A Collection of Texts in Beg

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)

Shish sish khes thor yójädäv ðon khes hið wongäv paith khiwäv yäh paith tiyainäv. Diræp sish bɔin ngað khes wɔichäv, yäh yɔiğ sish bɔin hæzh ñæñ bibaujäv hah hæzh ñäyäv, ñingoñ giguh sish bɔin mókh. Thuz sish bɔin ðah vóg huñ kagægädaf khämäf yäh ðah bɔitz huñ kagægädaf khämäf vinäth. Shish sish bɔin kagægäv chigich häbäv, yäh shish sish bɔin khuripäv chigich shtinuskäv.

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

Guspäj zdum ðah ðɔikh yójädäv. Puñiy sish gitzäv yäh pæjäv bɔin khes khiwädäv. Chäye sish bɔin läğógädäp yäh puvädäp khes vinädäv. Zheth shuzer sish khes bægäv, ðäl ðeð ðah khes khiwäv, hah hæzh ræj dósäv. Lingoğ sish ñäng hið yäh tzuchɔish hah hæzh zɔid shtupäspäv. Zäsef sish zdum ðah khes khiwäv, chiñis sish ñäng.

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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