A Collection of Texts in Hoel

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)

Zibpouẅo hʈoẻngi shiɵħgi rsiʈʼiöǹrziüngi rsorthiænænṣṭɵ̉hlo khoɵɵgko zwħgiuto kxiẻrriaq̣ ṣqwɞɞrzidoɵ̠ŕi zwħgiuto shionziboʉ̃do jhoænæn̉do shiɵħgi zwħgiuto dtoonon̠dẓ dẓosipḥʉnʉñmi ᵑǃʼ̣ö̀ği zwħgiuto dtoonon̠dẓ dẓœsipḥinniɶnɶn̉kxo. Zibpouẅo shoq̣ɞḅỏğo shiɵħgi sodṭácḥ ẓgḳæṭ zwħgiuto rsokḥasikhiœnœn̄ɥi zwħgiuto shiœnkoünüñr̥i ṣgkoùtzʼ̣, ᵑǃʼ̣ö̀ği zibpouẅo rzoi̠ɥo shiɵħgi sodṭácḥ zwħgiuto għoó̃ṣ rsigqoàt͡ʂiaq̣ ṣqwɞɞhloœrnwȫʡi khoɵɵgko zwħgiuto għoó̃ṣ ṣqwɞɞgoön̄f̣ zwħgiuto shiœnkoünüñr̥i jhoænæn̉do, swqhiɵɵziq̣enen̉ɺo zibpouẅo xoónsohtiææ̃dẓ shiɵħgi sodṭácḥ ghiü̠wḥ. Zibpouẅo shorthianañsho shiɵħgi sodṭácḥ zwħgiuto zwħgiuto dtoælo ɹ̣ēq zwħgiuto hp̣óng̣ rsopoʉzidhoozhodhooĩṇ goæhli ᵑǃʼ̣ö̀ği zwħgiuto dtoælo ɹ̣ēq zwħgiuto hp̣óng̣ ʛiɞnɞnzidhoozhodhooĩṇ goæhli ẅwzhiʈʼoaỉþi. Zibpouẅo hʈoẻngi shiɵħgi sodṭácḥ zwħgiuto zoṭonzidhoozhodhooĩṇ zwħgiuto khoɵɵgko zoṭœnṕoɶɶ̃q ᵑǀʼwænænŕoaīki, ᵑǃʼ̣ö̀ği zibpouẅo hʈoẻngi shiɵħgi sodṭácḥ zwħgiuto rsokḥasikhiinzwgiæ̀gko zwħgiuto khoɵɵgko ṣqwɞɞshogḳóórsodtoæ̉zho ᵑǀʼwænænŕoaīki.

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

Shirthoæzitoaìħi shiɵħgi ɹ̣ēq shiɵħgi gq̣ủrsiungi rsorthiænænṣṭɵ̉hlo. Zibpouẅo gg̣sihkwảþo shiɵħgi zwħgiuto shionngxiɞnɞn̄xxi ᵑǃʼ̣ö̀ği zwħgiuto ẓrtoashithoóó̀ni shiɵħgi shiɵħgi hp̣óng̣ sodṭácḥ qoɵnɵngħi dẓosipḥʉnʉñmi. Zibpouẅo loenennoɶ̉fo shiɵħgi sodṭácḥ shiɵħgi shiɵħgi hp̣óng̣ shiɵħgi tzʼ̣ænænṕiṣbpiö̀gqo ᵑǃʼ̣ö̀ği shiɵħgi tzʼ̣ænændziɞɞ́gqo zoboʉgħo dẓosipḥoīy. Noīwo zibpouẅo ńoɵswdṭuủqho zwħgiuto shiɵħgi chʼiɵħi dẓosipḥʉnʉñmi ẓhṭininbi goun̄ngi zwħgiuto zoṭœnhœ̀ḷ khoɵɵgko zwħgiuto għoó̃ṣ ggwæ̀tzʼoẉesi shiœnshitwɶ́bo zwħgiuto shiœnkoünüñr̥i jhoænæn̉do. Zibpouẅo ʛounṇʉʉ́di zwħgiuto nc̣œnœn̠gki shiɵħgi zwħgiuto kxiẻɺo ᵑǃʼ̣ö̀ği zwħgiuto ṣhḳẓtḥóñʡi khoɵɵgko zwħgiuto għoó̃ṣ zhiḍi̠ṕ̣esi shiœnshoœgkiünün̉ẉ̈ zwħgiuto shiœnkoünüñr̥i jhoænæn̉do. Zibpouẅo ðiɵnɵnzhodoœœ̀so shiɵħgi chʼiɵħi dẓosipḥʉnʉñmi, zibpouẅo rsoṭʉþwʉ̀ẉ zwħgiuto nc̣œnœn̠gki.

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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