A Collection of Texts in Boep

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)

Khug peb cow c̣aṭöm miif dowöm kobb txebb kobb ñẽẽs saawöm cḥyg ñẽẽs wisʉköm. Taṇatẓ peb nus muwöm kobb tḥow, cḥyg nal peb nus bbooñ ñipööṭöm ncööjöm thaul, khemol ṇubʉʉs peb nus txat. Ḍʉʉp peb nus ḍuṇaanöm kääṭig bbeṭ peetz cḥyg ḍuṇaanöm ñolig bbeṭ bbafem peetz. Khug peb nus ḍuṇaanöm caṇöm dawẽẽs, cḥyg khug peb nus ñytẓañöm cibauköm dawẽẽs.

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

Dʉngetz ngagk peetz ncen c̣aṭöm. Phejytz peb ḍögöm cḥyg tzuujöm saawöm kobb nus. Fumim peb nus ñyykhöm kobb cidyböm cḥyg ḍogköm. Jʉn gkibbaab peb saawöm kobb peetz göng hätx bööpöm kobb sytx totxöm thaul. Kuṇing peb nus miif cḥyg cḥäḍap footz hetziingöm thaul. Tibit peb ngagk saawöm kobb peetz, hoñöp peb nus.

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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