A Collection of Texts in Kab

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)

Qeñ taimyp tyangweñ saigk ngwangwat saigk tyyty gkaseñ saigk bbyhat saigk kyngat san tynat shyñ san haneeqat. Qeñ tyashaakyp tety gquaas henat saigk bbaihat, shyñ qeñ ñaiquyp tety tyameñ saigk tasyquat kyngw tyyty taubbat kyngw bbaihat, tyepauñ qeñ ñepeeqyp tety shak. Qeñ tyagkyp tety nabb nangw qausach shetaañysh shyñ nabb nangw tyngwach shetaañysh gkapych. Qeñ taimyp tety shetaañat kangaas gquauchyngw, shyñ qeñ taimyp tety fengypat kangaas kataubbyngw.

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

Chytaufyp syng nabb tyygkeñ saigk ngwangwat. Qeñ ngwetyepyp shatat shyñ gkaiqat tety tynat saigk. Qeñ kegkẽẽfyp tety hakausheñ shyñ gkañeñ haaqat saigk. Shyf qeñ qybbẽẽfyp quaabbat saigk tatyach nabb tynat saigk tyyty gquyfeñ saigk qauchat kyngw bbaihat. Qeñ gquynegkyp tety gkaseñ saigk shyñ syñycheñ saigk tyyty maugqueñ saigk tyenyfat kyngw bbaihat. Qeñ nagquaungyp syng nabb tynat saigk, qeñ bbymechyp tety.

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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