A Collection of Texts in Idich

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)

T͡ʃeŋuŋ jed t͡ʃais jiɲ me jed poŋ t͡ʃoɲ haɲ t͡ʃaif mop haɲ t͡ʃipaɾuk. Bibaumuŋ baij neɾ jed t͡ʃuk, mop nusuŋ baij wait t͡ʃisifap ʃauj t͡ʃok, ŋuŋuw hiɲaʃuŋ baij waiɲ. Tijuŋ baij ŋaiʃ ɡaunud duj jaut͡ʃijaʃ kit͡ʃaiw mop ŋaiʃ ɡaiɡud duj jaut͡ʃijaʃ kit͡ʃaiw hiteɡ. T͡ʃeŋuŋ baij t͡ʃaut͡ʃijaʃ t͡ʃiwat t͡ʃek, mop t͡ʃeŋuŋ baij t͡ʃaikadaɾ t͡ʃiwat t͡ʃaɾimat͡ʃ.

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

Wafiɾud baɾ ŋaiʃ haɾ jiɲ. Daŋotuŋ t͡ʃaiʃ mop t͡ʃaut͡ʃ baij jed jaif. Ŋaŋobuŋ baij juɲiɡid mop jot jed jos. Ʃok kaɡemuŋ jed t͡ʃidit͡ʃ, nat dinud ŋaiʃ jed t͡ʃaif, ʃauj bob t͡ʃaubaɲ. Dafoɲuŋ saf poŋ mop pimoŋ ʃauj t͡ʃat t͡ʃufiɾaɾ. Ŋiŋehuŋ baɾ ŋaiʃ jed t͡ʃaif, dukoɲuŋ saf.

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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