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A Collection of Texts in Kat

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)

डः ऐ क्तै ॶनॖःदॖ दॖ वौङॖःदॖ क्तै ह्थ्वॖःदॖ क्तै क़अभॖःदॖ क्तै वहॖःदॖ चॗ फ़ेःभॖःदॖ फ़ चॗ कताफ़ॖःदॖ ॥ डः हल्थ्ञॖ दै बौ ङ्त्थ्गॖःदॖ क्तै मचॖःदॖ । फ़ डः ञ दै चेः चॖईॶतॖःदॖ दॖ ङ्त्थ्गॖःदॖ चेः गॖदॖःदॖ क्तै ञाबॖःदॖ । सभे डः च्षॖतेद दै वेः ॥ डः ना दै ङ्तच्षेजॖज स हा फ़ दौ स ङ्तच्षेजईअः फ़भ्थ् हा ॥ डः ऐ दै ङ्तच्षेजॖःदॖ वङौ ल्थ्यॖःदॖ । फ़ डः ऐ दै हदेःपॖःदॖ वङौ ञषेपॖःदॖ ॥

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

लदॖसः मॖ हा ॶनॖःदॖ क्तै ङ्तच्षॖःदॖ ॥ डः चःगॖमॖ सौतॖःदॖ फ़ चॖवॖःदॖ क्तै फ़ेःभॖःदॖ दै ॥ डः क़अचौञ दै क्तै मॖच्षॖःदॖ च्षजॶःदॖ फ़ ईअमॖःदॖ ॥ जौ डः दॖञफ़ यै क्तै फ़ेःभॖःदॖ हा क्तै क़अतॖःदॖ दॖ ङ्त्थ्गॖःदॖ चेः पेःदॖःदॖ क्तै बेनॖःदॖ ॥ डः मःभौष दै क्तै क़अभॖःदॖ फ़ क्तै लॖदनॖःदॖ दॖ ङ्त्थ्गॖःदॖ चेः फ़लजॖःदॖ क्तै षैषॖःदॖ ॥ डः जःगःभ मॖ क्तै फ़ेःभॖःदॖ हा । डः ङ्तःक़एसॖ दै ॥

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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