A Collection of Texts in Ghih

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)

T͡sʲəmˠ qʷɨɽˠəfʲ ʋʲaizˤɨsˤ ʕˠɨɳˠəfʲ ɴˠaukʷəfʲ vˠanˠ d͡ʒɨmʲ vˠanˠ ɡˠɨʕʲ t͡sˤɨpʲəfʲ ɢʲanˤ ɡˠɨʕʲ xʲəɡʲaʜˠəfʲ. Sˤaɣʷaumˠ xʲaɾˠ tˤaʋˠəfʲ ɣʲanˠ, ɢʲanˤ dˠəmˠ xʲaɾˠ ɗˠəʡˠəfʲ ŋˠauŋˠ ʡʲakʼˠət͡sˤəfʲ ŋˠauŋˠ xʲɨŋʲəfʲ ɾʲaumʲ vˠanˠ, ɾˠadˠəɾˠ ɡˠɨnˠamˠ xʲaɾˠ ʋʲəŋˠ. Kˠamˠ xʲaɾˠ vʲəsˤ vˠanˠ bʲəʈˠaiɣʷəsˤafˠ hafˠ ɢʲanˤ vʲəsˤ vˠanˠ bʲəʈˠaiɣʷɨsˤ sˠəfˠ hafˠ ʔazˠɨnˠ. T͡sʲəmˠ xʲaɾˠ bʲəʈˠaiɣʷəfʲ fʲəqʼʲəfʲ qʼʷəsʲaufʲ, ɢʲanˤ t͡sʲəmˠ xʲaɾˠ tˠaɣˠanˤəfʲ dʲaŋˠəfˠəfʲ qʼʷəsʲaufʲ.

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

Kʼʲat͡sʲɨfˠ kʲəsˠ vʲəsˤ ɴʲaqʲəfʲ ʋʲaizˤɨsˤ vˠanˠ. Tˤəɴʷaimˠ ɗˠaiɴʲəfʲ ɢʲanˤ pˠəɢʷəfʲ xʲaɾˠ t͡sˤɨpʲɨsˤ nʲənˤ. Θʲət͡sʲamˠ xʲaɾˠ ɢˠəbˠaɳʲɨsˤ ɢʲanˤ sˤaɖˠɨsˤ ɣʲauŋˠɨsˤ nʲənˤ. ɢˠamˠ tʲəkˠɨmˠ ɣʷɨhəfʲ vˠanˠ t͡sˤɨpʲəfʲ sʲənˤ kʼˠaifˠ ɢˠaɽˠəfʲ ŋˠauŋˠ ɡʷauɓʲəfʲ vˠanˠ ɾʲaumʲ. Fʲɨpʲamˠ qˠaɾʲ ʕˠɨɳˠəfʲ vˠanˠ ɢʲanˤ ʜʲɨɡʷɨɡʲəfʲ vˠanˠ ʋʲaŋˠəfʲ ŋˠauŋˠ ðˠanʲɨɓˠəfʲ vˠanˠ ɾʲaumʲ. T͡sʲakʼˠamˠ kʲəsˠ t͡sˤɨpʲəfʲ sʲənˤ, nˤaxˠamˠ qˠaɾʲ.

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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