Zegzolt

1 Rihdonan piedra iura duska doumjeys eyt digyan ol lunyoys.



2 Sot katasin ijerkenk legoyskut, nietumuysas Sinearel tyiart kemenneys eyt

tyokuysas maghenk rompenk.



3 Eyt doumasin repyejin viis: "Kuytunk spatehjeys eyt jinnink kodo

tirhijangi." Kuytoytyis ebayspatehjeys arul szenole eyt rihdonuysas

wadrays arul ixeere.



4 Doumasin: "Szenolunk arul skineriys szoys eyt rammiys, reni jotur=EEofyi

ycipan ygzeh. Hikuf hocafumu suotahheys eyroti kyandot=EEofunu piedra

tyiaszef.

!tyiaszef is allative, a case which means 'onto', that is, over the earth.



5 Kunillan fumetonk Kloyno szoys eyt rammiys reni szeynolasin.



6 Douman: "Ronnert =EEicas jam cif, ol legauraf, reni tugama ol eyt duska

lunyoys. Littee redin spicellaykas, rot =EEis net doj=E9a. Cif czas kuytti

gaspeleys.



7 Ajunk pivotenk lunyokanjeys, ovye rot ziilafasa repyijel siavays."



8 Ar kyandottayka Kloyno jando gassef iurank, eyt kammotan szenole szoys.



9 Szoys firoytavo qie Babelangi, dorme pivotayka Kloyno legoysjel

lunyoys tyupart eyt kyandottayka jando rompof gassef iurank.





Hello,

  I decided to submit a passage to the Babel text database. I translated

Genesis 11:1-9 into Zegzolt, my own model language. I used the Finnish

Bible version of 1992 (and compared it a little with the English one).

Here is the thing:



Some notes:

 =EE should be i with a circumflex (i^) and =E9 should be e with an acute

accent (e'). Gz, sz, and cz should be g, s and c with a wedge above them,

respectively. Y after vowels is [i] and forms a diphthong, it's [i] in the

beginning of the word, too; after consonants it palatalizes (?) the

consonant. Vowels are clear as in Italian. Double consonants and vowels

(only ee and ii appear)  are pronounced long. -- I can't give the complete

pronunciation chart here, and I don't have it in the Internet, either, at

least not yet. Things must be given time to develop.



Here's some information about Zegzolt:



Zegzolt is mainly based on Finnish, which is obvious considering that I'm

a Finn and I started this language many years ago when I was rather young.

Vocabulary is mostly invented, but some words are loans from a source or

another. I had difficulty with translating past tenses, because there are

two different modes in the past. (Imperfect and preterit, they are used

roughly as their corresponding tenses in Spanish.)



So - Please ask if you have any questions.



Toni Keskitalo

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