A Collection of Texts in Raf

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)

Hiğum piif farr nogung mem piif pim chabung harr shaj zhairrung hauf shaj wağedung. Hamumum leem ding piif zozung, hauf hehum leem chit tukhizung ñeeñ pirung, jazil hazhashum leem bob. Hiñum leem hib huuchikh ngağuufud harr shipif hauf hib haangikh ngağuufud harr shipif hibim. Hiğum leem ngağuufung lañaarr hingung, hauf hiğum leem gifaikhung lañaarr zhajamung.

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

Paw haushazhim hib zerr nogung harr. Hetishum dizung hauf ğuutung leem piif zhairrung harr. Hadaskum leem shafiğit harr hauf puuzit harr harr piif tazung harr. Khaazh halibum piif rraafung, lu hochim hib piif zhairrung, ñeeñ zhaiñ jachung. Hanawum gazh pim hauf ruchin ñeeñ wip shuzhingung. Paw hichubum hib piif zhairrung, haamiğum gazh.

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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