A Collection of Texts in Tak

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.

Dañik sed qooqurr qaud laaneq gijeq dirr tekh hogkoq rtaaq kin sukhausoq rtaaq.

[daɲik sed ʔoːʔuɽ ʔaud laːneʔ ɡijeʔ diɽ tex hokʼoʔ ʈaːʔ kin suxausoʔ ʈaːʔ]

daɲ
have
-ik
active
sed
PAST
ʔoːʔ
human being
-iɽ
plur
ʔaud
all
laːn
surface
-eʔ
sing
ɡij
earth
-eʔ
sing
diɽ
whole
tex
in
hokʼ
language
-eʔ
sing
ʈaːʔ
one
kin
and
sixaus
dialect
-eʔ
sing
ʈaːʔ
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.

Gokhauduk sed hud tejeq taiñeq rtiig.

[ɡoxauduk sed hud tejeʔ taiɲeʔ ʈiːɡ]

ɡexaud
journey
-ik
active
sed
PAST
hu
3.plur
-d
plur
tej
inside
-eʔ
sing
taiɲ
east
-eʔ
sing
ʈiːɡ
from

“They journeyed from the east.”

(2)
Kin rrotuk sed hud rtekhageq tiq huud tejeq gkardeq huud tekh.

[kin ɽotuk sed hud ʈexaɡeʔ tiʔ huːd tejeʔ kʼaɖeʔ huːd tex]

kin
and
ɽot
find
-ik
active
sed
PAST
hu
3.plur
-d
plur
ʈexaɡ
plain
-eʔ
sing
tiʔ
wide
huːd
a
tej
inside
-eʔ
sing
kʼaɖ
land
-eʔ
sing
huːd
a
tex
in

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

(3)
Rrardat narraardik sed hud rdot.

[ɽaɖat naɽaːɖik sed hud ɖot]

ɽaɖat
thus
naɽaːɖ
dwell
-ik
active
sed
PAST
hu
3.plur
-d
plur
ɖot
there

“Thus they dwelled there.”

(4)

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

Rdekik sed hud rrutujurr gkauquk kheñ hod kin rrutujurr gekhik kheñ ñiqel hod.

[ɖekik sed hud ɽutujuɽ kʼauʔuk xeɲ hod kin ɽutujuɽ ɡexik xeɲ ɲiʔel hod]

ɖek
say
-ik
active
sed
PAST
hu
3.plur
-d
plur
ɽituj
brick
-iɽ
plur
kʼauʔ
make
-ik
active
xeɲ
imperative
ho
1incl.plur
-d
plur
kin
and
ɽituj
brick
-iɽ
plur
ɡex
burn
-ik
active
xeɲ
imperative
ɲiʔel
thoroughly
ho
1incl.plur
-d
plur

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

(5)

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

Dañik sed hud rrutujoq rtateq qegiis.

[daɲik sed hud ɽutujoʔ ʈateʔ ʔeɡiːs]

daɲ
have
-ik
active
sed
PAST
hu
3.plur
-d
plur
ɽituj
brick
-eʔ
sing
ʈat
stone
-eʔ
sing
ʔeɡiːs
PURP

“They had bricks for stone.”

(6)
Kin dañik sed hud ñarriteq ñilijeq qegiis.

[kin daɲik sed hud ɲaɽiteʔ ɲilijeʔ ʔeɡiːs]

kin
and
daɲ
have
-ik
active
sed
PAST
hu
3.plur
-d
plur
ɲaɽit
slime
-eʔ
sing
ɲilij
mortar
-eʔ
sing
ʔeɡiːs
PURP

“And they had slime for mortar.”

(7)

A Creation Myth

We are not like other people.

Lunauluk kerr hod qooqurr qirr.

[lunauluk keɽ hod ʔoːʔuɽ ʔiɽ]

linaul
resemble
-ik
active
keɽ
NEG
ho
1incl.plur
-d
plur
ʔoːʔ
human being
-iɽ
plur
ʔiɽ
other

“We do not resemble other humans.”

(8)

Their languages were shaped by struggle and time.

Rdaluquk sed khedeq kin rdiiqeq hogkurr hud.

[ɖaluʔuk sed xedeʔ kin ɖiːʔeʔ hokʼuɽ hud]

ɖaluʔ
shape
-ik
active
sed
PAST
xed
fight
-eʔ
sing
kin
and
ɖiːʔ
time
-eʔ
sing
hokʼ
language
-iɽ
plur
hu
3.plur
-d
plur

“Their languages were shaped by fight and time.”

(9)

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

Hatakhik sed hud gkaurdurr hogkojurrikh kin dugurrikh.

[hataxik sed hud kʼauɖuɽ hokʼojuɽix kin duɡuɽix]

hatax
copy
-ik
active
sed
PAST
hu
3.plur
-d
plur
kʼauɖ
sound
-iɽ
plur
hekʼoj
mammal
-iɽ
plur
-ix
GEN
kin
and
duɡ
bird
-iɽ
plur
-ix
GEN

“They copied the sounds of mammals and birds.”

(10)

But our language arose in a different way.

Dog rtartedik sed ñekhik rtakeq hogkoq hod tejeq sañeq rrañ huud tekh.

[doɡ ʈaʈedik sed ɲexik ʈakeʔ hokʼoʔ hod tejeʔ saɲeʔ ɽaɲ huːd tex]

doɡ
then
ʈaʈed
arise
-ik
active
sed
PAST
ɲex
be
-ik
active
ʈak
langname
-eʔ
sing
hokʼ
language
-eʔ
sing
ho
1incl.plur
-d
plur
tej
inside
-eʔ
sing
saɲ
manner
-eʔ
sing
ɽaɲ
different
huːd
a
tex
in

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

(11)

It was born whole and perfect in a single breath.

Lakhoquk sed kheel dirr kin toñuuq tejeq ñañateq hes huud tekh

[laxoʔuk sed xeːl diɽ kin toɲuːʔ tejeʔ ɲaɲateʔ hes huːd tex]

laxoʔ
appear
-ik
active
sed
PAST
xeː
3.sing
-l
sing
diɽ
whole
kin
and
teɲuːʔ
perfect
tej
inside
-eʔ
sing
ɲaɲat
breath
-eʔ
sing
hes
single
huːd
a
tex
in

“It appeared whole and perfect in a single breath”

(12)

Our language did not evolve; it was created.

Rdarriinik sed kerr hogkoq hod.

[ɖaɽiːnik sed keɽ hokʼoʔ hod]

ɖaɽiːn
evolve
-ik
active
sed
PAST
keɽ
NEG
hokʼ
language
-eʔ
sing
ho
1incl.plur
-d
plur

“Our language did not evolve.”

(13)
Khañunuk sed kheel.

[xaɲunuk sed xeːl]

xaɲun
create
-ik
active
sed
PAST
xeː
3.sing
-l
sing

“It was created.”

(14)

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