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A Collection of Texts in Chun

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)

दस़ि मिः शास़ि फ़िजदिबि ड्यूबदुकिः क़आस़ि ङ्तॾदिबि तिःकि च्यु तिःदिः माशदुकिः ङु क भिषिधदुकिः ङु ॥ कुऩस़ि मिः ण ऽऊददुकिः षटदुकिः तिःकि ञ्यू । क ङ्त्युस़ि मिः ण ध्यूस़ि क़युऱ्यूबदिबि ऽऊददुकिः य्यूङ्वदुकिः च्यु । ऽअःञ्यु ङिशिस़ि मिः ण जि ॥ सूस़ि मिः ण जिचुबऩिस़ि कः तू क जिचुबदुकिः क़ईस़ि कः कबी तू ॥ दस़ि मिः ण जिचुबदुकिः क्वसिक़उकिः ऩिक्विः । क दस़ि मिः ण त़िःतिबदुकिः ङ्त़ुक़अःविक़उकिः ऩिक्विः ॥

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

बःदुस़ि ञः तू ङ्तुस़ि फ़िजदिबि ॥ षिऱीस़ि मिः क्वीवदुकिः क क्वजदुकिः माशदटि तिःदिः ण ॥ बिगूस़ि मिः ण भङ्वदःफ़ि तिःधु तुडञदुकिः क ऱिमदुकिः ॥ द़ि च्षफ़्युस़ि मिः माशदिम तिःदिः मिःस़ि चूनदिबि तिःदिः ऽऊददुकिः चुःस़ि तुञदिबि च्यु ॥ गुद़स़ि मिः ॾः क़आस़ि क मिभ्यूस़ि ऽऊददुकिः हःस़ि क्विःङःशदिबि च्यु ॥ नुधिस़ि मिः ञः माशदिम तिःदिः । फ़टिःस़ि मिः ॾः ॥

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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