A Collection of Texts in Dad

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.

Пи’съ биб̱ ҭъиши’б̱ гәд̱у’п шә’к ԥә’б̱у’п ԥиб биф шайд̱у’п ґа таў кугә’ԥу’п ґа.

[pḭsˤ biɓ tʰˤiʃḭɓ həɗṵp ʃə̰k pʰə̰ɓṵp pʰib bif ʃaiɗṵp ɡa tau kuhə̰pʰṵp ɡa]

p-
PAST
ḭsˤ
have
biɓ
all
tʰˤiʃ
human being
-ḭɓ
plur
həɗ
surface
-ṵp
sing
ʃə̰k
whole
pʰə̰ɓ
earth
-ṵp
sing
pʰib
LOC
bif
in
ʃaiɗ
language
-ṵp
sing
ɡa
one
tau
and
kuhə̰pʰ
dialect
-ṵp
sing
ɡa
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.

Пидъаԥутъ ҭайд д̱ату’п сату’п тъуд̱ъ қә’ш.

[pidˤapʰutˤ tʰaid ɗatṵp satṵp tˤuɗˤ kʰə̰ʃ]

p-
PAST
idˤapʰutˤ
journey
tʰaid
3.plur
ɗat
inside
-ṵp
sing
sat
east
-ṵp
sing
tˤuɗˤ
ABL
kʰə̰ʃ
from

“They journeyed from the east.”

(2)
Таў паўф ҭайд саўґ фасъид̱ъу’п д̱ату’п съаґу’п ԥиб биф.

[tau pauf tʰaid sauɡ fasˤiɗˤṵp ɗatṵp sˤaɡṵp pʰib bif]

tau
and
p-
PAST
auf
find
tʰaid
3.plur
sauɡ
wide
fasˤiɗˤ
plain
-ṵp
sing
ɗat
inside
-ṵp
sing
sˤaɡ
land
-ṵp
sing
pʰib
LOC
bif
in

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

(3)
Ґи’тап пад̱адусъ ҭайд байсъ.

[ɡḭtap paɗadusˤ tʰaid baisˤ]

ɡḭtap
thus
p-
PAST
aɗadusˤ
dwell
tʰaid
3.plur
baisˤ
there

“Thus they dwelled there.”

(4)

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

Пап ҭайд съәф би’съ фашади’б̱ тид̱ъ ҭъиб таў съи’к би’съ фашади’б̱ ша’д̱ъәдъ тид̱ъ ҭъиб.

[pap tʰaid sˤəf bḭsˤ faʃadḭɓ tiɗˤ tʰˤib tau sˤḭk bḭsˤ faʃadḭɓ ʃa̰ɗˤədˤ tiɗˤ tʰˤib]

p-
PAST
ap
say
tʰaid
3.plur
sˤ-
PRES
əf
make
bḭsˤ
imperative
faʃad
brick
-ḭɓ
plur
tiɗˤ
GEN
tʰˤib
1incl.plur
tau
and
sˤ-
PRES
ḭk
burn
bḭsˤ
imperative
faʃad
brick
-ḭɓ
plur
ʃa̰ɗˤədˤ
thoroughly
tiɗˤ
GEN
tʰˤib
1incl.plur

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

(5)

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

Пи’съ ҭайд фашаду’п ґуҭу’п ԥиб ҭъуд̱ъа’д̱.

[pḭsˤ tʰaid faʃadṵp ɡutʰṵp pʰib tʰˤuɗˤa̰ɗ]

p-
PAST
ḭsˤ
have
tʰaid
3.plur
faʃad
brick
-ṵp
sing
ɡutʰ
stone
-ṵp
sing
pʰib
LOC
tʰˤuɗˤa̰ɗ
PURP

“They had bricks for stone.”

(6)
Таў пи’съ ҭайд ԥа’фәсъу’п пиб̱ашу’п ԥиб ҭъуд̱ъа’д̱.

[tau pḭsˤ tʰaid pʰa̰fəsˤṵp piɓaʃṵp pʰib tʰˤuɗˤa̰ɗ]

tau
and
p-
PAST
ḭsˤ
have
tʰaid
3.plur
pʰa̰fəsˤ
slime
-ṵp
sing
piɓaʃ
mortar
-ṵp
sing
pʰib
LOC
tʰˤuɗˤa̰ɗ
PURP

“And they had slime for mortar.”

(7)

A Creation Myth

We are not like other people.

Съида’шис ба’съ ҭъиб тъаўп ҭъиши’б̱.

[sˤida̰ʃis ba̰sˤ tʰˤib tˤaup tʰˤiʃḭɓ]

sˤ-
PRES
ida̰ʃis
resemble
ba̰sˤ
NEG
tʰˤib
1incl.plur
tˤaup
other
tʰˤiʃ
human being
-ḭɓ
plur

“We do not resemble other humans.”

(8)

Their languages were shaped by struggle and time.

Паўд̱итаб саку’п таў ԥид̱ъу’п шайд̱и’б̱ ҭайд тид̱ъ.

[pauɗitab sakṵp tau pʰiɗˤṵp ʃaiɗḭɓ tʰaid tiɗˤ]

p-
PAST
auɗitab
shape
sak
fight
-ṵp
sing
tau
and
pʰiɗˤ
time
-ṵp
sing
ʃaiɗ
language
-ḭɓ
plur
tʰaid
3.plur
tiɗˤ
GEN

“Their languages were shaped by fight and time.”

(9)

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

Пашиби ҭайд паҭъи’б̱ ҭъадаҭи’б̱ таў ҭъасъи’б̱ тид̱ъ.

[paʃibi tʰaid patʰˤḭɓ tʰˤadatʰḭɓ tau tʰˤasˤḭɓ tiɗˤ]

p-
PAST
aʃibi
copy
tʰaid
3.plur
patʰˤ
sound
-ḭɓ
plur
tʰˤadatʰ
mammal
-ḭɓ
plur
tau
and
tʰˤasˤ
bird
-ḭɓ
plur
tiɗˤ
GEN

“They copied the sounds of mammals and birds.”

(10)

But our language arose in a different way.

Д̱айд пуша’стус съаш шайд̱у’п ҭъиб тид̱ъ дәду’п д̱ату’п д̱ъиґ кибу’п ԥиб биф.

[ɗaid puʃa̰stus sˤaʃ ʃaiɗṵp tʰˤib tiɗˤ dədṵp ɗatṵp ɗˤiɡ kibṵp pʰib bif]

ɗaid
but
p-
PAST
uʃa̰stus
arise
sˤ-
PRES

be
ʃaiɗ
language
-ṵp
sing
tʰˤib
1incl.plur
tiɗˤ
GEN
dəd
langname
-ṵp
sing
ɗat
inside
-ṵp
sing
ɗˤiɡ
different
kib
manner
-ṵp
sing
pʰib
LOC
bif
in

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

(11)

It was born whole and perfect in a single breath.

Паҭъад̱а’ш шаўф шә’к таў б̱уґайт д̱ату’п биш пад̱ъәб̱у’п ԥиб биф

[patʰˤaɗa̰ʃ ʃauf ʃə̰k tau ɓuɡait ɗatṵp biʃ paɗˤəɓṵp pʰib bif]

p-
PAST
atʰˤaɗa̰ʃ
appear
ʃauf
3.sing
ʃə̰k
whole
tau
and
ɓuɡait
perfect
ɗat
inside
-ṵp
sing
biʃ
single
paɗˤəɓ
breath
-ṵp
sing
pʰib
LOC
bif
in

“It appeared whole and perfect in a single breath”

(12)

Our language did not evolve; it was created.

Пи’тъудъа’к ба’съ шайд̱у’п ҭъиб тид̱ъ.

[pḭtˤudˤa̰k ba̰sˤ ʃaiɗṵp tʰˤib tiɗˤ]

p-
PAST
ḭtˤudˤa̰k
evolve
ba̰sˤ
NEG
ʃaiɗ
language
-ṵp
sing
tʰˤib
1incl.plur
tiɗˤ
GEN

“Our language did not evolve.”

(13)
Пиҭиба’п шаўф.

[pitʰiba̰p ʃauf]

p-
PAST
itʰiba̰p
create
ʃauf
3.sing

“It was created.”

(14)

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