A Collection of Texts in Gef

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)

Wóly si mikhote tevote zhóğy zuzante næ ñeny khæshante nin li zhusókante nin. Zhædyshy si so jyvante zhukante ğæ, li nóby si so bögilote ñöfante niwy zhukante næ tingy ni, jode ñibufy si so to. Khaly si so dæ zemankhante khöshe li dæ zemankhante zhoge dağæ. Wóly si so zemankhante pæğanñi ğashi, li wóly si so nögozante synshintanñi ğashi.

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

Ğókagy mo dæ mikhote föfy. Lizhyny si timante li tólante so khæshinte. Sewinmy si so mupakante li zœjante dytate. Ğó vasinny si gefote khæshöte lyndy læmote bóly nidun zhukante næ. Nasuzy si ñan zhóğy li shæsiny sœfœkote shafy nidun zhukante næ. Zofóvy si mo khæshöte, shifusy si ñan.

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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