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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)

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

दस़ि मिः शास़ि फ़िजदिबि ड्यूबदुकिः क़आस़ि ङ्तॾदिबि तिःकि च्यु तिःदिः माशदुकिः ङु क भिषिधदुकिः ङु।

[dasˤi mḭ ʃaːsˤi fiɟadibi ɖyːbadukḭ kʼaːsˤi ᵑǀakʼʷadibi tḭki t͡ɕy tḭdḭ maːʃadukḭ ŋu ka ɓiʂicadukḭ ŋu]

da
have -sˤi
active mḭ
PAST ʃaː
all -sˤi
active fiɟ
human being -ad
ABS -ibi
3.cl.3.POSS ɖyːb
surface -ad
ABS -ukḭ
no.owner.POSS kʼaː
whole -sˤi
active ᵑǀakʼʷ
earth -ad
ABS -ibi
3.cl.3.POSS tḭ
the -ki
cl.3 t͡ɕy
in tḭ
the -dḭ
cl.1 maːʃ
language -ad
ABS -ukḭ
no.owner.POSS ŋu
one ka
and ɓiʂic
dialect -ad
ABS -ukḭ
no.owner.POSS ŋu
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.

कुऩस़ि मिः ण ऽऊददुकिः षटदुकिः तिःकि ञ्यू।

[kunˤasˤi mḭ ɳa ʔuːdadukḭ ʂaʈadukḭ tḭki ɲyː]

kunˤa
journey -sˤi
active mḭ
PAST ɳa
3.cl.4 ʔuːd
inside -ad
ABS -ukḭ
no.owner.POSS ʂaʈ
east -ad
ABS -ukḭ
no.owner.POSS tḭ
the -ki
cl.3 ɲyː
from

“They journeyed from the east.”

 (2)
क ङ्त्युस़ि मिः ण ध्यूस़ि क़युऱ्यूबदिबि ऽऊददुकिः य्यूङ्वदुकिः च्यु।

[ka ᵑǀysˤi mḭ ɳa cyːsˤi kʼyɽyːbadibi ʔuːdadukḭ jyːŋʷadukḭ t͡ɕy]

ka
and ᵑǀy
find -sˤi
active mḭ
PAST ɳa
3.cl.4 cyː
wide -sˤi
active kʼyɽyːb
plain -ad
ABS -ibi
3.cl.3.POSS ʔuːd
inside -ad
ABS -ukḭ
no.owner.POSS jyːŋʷ
land -ad
ABS -ukḭ
no.owner.POSS t͡ɕy
in

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

 (3)
ऽअःञ्यु ङिशिस़ि मिः ण जि।

[ʔa̰ɲy ŋiʃisˤi mḭ ɳa ɟi]

ʔa̰ɲy
thus ŋiʃi
dwell -sˤi
active mḭ
PAST ɳa
3.cl.4 ɟi
there

“Thus they dwelled there.”

 (4)

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

सूस़ि मिः ण जिचुबऩिस़ि कः तू क जिचुबदुकिः क़ईस़ि कः कबी तू।

[suːsˤi mḭ ɳa ɟit͡ɕubanˤisˤi ka̰ tuː ka ɟit͡ɕubadukḭ kʼiːsˤi ka̰ kabiː tuː]

suː
say -sˤi
active mḭ
PAST ɳa
3.cl.4 ɟit͡ɕub
brick -anˤi
make -sˤi
active ka̰
imperative tuː
1incl ka
and ɟit͡ɕub
brick -ad
ABS -ukḭ
no.owner.POSS kʼiː
burn -sˤi
active ka̰
imperative kabiː
thoroughly tuː
1incl

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

 (5)

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

दस़ि मिः ण जिचुबदुकिः क्वसिक़उकिः ऩिक्विः।

[dasˤi mḭ ɳa ɟit͡ɕubadukḭ kʷasikʼukḭ nˤikʷḭ]

da
have -sˤi
active mḭ
PAST ɳa
3.cl.4 ɟit͡ɕub
brick -ad
ABS -ukḭ
no.owner.POSS kʷas
stone -ikʼ
LOC -ukḭ
no.owner.POSS nˤikʷḭ
PURP

“They had bricks for stone.”

 (6)
क दस़ि मिः ण त़िःतिबदुकिः ङ्त़ुक़अःविक़उकिः ऩिक्विः।

[ka dasˤi mḭ ɳa tˤḭtibadukḭ ᵑǀˤukʼa̰wikʼukḭ nˤikʷḭ]

ka
and da
have -sˤi
active mḭ
PAST ɳa
3.cl.4 tˤḭtib
slime -ad
ABS -ukḭ
no.owner.POSS ᵑǀˤukʼa̰w
mortar -ikʼ
LOC -ukḭ
no.owner.POSS nˤikʷḭ
PURP

“And they had slime for mortar.”

 (7)

A Creation Myth

We are not like other people.

बःदुस़ि ञः तू ङ्तुस़ि फ़िजदिबि।

[ba̰dusˤi ɲa̰ tuː ᵑǀusˤi fiɟadibi]

ba̰du
resemble -sˤi
active ɲa̰
NEG tuː
1incl ᵑǀu
other -sˤi
active fiɟ
human being -ad
ABS -ibi
3.cl.3.POSS

“We do not resemble other humans.”

 (8)

Their languages were shaped by struggle and time.

षिऱीस़ि मिः क्वीवदुकिः क क्वजदुकिः माशदटि तिःदिः ण।

[ʂiɽiːsˤi mḭ kʷiːwadukḭ ka kʷaɟadukḭ maːʃadaʈi tḭdḭ ɳa]

ʂiɽiː
shape -sˤi
active mḭ
PAST kʷiːw
fight -ad
ABS -ukḭ
no.owner.POSS ka
and kʷaɟ
time -ad
ABS -ukḭ
no.owner.POSS maːʃ
language -ad
ABS -aʈi
3.cl.4.POSS tḭ
the -dḭ
cl.1 ɳa
3.cl.4

“Their languages were shaped by fight and time.”

 (9)

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

बिगूस़ि मिः ण भङ्वदःफ़ि तिःधु तुडञदुकिः क ऱिमदुकिः।

[biɡuːsˤi mḭ ɳa ɓaŋʷada̰fi tḭcu tuɖaɲadukḭ ka ɽimadukḭ]

biɡuː
copy -sˤi
active mḭ
PAST ɳa
3.cl.4 ɓaŋʷ
sound -ad
ABS -a̰fi
3.cl.1.POSS tḭ
the -cu
cl.4 tuɖaɲ
mammal -ad
ABS -ukḭ
no.owner.POSS ka
and ɽim
bird -ad
ABS -ukḭ
no.owner.POSS

“They copied the sounds of mammals and birds.”

 (10)

But our language arose in a different way.

द़ि च्षफ़्युस़ि मिः माशदिम तिःदिः मिःस़ि चूनदिबि तिःदिः ऽऊददुकिः चुःस़ि तुञदिबि च्यु।

[dˤi t͡ʃafysˤi mḭ maːʃadima tḭdḭ mḭsˤi t͡ɕuːnadibi tḭdḭ ʔuːdadukḭ t͡ɕṵsˤi tuɲadibi t͡ɕy]

dˤi
but t͡ʃafy
arise -sˤi
active mḭ
PAST maːʃ
language -ad
ABS -ima
1incl.POSS tḭ
the -dḭ
cl.1 mḭ
be -sˤi
active t͡ɕuːn
langname -ad
ABS -ibi
3.cl.3.POSS tḭ
the -dḭ
cl.1 ʔuːd
inside -ad
ABS -ukḭ
no.owner.POSS t͡ɕṵ
different -sˤi
active tuɲ
manner -ad
ABS -ibi
3.cl.3.POSS t͡ɕy
in

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

 (11)

It was born whole and perfect in a single breath.

गुद़स़ि मिः ॾः क़आस़ि क मिभ्यूस़ि ऽऊददुकिः हःस़ि क्विःङःशदिबि च्यु

[ɡudˤasˤi mḭ kʼʷa̰ kʼaːsˤi ka miɓyːsˤi ʔuːdadukḭ ha̰sˤi kʷḭŋa̰ʃadibi t͡ɕy]

ɡudˤa
appear -sˤi
active mḭ
PAST kʼʷa̰
3.cl.1 kʼaː
whole -sˤi
active ka
and miɓyː
perfect -sˤi
active ʔuːd
inside -ad
ABS -ukḭ
no.owner.POSS ha̰
single -sˤi
active kʷḭŋa̰ʃ
breath -ad
ABS -ibi
3.cl.3.POSS t͡ɕy
in

“It appeared whole and perfect in a single breath”

 (12)

Our language did not evolve; it was created.

नुधिस़ि मिः ञः माशदिम तिःदिः।

[nucisˤi mḭ ɲa̰ maːʃadima tḭdḭ]

nuci
evolve -sˤi
active mḭ
PAST ɲa̰
NEG maːʃ
language -ad
ABS -ima
1incl.POSS tḭ
the -dḭ
cl.1

“Our language did not evolve.”

 (13)
फ़टिःस़ि मिः ॾः।

[faʈḭsˤi mḭ kʼʷa̰]

faʈḭ
create -sˤi
active mḭ
PAST kʼʷa̰
3.cl.1

“It was created.”

 (14)

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