A Collection of Texts in Tag

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)

Мам ҁтад дикв раўч ӈвикикв шаўм диб тат̇ ҁтәп пам квәкв д̇ив гәквъит квәкв. Мам миквәп ґвәб ҁтус диквъ муквъ, д̇ив мам ҁтир̇ ґвәб чан ситаґ ка пум, кәкав мам с̇ирав ґвәб нәш. Мам ҁта ґвәб муӈвидикв квъир пәс ну ґвам магуш д̇ив муӈвидикв квъир маӈ ну ґвам магуш ґастан. Мам ҁтад ґвәб муӈвид фиґваквъ нас̇, д̇ив мам ҁтад ґвәб шиту фиґваквъ ӈвисәґ.

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

Ӈуӈ квиниф квъир гәд ӈвикикв. Мам р̇ад̇ун̇ вәґв д̇ив дуӈ ґвәб кат дикв памикв фин̇. Мам с̇әшир ґвәб синәд̇икв д̇ив фапикв кат дикв шишикв р̇әс̇. Ваўс̇ мам шадаґ ҁтаўр̇ диквъ т̇аґв дикв пам т̇ич ка ґвән пир. Мам кушад̇ ҁнәк тат̇ д̇ив т̇икус ка ҁна гәшайӈ. Мам ӈуӈ вәд̇әс дикв пам т̇ич, мам ҁнитәш ҁнәк.

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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