazvshima che tjaadi qitzima pahvwinuyu figinuta. Jadctjaña yenu lasinuta, kadamaña tyiitja.

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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