A Collection of Texts in Toer

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)

Д̱ө’фъыиинпъ һт̣ӕ̈нт̇ъ р̇ӕ̈ӕ̈дһъөөхъ къатъ бъө̆нб̱ъ р̇ӕ̈ӕ̈дһъөөхъ тъӧр̇ ԥкъэбъ нъаад̣һ тӕ̈нм ԥкъа ӈө’р̇ ўүүнб̱ гһъыынд̱ъ д̇енһтъэкъ ўүүнб̱. Ғӧӧннъөӈъыиинпъ қеенгъ тъоз ԥкъаўъ ғъӧк дъан’пъ, гһъыынд̱ъ д̱ъӕ̈гыиинпъ қеенгъ доонд̱ р̇ӕ̈ӕ̈дһъөөхъ сӕ̈мъепъъ г̱е’къ ғъӧк тӕ̈нм, б̱ъоԥъаанр г̱ъыт̇эпъъыиинпъ қеенгъ һкор. Гъог̱ъыиинпъ қеенгъ пъент̇ъө̆ө̆нр̇ фъө’ӈъ һкоог̱ъ т̇өд̇ р̇ӕ̈ӕ̈дһъөөхъ гһъыынд̱ъ пъент̇ъө̆ө̆нр̇ пъъӧӧб̱ъ һкоог̱ъ т̇өд̇ р̇ӕ̈ӕ̈дһъөөхъ г̱ъуукө̆т. Д̱ө’фъыиинпъ қеенгъ пъент̇ъө̆ө̆нр̇ н̇оонўъ пъүүнгъөп, гһъыынд̱ъ д̱ө’фъыиинпъ қеенгъ қъүтүф ҭӧг̱ъаанв пъүүнгъөп.

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

Фэнгъутъ г̱ъӧнтъъ т̇өд̇ нъе’пъ р̇ӕ̈ӕ̈дһъөөхъ къатъ. Ӈъо’т̇ӧтъъыиинпъ фүүўъ гһъыынд̱ъ д̇анпъ қеенгъ ӈө’р̇ ԥкъеф. Къудһе’гһъыиинпъ қеенгъ р̇ө’къанк гһъыынд̱ъ н̇аанғъ ԥъүб̱ ԥкъеф. Ҭ̇ыр пъъөнмъүиинпъ т̇өд̇ ӈө’р̇ ԥкъеф гһаатъъ р̇ӕ̈ӕ̈дһъөөхъ т̇ъөр̇ ԥкъө̆д дэпъ р̇ӕ̈ӕ̈дһъөөхъ роч ғъӧк тӕ̈нм. Дһъүтъө̆’пъъыиинпъ қөөд̇ бъө̆нб̱ъ р̇ӕ̈ӕ̈дһъөөхъ гһъыынд̱ъ д̇ыынфъунсъ р̇ӕ̈ӕ̈дһъөөхъ дӕ̈ӕ̈зъ р̇ӕ̈ӕ̈дһъөөхъ пъъӕ̈ӕ̈нд̱ъокъ ғъӧк тӕ̈нм. Ғӕ̈ӊ̇үүб̱ъыиинпъ г̱ъӧнтъъ т̇өд̇ ӈө’р̇ ԥкъеф, д̇ӧтъанкъыиинпъ қөөд̇.

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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