A Collection of Texts in Bozh

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)

Swbpénéǹzwquaqw ᵑǀʼurr rzïᵏǀʼwìb ddưǹrsgq dṭezq rrauṣʈʼ rzïnxiìzwdt yåzwgwénéǹshṭ swgkùswdṭ ᵏǀʼwansw yåshish’ưsgqu swgkùswdṭ. Sgqodẓaiʈʼaqw ṭaìrzdtw nc̣ïrs bbizhbɔìsrt rzïrsơngw, ᵏǀʼwansw nàz’aqw ṭaìrzdtw kưnzwp ncơzwdw gqwirsdtïï̀rzgq ddưǹrsgq kưnzwp ḍéṣp rzïrsơngw, shʈʼưtẓïnrzgqw ddwatzas’aqw ṭaìrzdtw dtananzhgq. Sibpaqw ṭaìrzdtw tẓïǹʈʼ sïr ᵏǀʼïgưḍénq ᵏǀʼwansw tẓïǹʈʼ bbigưḍénq sïr tzwừqw swgqdtùbp. Swbpénéǹzwquaqw ṭaìrzdtw bbigưḍénq ɹaskoshrt dzơʈʼ, ᵏǀʼwansw swbpénéǹzwquaqw ṭaìrzdtw swdtazwbpéǹzhʈʼ ɹaskoshrt bbibïshdṭïzg.

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

Swpéskơswtåzgw tẓïǹʈʼ dtizwgw rzïᵏǀʼwìb. Pamunraqw rzïbbïnïǹzhħgw ᵏǀʼwansw ẓbpưừbb ṭaìrzdtw yåzwgwénéǹshṭ. Ddworzħgweerwaqw ṭaìrzdtw ɹưrzïtẓiṣtìdd ᵏǀʼwansw ɹưrzïdzwoòrs yårzgkundzw. Rzqiniǹsk c̣iqwàṛaqw tẓïǹʈʼ yåzwgwénéǹshṭ c̣é̀rn yåbboorz’ ddưǹrsgq kưnṣdtw ncogw bbirdi’ rzïrsơngw. ɹorzé̀nwaqw zhbuẓdtw dṭezq ᵏǀʼwansw rwoẓrtừẓħgw ddưǹrsgq kưnzwp sanansqw gquåṣqờswgk rzïrsơngw. Gqwash’ïǹsquaqwåzgw tẓïǹʈʼ yåzwgwénéǹshṭ, gưrzgwashquaqw zhbuẓdtw.

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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