A Collection of Texts in Inyagh

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)

Zhiq ʁaʁ stuch maʁ nong stuch zhizh khaus khaʁ baz ğir khaun khah ğir khaisutzar. Zhiq titzauğ shqin stuch khah khaukh tzeng, khah zhiq mab shqin tij khaqimar khan khaukh baz, zgasaur zhiq zhizhaf shqin sug. Zhiq tizh shqin paut kağ sasaridʁa khah paut nasarid kağ pağ guzhdet. Zhiq ʁaʁ shqin khasarid khik khadang, khah zhiq ʁaʁ shqin khojazhuf khuzuzbatz khadang.

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

Qis chiqozh paut qaizh nong. Zhiq rikish khad khah khais shqin stuch naun. Zhiq nushti shqin naikhimad khah neğ stuch nuğ. Zaip zhiq ñitzaiʁ paut stuch khaun shukh stuch khiñağ naus khishib khaukh baz. Zhiq qaquf kap zhizh khah qaʁor zdaif kheñashpikh khaukh baz. Zhiq qis khashez paut stuch khaun, zhiq hudaut kap.

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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