A Collection of Texts in Izat

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)

Kuf xʷiːdʷis tetas hexʷir ɣoʐ ʁares heɡir hetir ʂarˤ xil hiɡʷakepir ʂarˤ. Ɬuɾodʷus kaːsʷ porʷ tʷaxʷir, kuf hidʷis kaːsʷ kʼʷores haiserˤitˤir sʷais hurˤur dʷuʂ dʷuʂ, ɡasaisˤ xudˤaudʷus kaːsʷ ʁʷasʷ. Daːdʷis kaːsʷ ʁʷais korutʷoɡʷases tif ʐisail xil ʁʷais horutʷoɡʷur sises tif ʐisail dˤadaːf. Xʷiːdʷis kaːsʷ horutʷoɡʷur hera huːɡur, xil xʷiːdʷis kaːsʷ hotuɾˤaɣur hera hatˤazʷadˤir.

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

Kuf ʂedˤais ɮasʷ ʁʷais ɖaitas hexʷir. Laʁedʷis hexir xil hiːdir kaːsʷ tʷetir. Qʷoʐudʷus kaːsʷ hoːʂukʼʷaqʼʷul xil hatʷil tʷirir. Kuf qʼiɾʷadʷis ʒotas tʷizʷatˤir ʁʷais tʷetir sʷais kʷaus hakʼʷiʔir ɣuʂ. Kuf tʷuɾʷodʷus kaːsʷ ʁas xil ɦabuːs sʷais ɣis hiːzˤawibir ɣuʂ. Qoɾˤaudʷus ɮasʷ ʁʷais tʷetir, qʷiɬiːdʷis kaːsʷ.

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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