A Collection of Texts in Ding

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)

Jaf bairtel juf kuñol furs rsaiskef wus chem lispel rthais dal rtarnestel rthais. Jaf nesamel wing gkegkef phi, dal jaf rnasel wing leng bigikel jef rsalef jef fairs, geshars jaf zhabbongol wing feng. Jaf chedel wing thu rsowosol chem chodol te zha rsibirs dal thu rsowosol chem shaubol te zha rsibirs phawas. Jaf bairtel wing rsowosol lauskof rtubbu, dal jaf bairtel wing dostugol gkarnardef rtubbu.

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

Gkarnurdon thu rre kuñol chem. Jaf rthastiphel nilel dal rrawel lispel chem wing. Jaf fimirtel wing phomol chem kujurnol chem dal zizhel chem chem. Rsairs jaf tufoñol rdingel lispel thu keshel bbars rsibirs rri wizhef jem fairs. Jaf rsichajel lem furs dal narthuf paim neñaigkef jem fairs. Jaf rsagasen lispel thu, jaf magadel lem.

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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