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A Collection of Texts in Qit

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)

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

व्युद ङ्त़िःऱ वीणुटु षक़ुटु ण्यूऱ स्यूग्व्युट्यु दः णु टा दः द़ु ग्विषुटु च मू डद़ीङ्वुटु च।

[wyda ᵑǀˤḭɽa wiːɳuʈu ʂaquʈu ɳyːɽa syːɡʷyʈy da̰ ɳu ʈaː da̰ dˤu ɡʷiʂuʈu t͡ʃa muː ɖadˤiːɴʷuʈu t͡ʃa]

wy
have -d
PAST -a
POS ᵑǀˤḭ
all -ɽ
PRES -a
POS wiːɳ
human being -uʈu
ABS ʂaq
surface -uʈu
ABS ɳyː
whole -ɽ
PRES -a
POS syːɡʷ
earth -uʈu
ABS da̰
3.cl.4.POSS ɳ-
cl.4 u
the ʈaː
in da̰
3.cl.4.POSS dˤ-
cl.1 u
the ɡʷiʂ
language -uʈu
ABS t͡ʃa
one muː
and ɖadˤiːɴʷ
dialect -uʈu
ABS t͡ʃa
one

“All humans in the whole earth had one language and one dialect.”

 (1)

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.

च्युक़्ऽव्यूद क़वि ग्विऩुटु बिस़ुटु णु ग्व।

[t͡ʃyqʼʷyːda kʼʷi ɡʷinˤuʈu bisˤuʈu ɳu ɡʷa]

t͡ʃuqʼʷyː
journey -d
PAST -a
POS kʼʷi
3.cl.1 ɡʷinˤ
inside -uʈu
ABS bisˤ
east -uʈu
ABS ɳ-
cl.4 u
the ɡʷa
from

“They journeyed from the east.”

 (2)
मू म्युद क़वि क़वऱ त़िफ़ुशुटु ग्विऩुटु ग्विशुटु टा दः।

[muː myda kʼʷi kʼʷaɽa tˤifuʃuʈu ɡʷinˤuʈu ɡʷiʃuʈu ʈaː da̰]

muː
and my
find -d
PAST -a
POS kʼʷi
3.cl.1 kʼʷa
wide -ɽ
PRES -a
POS tˤifuʃ
plain -uʈu
ABS ɡʷinˤ
inside -uʈu
ABS ɡʷiʃ
land -uʈu
ABS ʈaː
in da̰
3.cl.4.POSS

“And they found a wide plain in the a land.”

 (3)
ङ्त़स़्यू द़िस़ुद क़वि क्त़्युः।

[ᵑǀˤasˤyː dˤisˤuda kʼʷi ᵏǀˤy̰]

ᵑǀˤasˤyː
thus dˤisˤu
dwell -d
PAST -a
POS kʼʷi
3.cl.1 ᵏǀˤy̰
there

“Thus they dwelled there.”

 (4)

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.

द्युद क़वि स़ु क्तःद़क़अऽअऱ क्व्युः दः मू क्तःद़क़उटु स़ु णःऱ ङ्त़ःचा क्व्युः दः।

[dyda kʼʷi sˤu ᵏǀa̰dˤakʼaʔaɽa kʷy̰ da̰ muː ᵏǀa̰dˤakʼuʈu sˤu ɳa̰ɽa ᵑǀˤa̰t͡ʃaː kʷy̰ da̰]

dy
say -d
PAST -a
POS kʼʷi
3.cl.1 sˤu
imperative ᵏǀa̰dˤakʼ
brick -aʔa
make -ɽ
PRES -a
POS kʷy̰
1incl da̰
3.cl.4.POSS muː
and ᵏǀa̰dˤakʼ
brick -uʈu
ABS sˤu
imperative ɳa̰
burn -ɽ
PRES -a
POS ᵑǀˤa̰t͡ʃaː
thoroughly kʷy̰
1incl da̰
3.cl.4.POSS

“They said: Let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.”

 (5)

And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

व्युद क़वि क्तःद़क़उटु ङ्व्युःशिग्वि भिट्यु।

[wyda kʼʷi ᵏǀa̰dˤakʼuʈu ɴʷy̰ʃiɡʷi ɓiʈy]

wy
have -d
PAST -a
POS kʼʷi
3.cl.1 ᵏǀa̰dˤakʼ
brick -uʈu
ABS ɴʷy̰ʃ
stone -iɡʷi
LOC ɓiʈy
PURP

“They had bricks for stone.”

 (6)
मू व्युद क़वि ङुभाक़वुटु शदुऽइग्वि भिट्यु।

[muː wyda kʼʷi ɴuɓaːkʼʷuʈu ʃaduʔiɡʷi ɓiʈy]

muː
and wy
have -d
PAST -a
POS kʼʷi
3.cl.1 ɴuɓaːkʼʷ
slime -uʈu
ABS ʃaduʔ
mortar -iɡʷi
LOC ɓiʈy
PURP

“And they had slime for mortar.”

 (7)

A Creation Myth

We are not like other people.

शुस़ऱुः क्व्युः ऱ्युऱ वीणुटु दः।

[ʃusˤaɽṵ kʷy̰ ɽyɽa wiːɳuʈu da̰]

ʃusˤa
resemble -ɽ
PRES -ṵ
NEG kʷy̰
1incl ɽy
other -ɽ
PRES -a
POS wiːɳ
human being -uʈu
ABS da̰
3.cl.4.POSS

“We do not resemble other humans.”

 (8)

Their languages were shaped by struggle and time.

युक़इद च्युम्युट्यु मू टसुटु ग्विषुटु णु फ़िः क़वि।

[jukʼida t͡ʃymyʈy muː ʈasuʈu ɡʷiʂuʈu ɳu fḭ kʼʷi]

jukʼi
shape -d
PAST -a
POS t͡ʃym
fight -uʈu
ABS muː
and ʈas
time -uʈu
ABS ɡʷiʂ
language -uʈu
ABS ɳ-
cl.4 u
the fḭ
3.cl.1.POSS kʼʷi
3.cl.1

“Their languages were shaped by fight and time.”

 (9)

They copied the sounds of beasts and birds, and they learned to speak like that.

क़्वफ़ाद क़वि सिभुटु णु फ़िः क़्ऽउशिणुटु मू शूग्वुटु।

[qʷafaːda kʼʷi siɓuʈu ɳu fḭ qʼuʃiɳuʈu muː ʃuːɡʷuʈu]

qʷafaː
copy -d
PAST -a
POS kʼʷi
3.cl.1 siɓ
sound -uʈu
ABS ɳ-
cl.4 u
the fḭ
3.cl.1.POSS qʼuʃiɳ
mammal -uʈu
ABS muː
and ʃuːɡʷ
bird -uʈu
ABS

“They copied the sounds of mammals and birds.”

 (10)

But our language arose in a different way.

ऩ्युः ङ्विःङ्यूद ग्विषुटु णु डि क़्ऽवाऱ क़्ऽवितुटु ञु दः ग्विऩुटु फ़ीऱ क़्व्युङ्व्युट्यु दः टा।

[nˤy̰ ŋʷḭɴyːda ɡʷiʂuʈu ɳu ɖi qʼʷaːɽa qʼʷituʈu ɲu da̰ ɡʷinˤuʈu fiːɽa qʷyɴʷyʈy da̰ ʈaː]

nˤy̰
but ŋʷḭɴyː
arise -d
PAST -a
POS ɡʷiʂ
language -uʈu
ABS ɳ-
cl.4 u
the ɖi
1incl.POSS qʼʷaː
be -ɽ
PRES -a
POS qʼʷit
langname -uʈu
ABS ɲ-
cl.3 u
the da̰
3.cl.4.POSS ɡʷinˤ
inside -uʈu
ABS fiː
different -ɽ
PRES -a
POS qʷyɴʷ
manner -uʈu
ABS da̰
3.cl.4.POSS ʈaː
in

“But Qit, which is our language, arose in a different way.”

 (11)

It was born whole and perfect in a single breath.

द़िद़द टू ण्यूऱ दः मू क़वऩऱ दः ग्विऩुटु क्त्यूऱ गिऽअङ्वुटु दः टा

[dˤidˤada ʈuː ɳyːɽa da̰ muː kʼʷanˤaɽa da̰ ɡʷinˤuʈu ᵏǀyːɽa ɡiʔaŋʷuʈu da̰ ʈaː]

dˤidˤa
appear -d
PAST -a
POS ʈuː
3.cl.4 ɳyː
whole -ɽ
PRES -a
POS da̰
3.cl.4.POSS muː
and kʼʷanˤa
perfect -ɽ
PRES -a
POS da̰
3.cl.4.POSS ɡʷinˤ
inside -uʈu
ABS ᵏǀyː
single -ɽ
PRES -a
POS ɡiʔaŋʷ
breath -uʈu
ABS da̰
3.cl.4.POSS ʈaː
in

“It appeared whole and perfect in a single breath”

 (12)

Our language did not evolve; it was created.

ञक़वदुः ग्विषुटु णु डि।

[ɲakʼʷadṵ ɡʷiʂuʈu ɳu ɖi]

ɲakʼʷa
evolve -d
PAST -ṵ
NEG ɡʷiʂ
language -uʈu
ABS ɳ-
cl.4 u
the ɖi
1incl.POSS

“Our language did not evolve.”

 (13)
सःणद टू।

[sa̰ɳada ʈuː]

sa̰ɳa
create -d
PAST -a
POS ʈuː
3.cl.4

“It was created.”

 (14)

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