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A Collection of Texts in Gus

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)

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

विक् फ़ोःल् ञेक़ ऩो पिल् त़दद़् येत् दुप् तित् क़वल् त़दद़् गिःद् नो षिम् गिःद् क्वोवोऩ्।

[wik ˈfo̰l ˈɲekʼ ˈnˤox ˈpil tˤaˈdadˤ ˈjet dup ˈtit ˈkʼʷal tˤaˈdadˤ ˈɡḭd ˈnox ˈʃim ˈɡḭd kʷoˈwonˤ]

wik
PAST ˈfo̰
have -l
indicative ˈɲekʼ
human being ˈnˤox
earth ˈpi
whole -l
indicative tˤaˈdadˤ
COMP ˈjet
surface dup
LOC ˈtit
in ˈkʼʷa
all -l
indicative tˤaˈdadˤ
COMP ˈɡḭd
one ˈnox
language ˈʃim
and ˈɡḭd
one kʷoˈwonˤ
dialect

“All humans in the whole earth had one language and one dialect.”

 (1)

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.

विक् गपेल् नब् फ़ौन् ख्विःल् किद् नथ्।

[wik ɡaˈpel ˈnab ˈfaun ˈxʷḭl kid ˈnaθ]

wik
PAST ɡaˈpe
journey -l
indicative ˈnab
3 ˈfaun
east ˈxʷḭl
inside kid
ABL ˈnaθ
from

“They journeyed from the east.”

 (2)
षिम् विक् फ़ल् नब् तोङ्व् तेःभख्व् तोङ्व् इष् ख्विःल् दुप् तित् क्वल् त़दद़्।

[ˈʃim wik ˈfal ˈnab ˈtoŋʷ tḛˈɓaxʷ ˈtoŋʷ ˈxiʃ ˈxʷḭl dup ˈtit ˈkʷal tˤaˈdadˤ]

ˈʃim
and wik
PAST ˈfa
find -l
indicative ˈnab
3 ˈtoŋʷ
a tḛˈɓaxʷ
plain ˈtoŋʷ
a ˈxiʃ
land ˈxʷḭl
inside dup
LOC ˈtit
in ˈkʷa
wide -l
indicative tˤaˈdadˤ
COMP

“And they found a wide plain in the a land.”

 (3)
द़ख्वब् विक् लोलैल् नब् ङक़।

[dˤaˈxʷab wik loˈlail ˈnab ˈŋakʼ]

dˤaˈxʷab
thus wik
PAST loˈlai
dwell -l
indicative ˈnab
3 ˈŋakʼ
there

“Thus they dwelled there.”

 (4)

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.

विक् तिल् नब् नच् भुम् क़विसङ्व् त़दद़् षिम् नच् तम् क़विसङ्व् त़दद़् क्वसिद़्।

[wik ˈtil ˈnab ˈnat͡ʃ ˈɓum kʼʷiˈsaŋʷ tˤaˈdadˤ ˈʃim ˈnat͡ʃ ˈtam kʼʷiˈsaŋʷ tˤaˈdadˤ kʷaˈsidˤ]

wik
PAST ˈti
say -l
indicative ˈnab
3 ˈnat͡ʃ
1incl ˈɓu
make -m
imperative kʼʷiˈsaŋʷ
brick tˤaˈdadˤ
COMP ˈʃim
and ˈnat͡ʃ
1incl ˈta
burn -m
imperative kʼʷiˈsaŋʷ
brick tˤaˈdadˤ
COMP kʷaˈsidˤ
thoroughly

“They said: Let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.”

 (5)

And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

विक् फ़ोःल् नब् क़विसङ्व् थुम् दुप् वःदेःत़्।

[wik ˈfo̰l ˈnab kʼʷiˈsaŋʷ ˈθum dup wa̰ˈdḛtˤ]

wik
PAST ˈfo̰
have -l
indicative ˈnab
3 kʼʷiˈsaŋʷ
brick ˈθum
stone dup
LOC wa̰ˈdḛtˤ
PURP

“They had bricks for stone.”

 (6)
षिम् विक् फ़ोःल् नब् षोःक़इन् क़वलौब् दुप् वःदेःत़्।

[ˈʃim wik ˈfo̰l ˈnab ʃo̰ˈkʼin kʼʷaˈlaub dup wa̰ˈdḛtˤ]

ˈʃim
and wik
PAST ˈfo̰
have -l
indicative ˈnab
3 ʃo̰ˈkʼin
slime kʼʷaˈlaub
mortar dup
LOC wa̰ˈdḛtˤ
PURP

“And they had slime for mortar.”

 (7)

A Creation Myth

We are not like other people.

फ़ितल् तो नच् ञेक़ क्वःल् त़दद़्।

[fiˈtal to ˈnat͡ʃ ˈɲekʼ ˈkʷa̰l tˤaˈdadˤ]

fiˈta
resemble -l
indicative to
NEG ˈnat͡ʃ
1incl ˈɲekʼ
human being ˈkʷa̰
other -l
indicative tˤaˈdadˤ
COMP

“We do not resemble other humans.”

 (8)

Their languages were shaped by struggle and time.

विक् देग्वल् थौक्व् षिम् फ़ेव् नब् वो नो।

[wik deˈɡʷal ˈθaukʷ ˈʃim ˈfew ˈnab wox ˈnox]

wik
PAST deˈɡʷa
shape -l
indicative ˈθaukʷ
fight ˈʃim
and ˈfew
time ˈnab
3 wox
GEN ˈnox
language

“Their languages were shaped by fight and time.”

 (9)

They copied the sounds of beasts and birds, and they learned to speak like that.

विक् ख्विःग्वोःल् नब् त़ेदय् षिम् कफ़् वो इद्।

[wik xʷḭˈɡʷo̰l ˈnab tˤeˈdaj ˈʃim ˈkaf wox ˈxid]

wik
PAST xʷḭˈɡʷo̰
copy -l
indicative ˈnab
3 tˤeˈdaj
mammal ˈʃim
and ˈkaf
bird wox
GEN ˈxid
sound

“They copied the sounds of mammals and birds.”

 (10)

But our language arose in a different way.

ख्वैस़् विक् हिकल् गुस् षिल् नच् वो नो त़दद़् तोङ्व् हुच् ऩौल् त़दद़् ख्विःल् दुप् तित्।

[ˈxʷaisˤ wik hiˈkal ˈɡus ˈʃil ˈnat͡ʃ wox ˈnox tˤaˈdadˤ ˈtoŋʷ ˈhut͡ʃ ˈnˤaul tˤaˈdadˤ ˈxʷḭl dup ˈtit]

ˈxʷaisˤ
but wik
PAST hiˈka
arise -l
indicative ˈɡus
langname ˈʃi
be -l
indicative ˈnat͡ʃ
1incl wox
GEN ˈnox
language tˤaˈdadˤ
COMP ˈtoŋʷ
a ˈhut͡ʃ
manner ˈnˤau
different -l
indicative tˤaˈdadˤ
COMP ˈxʷḭl
inside dup
LOC ˈtit
in

“But Gus, which is our language, arose in a different way.”

 (11)

It was born whole and perfect in a single breath.

विक् क़इदुल् नब् पिल् त़दद़् षिम् द़षिल् त़दद़् तोङ्व् नअऩ् त़ोल् त़दद़् ख्विःल् दुप् तित्

[wik kʼiˈdul ˈnab ˈpil tˤaˈdadˤ ˈʃim dˤaˈʃil tˤaˈdadˤ ˈtoŋʷ naˈxanˤ ˈtˤol tˤaˈdadˤ ˈxʷḭl dup ˈtit]

wik
PAST kʼiˈdu
appear -l
indicative ˈnab
3 ˈpi
whole -l
indicative tˤaˈdadˤ
COMP ˈʃim
and dˤaˈʃi
perfect -l
indicative tˤaˈdadˤ
COMP ˈtoŋʷ
a naˈxanˤ
breath ˈtˤo
single -l
indicative tˤaˈdadˤ
COMP ˈxʷḭl
inside dup
LOC ˈtit
in

“It appeared whole and perfect in a single breath”

 (12)

Our language did not evolve; it was created.

विक् षेक़विल् तो नच् वो नो।

[wik ʃeˈkʼʷil to ˈnat͡ʃ wox ˈnox]

wik
PAST ʃeˈkʼʷi
evolve -l
indicative to
NEG ˈnat͡ʃ
1incl wox
GEN ˈnox
language

“Our language did not evolve.”

 (13)
विक् ञुऔल् नब्।

[wik ɲuˈxaul ˈnab]

wik
PAST ɲuˈxau
create -l
indicative ˈnab
3

“It was created.”

 (14)

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