A Collection of Texts in Baj

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)

Mờɕ shi̠ ka̠ty raùbúz ʑgai̠ch baūt ka̠ty tzījúz míɕ skāy pớch mư̄rrờt di̠ʑ pớch gāɕtừfờt. Shtómì shi̠ lo̠s jòg ka̠ty cháp, di̠ʑ ñān shi̠ lo̠s tìl ñābi̠ñ chètz jāb tìl laūshúz, spókírr bứkón shi̠ lo̠s pàñ. Dìb shi̠ lo̠s taīk ʑdaíñ zdo̠j dágúʑúzàg skāy tzāsásh di̠ʑ taīk ga̠m zdo̠j dágúʑúzàg skāy tzāsásh ɕpừshkūd. Mờɕ shi̠ lo̠s dágúʑúz tư̄ɕpēs chaìtyúz, di̠ʑ mờɕ shi̠ lo̠s kōza̠chờt tư̄ɕpēs jērứpúz.

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

Zhờʑàl cha̠sh taīk raùbúz wàn skāy. Ba̠skư̠ty shi̠ yājờt di̠ʑ tzèrr ka̠ty mư̄rrờt skāy ñīk lo̠s. ɕpớlárr shi̠ lo̠s ka̠ty sư̠pờt skāy ñīk ɕpífénúzíz skāy di̠ʑ bứʑúzíz skāy skāy. ɕà yơ̄ɕaùñ shi̠ ka̠ty bájờt, dờk ʑòw ka̠ty mư̄rrờt pi̠b, jāb tìl shùshờt tyōch. Gùkúch shi̠ lư̄j míɕ di̠ʑ jòʑai̠ɕ jāb tìl ʑdơ̠nơ̠zhờt dùs. Zùshtètz shi̠ cha̠sh ka̠ty mư̄rrờt pi̠b, shư̠fứn shi̠ lư̄j.

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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