A Collection of Texts in Ovir

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)

Qiki khapije mukhoowoo wo kiwiije kepeewee wii kakeewee qi wii kawipaareewee. Tiinawi ru ma kookhoowoo, qi jaawi ru qatiije kitiqipeewee jaa kupoowoo, kapo kawepi ru wo. Niwi ru he hee weriipewipii mika qi he hee jerii meriipewehe mika khiikhii. Qiki ru keriipeweewee tiipe kikeewee, qi qiki ru kimamiipeewee tiipe kaniipaakeewee.

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

Ti taquruu he wiwije mukhoowoo. Humoku kameewee qi kopoowoo ru makeewee. Nimaji ru meejakhaqewe qi manewe meemeewee. Khi jeepini kowuroowoo, ku nirii he kakeewee, jaa meeriije kukhukoowoo. Haaqati kii kiwiije qi kenamiije jaa paapiije kipipijeewee. Ti kinehi he kakeewee, khamaati kii.

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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