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A Collection of Texts in Ichakacha

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)

Тӟ нитӟпӟ лонӟ лудӟнӟ кимӟ лорӟ ларӟдӟ, ма тадӟпӟ, ма надӟпӟ, се личӟрӟ со се ладӟсӟгӟлӟ. Тӟ мӟфарӟпӟ но бокӟ лорӟ лочӟбӟ, со тӟ кибӟпӟ но лодӟфӟбӟмӟ ритӟ лелӟдӟ, ма мачӟпӟ, бӟди тӟ чӟсичӟпӟ но чи. Тӟ колӟпӟ но ву докӟпӟ вӟ лифӟсӟдӟрӟ вӟвудӟ со ву верӟпӟ вӟ лифӟсӟдӟрӟ вӟвудӟ нӟкимӟ. Тӟ нитӟпӟ но лифӟсӟдӟрӟ пӟнокӟ лунӟвӟ, со тӟ нитӟпӟ но ланӟнӟпӟкӟ пӟнокӟ лосӟфӟмӟбӟ.

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

Бӟвурӟпӟ кӟ ву лудӟнӟ, ма качӟпӟ. Тӟ дӟфолӟпӟ лафӟвӟ со лирӟчӟ но лонӟ личӟрӟ. Тӟ пӟчонӟпӟ но лемӟнӟрӟнӟ со лисӟчӟ лонӟ литӟмӟ. Фе тӟ дӟвибӟпӟ лорӟ личӟкӟчӟ, ма бимӟпӟ ву лорӟ личӟрӟ, ритӟ лучӟкӟдӟ, ма чудӟпӟ. Тӟ кӟсонӟпӟ ду, ма тадӟпӟ, со, ма нӟлабӟпӟ, ритӟ ламӟкӟфӟбӟ, ма мабӟпӟ. Тӟ нӟмабӟпӟ кӟ ву лорӟ личӟрӟ, тӟ сӟмичӟпӟ ду.

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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