ZegzoltZegzolt1 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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