A Collection of Texts in Kich

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)

Rda ja løfa gii gaashigke løfa fi joorrugko nga rnülugko lu chu gkarnerdigke lu. Wirdğ ja wøhe løhe ngaṇija wuu, chu shü ja wøhe tğfa de gkalotugko tğfa rsaṇija mó, hitø rnigkee ja wøhe ñü. Rdü ja wøhe jaḍiigise ke ni mihe chu wó ke jaḍiigigke basa ni mihe. Rda ja wøhe jaḍiigigke fahija gkañaa, chu rda ja wøhe ñaḍurrugko dertaaṇija gkañaa.

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

Ñardii ṇe mihe ḍe gaashigke. Ṇacho ja forrugko chu rdiwigke we løfa rnülugko wøhe. Fashu ja wøhe we løhe rtaaḍigke wartiisigke chu kertigke. No ṇirnii ja pu be løfa rnülugko løfa kichigke tğfa laa gküñugko mó. Sirde ja ñeeja fi chu rnuchu tğhe soo rdingirrigke mó. Shisa ja ṇe be løfa rnülugko, fuṭu ja ñeeja.

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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