A Collection of Texts in Dod

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)

Rrid darn rdartet lechun raurun, qud rrish, sard, qud rrarn, sidun ngai rrurs kurenun ngai. Rrirsagak darn rsur rdaurtun rnurrun chush, rrurs rrar darn rsur tinernun rdaurtun rrarrun sard, qud rratars, gernun rrilirtach darn rsur nas. Rrat darn rsur shirn charn rrok rsaraidet kirn rrurs shirn charn rriq rsaraidet rsostaurt kirn. Rrid darn rsur rsaraidun rsutun keqirt, rrurs rrid darn rsur qarerdun chirdirrun keqirt.

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

Tiqurdang kirn rdartet, qud rrosh. Rraushorsur darn sirdun rrurs dosun sidet shirn rsur. Rrurokerr darn rsur neret shirn negaset rrurs chairdet. Hut rrardurturt darn rdordun, qud rraurr sidun shirn kirn, rdaurtun shirdun, qud rresquk, sard. Rrechiqas darn nun, qud rrish, rrurs, qud rrordunang, rdaurtun deqilun, qud rrurirt, sard. Tursashurr darn sidun shirn kirn, rrarringas darn nun.

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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