A Collection of Texts in Gain

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)

Тү гайњуга на ҁнъисъуга дъунъиња ҁнъадъиња шат̇уга д̇идъиња ґай јүн̇иња са дъа вуӈапиња са. Сасъабуга на ћи сид̇иња съаўсиња њи, тү р̇үс̇үга на ћи ҁтињуга съүс̇үћиња сид̇иња ћүгиња гу ґай гу, вар̇а дуӈвафуга на ћи ма. Ӈваўчуга на ћи вир̇уну тунъиґад̇у нъү тава дъа съасъуну тунъиґад̇у нъү тава шиӈваў. Гайњуга на ћи тунъиґиња пүмивү нава, дъа гайњуга на ћи нъивар̇иња чињаниву нава.

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

Тү кушуӈвуга га нъү сујуга дъунъиња. Нан̇үкүга на пайсъиња дъа ӈвүјиња јүн̇иња ћи. Кашињуга на ћи ґвисиња нъашафака дъа түвака. Тү нъукаўњуга на ҁтаӈуга ґвайнъиња јүн̇иња нъү сид̇иња нъас̇уга бимиња гу ґай. Тү киб̱аўнъуга на ћи шат̇уга дъа р̇аґвишуга сид̇иња д̇асуга шасињиња гу ґай. Квабүшүга на га јүн̇иња нъү, висъутуга на ћи.

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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