A Collection of Texts in Fo

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)

Hiqu ngungw gquoong quääsh ngwơch ngweesh mưch ngwơn was gquơngw bogk bygwyf gquơngw. Konguf ngungw guw hig chigk kɒngw, bogk kii ngungw guw ruuqu fungwưgw ngwơch kyb kɒngw, chutoch dihow ngungw guw gig. Kɒm ngungw guw ngwơơm kengefơygw bogk ngwơơm kiaygw menge synưưg. Hiqu ngungw guw menge dymưs nơr, bogk hiqu ngungw guw dɒshưg dymưs sofyqu.

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

Gquwơchưk ngwơơm shequ quääsh. Kegwog ngungw wưs bogk gkơr guw was. Kơstưgk ngungw guw chyrɒs bogk gkingw ngwɒf. Kuugk kưquưng ngungw fo kɒɒd ngwơơm was ngwơch sew chäw kɒngw. Kisɒɒm ngungw wơt ngweesh bogk shumid ngwơch sưng gkängɒɒ kɒngw. Gqurɒnun ngungw ngwơơm was, kaquưgqu ngungw wơt.

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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