A Collection of Texts in Jal

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)

Vip pot khiin chezad juw tiip lapad yeef ñinid tuf yeef fayaachid. Vip chabif jis mip khiñad, tuf vip biiw jis jom gakhipid guf tiñid, yazon vip ñimaaw jis tiiw. Vip se jis jeew tiniijariv khag ñikher tuf jeew jiik khag tiniijid ñikher wadem. Vip pot jis tiniijid jikeez lujud, tuf vip pot jis wuchuwud jikeez miwinid.

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

Sasam bit jeew kij chezid. Vip vidib kidid tuf dapid ñinad jis. Vip nichir jis khaakhad khawesiy tuf vupuy. Yuul vip damok jaalad wakh ñinad jeew ñikher guf sil jibid. Vip gapak roh tiip tuf vaboon guf khow higajid. Vip chubuf bit ñinad jeew, vip ñaziib roh.

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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