A Collection of Texts in Choizh

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)

Кан жећ ґагәд ґииғәћ њааґ жећ ваўгәд наадәж зиќәж ѕиш ғифәж ґаш ѕиш гәфаләж. Фәжун ќод чир жећ њаўләж ґиџәж, ґаш нин ќод ԅуубәд нәшќаћәж њааґ чеедәж ґиџәж, тәбећ гәѕан ќод кеж. Сиин ќод ќоод шкәѕаѕәґәќ њәњ ґаш ќоод шкәѕанәжәќ њәњ тәґайћ. Кан ќод шкәѕанәж жәвееј вејәж, ґаш кан ќод мәсикәж жәвееј нәбайцәж.

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

Нәчууќ кәб ќоод дигәд ґииғәћ. Тәбан фаћәж ґаш нанәж ќод жећ ғифәћ. Фәсќан ќод зәћааләћ ґаш мууѕәћ жећ јағәћ. Нач ләґон жайќ ќоод жећ ғифәж жећ ќойћәж њааґ ћаўгәд сойћәж ґиџәж. Хәхоон јоц ваўгәд ґаш бәжоѕәд њааґ жойгәд јәбућәж ґиџәж. Жәшан кәб ќоод жећ ғифәж, дәґаан јоц.

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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