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A Collection of Texts in Tingi

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)

La wi’a qi sa fii sula ’iingi lii khi ’iingi lii qaa kiiñi puu lasawi kiiñi. La ñinguutaa naa ’uu lii ti, puu la hiiqa naa mifii fingikaa pika haa ’iingi, qaapi la ’afiiqa naa ’u. La hasii naa ju juqi nii khuu’uuti ’iingi puu ju ngika nii khuu’uuti ’iingi mujahu. La wi’a naa khuu’uuti ’iikhaa tali, puu la wi’a naa nuñafa liilisa tali.

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

Li kuulisuu nii ti sa ’iingi. La lawifi qa puu qiqu juu qaa lii naa. La ngafiinga naa juu ’a lii lafuhaqa puu lali. Khuu la ñajutu puuki tingi lii luu qaa lii ’iingi timi hingu ’iingi haa. La haanaani naa fii ’iingi puu ngiqaki ’iingi haana tusaahii ’iingi haa. La li katisa luu qaa lii, la nilulu naa.

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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