A Collection of Texts in Tost

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)

Poz stutz ḍir stɔizgañ fauty tätẓ keṛäf ḍir fagäf dotj tẓo ṣingäf joṛ tẓo ḍaskäbäf. Tuṣtɔis stutz ned rɔit tyuuṛäf ḍir ṣṭächäf, joṛ ẓḍɔiñ stutz ned toor ṇuspauḍäf skitẓ tätẓ tyuuṛäf toor tyedyäf, tẓatjeeẓ nuzuf stutz ned kɔis. Gir stutz ned käṛ fap fupichañ neng joṛ ṛiiẓ fap fupichañ ẓḍibaaty neng. Poz stutz ned fupichäf tzäsety ñuṣpäf, joṛ poz stutz ned gägeetyäf tzäsety ṭityaṣkäf.

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

Mikiẓ muty neng stɔizgañ zor. Ẓitẓautj stutz puuṣäf joṛ tẓatäf ḍir ṣingañ ned. Ṣtjaṣkang stutz ned ḍir tjiṣtañ ñiṣtääṭañ joṛ tzadañ. Zdyɔif ṣätzutj stutz ṭan ḍir tosṭäf ḍir ṣingäf neng tätẓ tyuuṛäf toor kotzäf ḍääṇ. Sustody stutz tẓaiẓ dotj joṛ giẓak tätẓ tyuuṛäf toor chastonäf riñ. Siṛich stutz muty ḍir ṣingäf neng, ẓäbetj stutz tẓaiẓ.

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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