A Collection of Texts in Kb

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)

Лаў ка дԉб̱ԉбҭ̇ вұ дұквԉбҭ̇, най њаў, саа, най лұ, саа јҭ̇ ґөбԉбҭ̇ б̱ԉ фю ӈваӈваб̱абҭ̇ б̱ԉ. Д̱аб̱ашҭ̇ ка каў б̱ө даўчабҭ̇ саа, фю ја ка каў шамаӈабҭ̇ даў шаачабҭ̇, най ґаја, ӈԉґвұ д̱ҭ̇найта ка каў њю. Јԉ ка каў квұ д̱ұ мҭ̇ маквайлабҭ̇ јҭ̇ нԉӈө фю квұ њұ мҭ̇ маквайлабҭ̇ јҭ̇ нԉӈө вҭ̇ва. Лаў ка каў маквайлабҭ̇ пачаа шаакабҭ̇, фю лаў ка каў паґайґвабҭ̇ пачаа чҭ̇тұдԉбҭ̇.

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

Ҁнҭ̇њюґҭ̇ да квұ дԉб̱ԉбҭ̇, най на јҭ̇. Кҭ̇ґұтԉ ка маавабҭ̇ фю пԉбԉбҭ̇ каў ґөбԉбҭ̇ саа јҭ̇ ӈа. Квҭ̇вайґва ка каў њҭ̇квԉд̱ҭ̇јҭ̇ јҭ̇ фю чаӈҭ̇јҭ̇ јҭ̇ јҭ̇ ҁтԉґвԉбҭ̇ саа јҭ̇ ӈа. Вө ґԉшұшԉ ка квұбԉбҭ̇ саа, най ӈва ґөбԉбҭ̇ саа гҭ̇, даў д̱аајабҭ̇, най бана. Гҭ̇пааӈҭ̇ ка таа, най њаў, фю, най ваквайӈва, даў њабайлабҭ̇, най б̱ԉдԉ. Нԉгюњҭ̇ ка да ґөбԉбҭ̇ саа гҭ̇, ґҭ̇д̱айва ка таа.

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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