A Collection of Texts in Kach

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)

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

षौबेन् दद् लौव् क्तौङ् ञिग्व् क़उङ्व् ञौह् हेङ् क्तौङिस् क़वेक् चोक् क्तेँल् क़वेक् भोलल्।

[ʃauben dad lauʋ ᵏǀauŋ ɲiɡʷ kʼuŋʷ ɲauh heŋ ᵏǀauŋis kʼʷek t͡ɕok ᵏǀə̃l kʼʷek ɓolal]

ʃaub
have
-en
PAST
dad
all
lauʋ
human being
ᵏǀauŋ
the
ɲiɡʷ
in
kʼuŋʷ
surface
ɲauh
whole
heŋ
earth
ᵏǀauŋ
the
-is
masc
kʼʷek
one
t͡ɕok
language
ᵏǀə̃l
and
kʼʷek
one
ɓolal
dialect

“All humans in the whole earth had one language and one dialect.”

(1)

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.

निकक़वेन् षोस् चग् गैच्ष् क़ऐल् क्तौङ्।

[nikakʼʷen ʃos t͡ɕaɡ ɡait͡ʃ kʼail ᵏǀauŋ]

nikakʼʷ
journey
-en
PAST
ʃos
3.neut
t͡ɕaɡ
from
ɡait͡ʃ
inside
kʼail
east
ᵏǀauŋ
the

“They journeyed from the east.”

(2)
क्तेँल् नङेन् षोस् षब् ङ्तोवुफ़् ञिग्व् गैच्ष् दौफ़्।

[ᵏǀə̃l naŋen ʃos ʃab ᵑǀoʋuf ɲiɡʷ ɡait͡ʃ dauf]

ᵏǀə̃l
and
naŋ
find
-en
PAST
ʃos
3.neut
ʃab
wide
ᵑǀoʋuf
plain
ɲiɡʷ
in
ɡait͡ʃ
inside
dauf
land

“And they found a wide plain in the a land.”

(3)
ङिपिभ् हिञनेन् षोस् सेङ्।

[ŋipiɓ hiɲanen ʃos seŋ]

ŋipiɓ
thus
hiɲan
dwell
-en
PAST
ʃos
3.neut
seŋ
there

“Thus they dwelled there.”

(4)

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.

षिचेन् षोस् योक़व् हिमुस् वुङ्व् क्तेग्विच् वलौष् क्तेँल् योक़व् सिङ्वुस् वुङ्व् क्तेग्विच् वलौष् योविक़व्।

[ʃit͡ɕen ʃos jokʼʷ himus ʋuŋʷ ᵏǀeɡʷit͡ɕ ʋalauʃ ᵏǀə̃l jokʼʷ siŋʷus ʋuŋʷ ᵏǀeɡʷit͡ɕ ʋalauʃ joʋikʼʷ]

ʃit͡ɕ
say
-en
PAST
ʃos
3.neut
jokʼʷ
1incl
him
make
-us
PRES
ʋuŋʷ
imperative
ᵏǀeɡʷit͡ɕ
brick
ʋalauʃ
COMP
ᵏǀə̃l
and
jokʼʷ
1incl
siŋʷ
burn
-us
PRES
ʋuŋʷ
imperative
ᵏǀeɡʷit͡ɕ
brick
ʋalauʃ
COMP
joʋikʼʷ
thoroughly

“They said: Let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.”

(5)

And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

षौबेन् षोस् क्तेग्विच् ङ्तुभिग् च्षौच्ष्।

[ʃauben ʃos ᵏǀeɡʷit͡ɕ ᵑǀuɓiɡ t͡ʃaut͡ʃ]

ʃaub
have
-en
PAST
ʃos
3.neut
ᵏǀeɡʷit͡ɕ
brick
ᵑǀuɓiɡ
PURP
t͡ʃaut͡ʃ
stone

“They had bricks for stone.”

(6)
क्तेँल् षौबेन् षोस् क्तिच्षक् ङ्तुभिग् ञेलैङ्व्।

[ᵏǀə̃l ʃauben ʃos ᵏǀit͡ʃak ᵑǀuɓiɡ ɲelaiŋʷ]

ᵏǀə̃l
and
ʃaub
have
-en
PAST
ʃos
3.neut
ᵏǀit͡ʃak
slime
ᵑǀuɓiɡ
PURP
ɲelaiŋʷ
mortar

“And they had slime for mortar.”

(7)

A Creation Myth

We are not like other people.

क्विलोञुस् फ़ोफ़् योक़व् तैङ्व् लौव्।

[kʷiloɲus fof jokʼʷ taiŋʷ lauʋ]

kʷiloɲ
resemble
-us
PRES
fof
NEG
jokʼʷ
1incl
taiŋʷ
other
lauʋ
human being

“We do not resemble other humans.”

(8)

Their languages were shaped by struggle and time.

भनेँयेन् गेक्व् क्तेँल् दोच्ष् चोक् क्तौङच् षोस् क्तेल्।

[ɓanə̃jen ɡekʷ ᵏǀə̃l dot͡ʃ t͡ɕok ᵏǀauŋat͡ɕ ʃos ᵏǀel]

ɓanə̃j
shape
-en
PAST
ɡekʷ
fight
ᵏǀə̃l
and
dot͡ʃ
time
t͡ɕok
language
ᵏǀauŋ
the
-at͡ɕ
fem
ʃos
3.neut
ᵏǀel
GEN

“Their languages were shaped by fight and time.”

(9)

They copied the sounds of beasts and birds, and they learned to speak like that.

चुदोगेन् षोस् ञिय् क्तौङच् पफ़ेव् क्तेँल् ङिङ् क्तेल्।

[t͡ɕudoɡen ʃos ɲij ᵏǀauŋat͡ɕ pafeʋ ᵏǀə̃l ŋiŋ ᵏǀel]

t͡ɕudoɡ
copy
-en
PAST
ʃos
3.neut
ɲij
sound
ᵏǀauŋ
the
-at͡ɕ
fem
pafeʋ
mammal
ᵏǀə̃l
and
ŋiŋ
bird
ᵏǀel
GEN

“They copied the sounds of mammals and birds.”

(10)

But our language arose in a different way.

ञेल् ङेक़एञेन् ङ्वयुस् चोक् क्तौङच् योक़व् क्तेल् वलौष् कच् क्तौङच् ञिग्व् गैच्ष् यल् लेच्।

[ɲel ŋekʼeɲen ŋʷajus t͡ɕok ᵏǀauŋat͡ɕ jokʼʷ ᵏǀel ʋalauʃ kat͡ɕ ᵏǀauŋat͡ɕ ɲiɡʷ ɡait͡ʃ jal let͡ɕ]

ɲel
but
ŋekʼeɲ
arise
-en
PAST
ŋʷaj
be
-us
PRES
t͡ɕok
language
ᵏǀauŋ
the
-at͡ɕ
fem
jokʼʷ
1incl
ᵏǀel
GEN
ʋalauʃ
COMP
kat͡ɕ
langname
ᵏǀauŋ
the
-at͡ɕ
fem
ɲiɡʷ
in
ɡait͡ʃ
inside
jal
different
let͡ɕ
manner

“But Kach, which is our language, arose in a different way.”

(11)

It was born whole and perfect in a single breath.

निगेक्वेन् ते ञौह् क्तेँल् बक़वोङ् ञिग्व् गैच्ष् दुन् गोच्षेव्

[niɡekʷen te ɲauh ᵏǀə̃l bakʼʷoŋ ɲiɡʷ ɡait͡ʃ dun ɡot͡ʃeʋ]

niɡekʷ
appear
-en
PAST
te
3.fem
ɲauh
whole
ᵏǀə̃l
and
bakʼʷoŋ
perfect
ɲiɡʷ
in
ɡait͡ʃ
inside
dun
single
ɡot͡ʃeʋ
breath

“It appeared whole and perfect in a single breath”

(12)

Our language did not evolve; it was created.

क्विदञेन् फ़ोफ़् चोक् क्तौङच् योक़व् क्तेल्।

[kʷidaɲen fof t͡ɕok ᵏǀauŋat͡ɕ jokʼʷ ᵏǀel]

kʷidaɲ
evolve
-en
PAST
fof
NEG
t͡ɕok
language
ᵏǀauŋ
the
-at͡ɕ
fem
jokʼʷ
1incl
ᵏǀel
GEN

“Our language did not evolve.”

(13)
च्षगुभेन् ते।

[t͡ʃaɡuɓen te]

t͡ʃaɡuɓ
create
-en
PAST
te
3.fem

“It was created.”

(14)

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