A Collection of Texts in Omaf

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)

Geɺ gun fóz bókh pes zhbet boing dey bärr woikh dey bauðäjið. Läðaiɺ gun zhoy zhaush bäth, woikh shaiɺ gun zhoy skäy zboirr bailiyas laiɺ skäy bem, witów histoiɺ gun zhoy zdurr. Keɺ gun zhoy hos jid las hurazhbab häzeth woikh hos ðäd las hurazhbab häzeth vasaup. Geɺ gun zhoy burazhbab rrungoið bof, woikh geɺ gun zhoy barukib rrungoið baufichuch.

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

Khäskad gun rrig hos win bókh. Thadäɺ gun bis woikh burr zhoy bärr. Nächiɺ gun zhoy lærrangirr woikh leth bæz. Som khikhäɺ gun bómäf, mich hlud gun hos bärr, laiɺ skäy choiz bazal. Shtäthæɺ gun dash zhbet woikh gistev laiɺ skäy fæth boithayub. Khihiɺ gun rrig hos bärr, humæɺ gun dash.

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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