A Collection of Texts in Paba

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)

Jaame raaro ruu te ña ruu gi me kuu re ta taa mi geñiwaa taa. Kiraasi raaro do ruu du bu gii, mi siku raaro do nugoo nisasi kaa bu re, rutee nobasi raaro do ni. Mura raaro do koo ririti mokee roña tazi bizi mi koo ririti mokee tuu tazi jañi bizi. Jaame raaro do ririti ma sedi, mi jaame raaro do guusemii subiwaa sedi.

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

Jootiba siri koo ko ña. Tidaata raaro ja mi kii do bizi ruu ta. Rakahu raaro do dugoki mi mo bizi ruu rii. Pi haagani raaro koo bizi ruu ta woo ruu paaba dajuu maaki bu re. Zuugima raaro do gi mi disijaa tiidi hasazuu bu re. Puubiino raaro siri koo ruu ta, moojetoo raaro do.

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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