A Collection of Texts in Gir

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)

ʁoini goomo heni tiibiino diini hemi biofouno, ħgoasi ðoiri, ħgoasi xxiafi, bboemi biijino nciango bboemi yariiwoino. ʁoini juxxouno xxoifi ğiomi hefo toaniino, nciango ʁoini siani xxoifi zoumi wiekiifiino tzoami zoumi ciomouno, ħgoasi noofi, miaħgoafi ʁoini ħgiuʁiufo xxoifi siafo. ʁoini kiingi xxoifi doumi mooso vieni voiðiesiino djekoani nciango doumi þiumi vieni voiðiesiino djekoani vouðiuni. ʁoini goomo xxoifi voiðiesiino tziuɦusi giediino, nciango ʁoini goomo xxoifi sieqaziino tziuɦusi moidiẽxxiino.

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

Foeno diemoi doumi tiibiino, ħgoasi woano. ʁoini ncoiħgoano vouþiuno nciango tzoatoino xxoifi heri biijino nciafo. ʁoini soungiuso xxoifi ncietziipiino nciango nciauxxiuno heni woẽɦino zoefi. Viini ʁoini ʁoaxxoifo heno goiʁoino, ħgoasi woamo heri biijino goemo, tzoami zouni woinoino, ħgoasi bboairo. ʁoini ħgoitoaingo riongi, ħgoasi ðoiri, nciango, ħgoasi riifiari, tzoami zouni kieziidoino, ħgoasi ðoamo. ʁoini foeno noutiufo heri biijino goemo, ʁoini koekiango riongi.

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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