A Collection of Texts in Fuma

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)

Wasqa’iiqa ʡangiʡa tu spiiwiña tunufu ʡu’imi tu ha lii’imi tu fi ngii naa ɴiiskiiwi ngii. Ngaamiiwa’iiqa ’ikakii haawiña tu jaa, naa nuuku’uuqa ’ikakii witiiwaa wiwiña pu ñi’ii’imi tu, ciinga lakija’iiqa ’ikakii ma. Wiwi’iiqa ’ikakii cuʡuma’aɴaħħispingaa ʡikakii naa cuʡuma’uɴaħħispingaa ʡikakii capa. Wasqa’iiqa ’ikakii cuʡuma skiiwiña suluu, naa wasqa’iiqa ’ikakii ɴaniħħa ncasqikiwiña suluu.

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

Jaaniħħiiwaɴi ʡikakii ʡangiʡa ’aa’imi tu. ’aanuuñuu’uuqa sta naa ska fingiʡa tu ’ikakii. Nihalii’iiqa ’ikakii tangiʡa tu ʡamaa’ingiʡa’imi naa jangiʡa’imi. Cuu muusuulu’uuqa ciispingaa fi tu ʡikakii fumaa tunufu lalawiña spafii’imi tu pu. Jas’ipaa’iiqa la ʡu’imi tu naa nciimiisi’imi tu maʡasawiña liifaa’imi tu pu. Kaqajaa’iiqawaɴi fi tu ʡikakii, ’anapii’iiqa la.

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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