A Collection of Texts in Ider

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)

Cherwɶg t͡ʂɵɵs mɞmookkhw nwanwɵw dyyk t͡ʂɵɵs choj nwææd͡ʐ pfengw nwógw ñögw pfengw nwɔid͡ʐytwʉʉg. Chɞrwɞt͡ʂɶg gushyyqu kææl t͡ʂɵɵs nwosh, ñögw chööñɶg gushyyqu thwɶngw kkhwiif nwiskɶpfɶsw ŕoqu thwɶngw nwuuɸ, jɵnwodw chödœhlɶg gushyyqu thwaŕw. Chɶmɶg gushyyqu gubiith tzɵw chaunw nwórt pfanwashætzuud khwœfɔitz ñögw gubiith tzɵw chanw nwórt pfanwashætzuud khwœfɔitz kööñöŕw. Cherwɶg gushyyqu nwashætzuud nöchɵngw nwyng, ñögw cherwɶg gushyyqu nwɵrwysrtuurd nöchɵngw nwœparɵgw.

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

Chɔirsad͡ʐ rræm gubiith köthwookkhw nwanwɵw. Chyrninwɶg nwaan ñögw nwyych gushyyqu t͡ʂɵɵs nwanwógw. Chötzaswɶg gushyyqu d͡ʐanwɶtzwɵɵkhwɵñ ñögw d͡ʐanwurn t͡ʂɵɵs nwanwetw. Pææn chɵñææshɶg t͡ʂɵɵs nwirdeŕ, sars chaingw gubiith t͡ʂɵɵs nwógw, ŕoqu thwɶngw rsʉʉt nwofɶrn. Chóɸöthɶg gwógw choj ñögw shuurrer ŕoqu thwɶngw swoŕ nwiit͡ʂöñææng. Chœœd͡ʐɞsɶg rræm gubiith t͡ʂɵɵs nwógw, chidægɶg gwógw.

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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