A Collection of Texts in Gay

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)

Lestadep fór ditap bek pedegk zhosógk gwish dyuquógk kety ngwish zezaregk kety. Gwagadyadep zigw kosógk zhizegk zhap, ngwish dyiñadep zigw tyiz sishafegk dasegk zhizegk gwish, sawa gwubudyadep zigw dir. Ñipadep zigw zhæ sagwañilequep ñukóz ngwish zhæ sagwañidequep ñukóz tyawak. Lestadep zigw sagwañegk sulógkaqu mamon, ngwish lestadep zigw fiziregk móstugkógkaqu mamon.

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

Sawanedi zhæ far ditap. Fizastadep quinegk ngwish sæñegk zigw dyuquap. Sityajadep zigw dyegkezap ngwish gatyap jungap. Rady gquutyuñadep gajegk, shogqu fadedep zhæ dyuquógk, fæsh sæshegk zhizegk gwish. Zhinapadep dash bek ngwish tadyug bód quigquipegk zhizegk gwish. Ñekewadi zhæ dyuquógk, nijadadep dash.

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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