A Collection of Texts in Fopi

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)

Памы ваво вянэ тэ фэтавя вялэ кя липы нё ве хяво но павэни хяво. Памы кюхяхё мя вялэ лю ли, но памы микё мя мифа хумупя кухё ку, тилу памы вэмёпё мя ля. Памы пено мя кы јoфотэтавя пякё вёми мяфя но кы јoфотэтавя тэмё вёми гaми мяфя. Памы ваво мя јoфотэ пуни гoву, но памы ваво мя матипа мялимы гoву.

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

Кулуки кы вы фэтавя. Памы мэфијo мё но хави мя мяфя вянэ ветавя. Памы похуфё мя комялатавя но хятавя мяфя вянэ фютавя. Фо памы лавахё кы мяфя вянэ ве нухё вянэ фёпи колэ хюпё ку. Памы мюнявё ны кя но пефапы волю мупымо ку. Памы јeпяхи кы вянэ ве, памы лохёфо ны.

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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