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A Collection of Texts in Ghewa


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The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9)

Cheğuku mi pithi khwaugwi, hu chuwäbä, so zaiqui su, hu chadubä, so ðazhi hai he ğwida hai. Chaukaku mi ta gwali so ðozhi quo, he chäfäku mi ta khwezä kizha ðozhi su, hu choquibä, pu chaitaku mi ta sau. Chiquiku mi ta no näshi si chebubä khä he no näshi si chämubä la khä. Cheğuku mi ta näshi dashi Mi, he cheğuku mi ta theqä khali Mi.

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

Chautäku kä no pithi, hu chimibä. Chabiku mi ðiðu he ğezhi ta khä ðazhi so. Chiduku mi ta qicha he päkhi khä khwächi so. Kä chokuku mi ğwewä so, hu chiraku no khä ðazhi so, kauğwi, hu chelabä, ðozhi su. Chächiku mi ta, hu chuwäbä, he, hu chupabä, zhäqui, hu chitabä, ðozhi su. Ch[??2: khkhkh_verb]ku. Ch[??2: khkhkh_verb]ku. Ch[??2: khkhkh_verb]ku. Ch[??2: khkhkh_verb]ku. Ch[??2: khkhkh_verb]ku. Ch[??2: khkhkh_verb]ku? Chidaku vaiza päði, chonaku ta zipa, ch[??2: khkhkh_verb]ku. Chauwaku mi kä no ðazhi so, chauluku mi ta.

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. Before that moment, our ancestors lived in a shadow-world. Then God pressed one button, and words and meanings arrived. The people awoke, and speech filled their mouths like breath for the first time. Where there had been nothing, there were now mountains, rivers and names for everything. Some outsiders claim that our language was not made by God at all, but by a machine. But how could that be? Machines can grind wheat and count money, but they cannot create mountains or ignite the sun. Our language did not evolve; it was created.

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