A Collection of Texts in Chash

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.

Rduñ hirt mengerd fud gwoch saisherd firt ñef nashiqu shud ñef ñaniñiqu.

[ɖuɲ hiʈ meŋeɖ fud ɡʷot͡ʃ saiʃeɖ fiʈ ɲef naʃikʷ ʃud ɲef ɲaniɲikʷ]

ɖuɲ
have
hiʈ
PAST
meŋ
human being
-eɖ
def
f-
NOM
ud
all
ɡʷot͡ʃ
in_surface
saiʃ
earth
-eɖ
def
f-
NOM

whole
ɲef
one
naʃ
language
-ikʷ
not.def
ʃud
and
ɲef
one
ɲaniɲ
dialect
-ikʷ
not.def

“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.

Ñaquiigk hirt gquig rdigk rtarterd.

[ɲakʷiːkʼ hiʈ kʼʷiɡ ɖikʼ ʈaʈeɖ]

ɲakʷiːkʼ
journey
hiʈ
PAST
kʼʷiɡ
3.fem
ɖikʼ
from_inside
ʈaʈ
east
-eɖ
def

“They journeyed from the east.”

(2)
Shud ñi hirt gquig pungiigwiqu faumeñ fokof rdors gkijiqu fokof.

[ʃud ɲi hiʈ kʼʷiɡ puŋiːɡʷikʷ faumeɲ fokof ɖoʂ kʼijikʷ fokof]

ʃud
and
ɲi
find
hiʈ
PAST
kʼʷiɡ
3.fem
puŋiːɡʷ
plain
-ikʷ
not.def
f-
NOM
aumeɲ
wide
fo
a
-k
fem
-of
NOM
ɖoʂ
in_inside
kʼij
land
-ikʷ
not.def
fo
a
-k
fem
-of
NOM

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

(3)
Ponaibb rrihors hirt gquig rdag.

[ponaiɓ ɽihoʂ hiʈ kʼʷiɡ ɖaɡ]

ponaiɓ
thus
ɽihoʂ
dwell
hiʈ
PAST
kʼʷiɡ
3.fem
ɖaɡ
there

“Thus they dwelled there.”

(4)

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

Rdort hirt gquig bbart marnij bbirs gquim gquihugwiqu shud bbart habij bbirs gquim gquihugwiqu singwog.

[ɖoʈ hiʈ kʼʷiɡ ɓaʈ maɳij ɓiʂ kʼʷim kʼʷihuɡʷikʷ ʃud ɓaʈ habij ɓiʂ kʼʷim kʼʷihuɡʷikʷ siŋʷoɡ]

ɖoʈ
say
hiʈ
PAST
kʼʷiɡ
3.fem
ɓaʈ
1incl
maɳ
make
-ij
COMP
ɓiʂ
imperative
kʼʷim
1incl.SUBJ
kʼʷihuɡʷ
brick
-ikʷ
not.def
ʃud
and
ɓaʈ
1incl
hab
burn
-ij
COMP
ɓiʂ
imperative
kʼʷim
1incl.SUBJ
kʼʷihuɡʷ
brick
-ikʷ
not.def
siŋʷoɡ
thoroughly

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

(5)

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

Rduñ hirt gquig gquihugwiqu rsawub rneliqu.

[ɖuɲ hiʈ kʼʷiɡ kʼʷihuɡʷikʷ ʂaʋub ɳelikʷ]

ɖuɲ
have
hiʈ
PAST
kʼʷiɡ
3.fem
kʼʷihuɡʷ
brick
-ikʷ
not.def
ʂaʋub
PURP
ɳel
stone
-ikʷ
not.def

“They had bricks for stone.”

(6)
Shud rduñ hirt gquig hudobiqu rsawub gkatujiqu.

[ʃud ɖuɲ hiʈ kʼʷiɡ hudobikʷ ʂaʋub kʼatujikʷ]

ʃud
and
ɖuɲ
have
hiʈ
PAST
kʼʷiɡ
3.fem
hudob
slime
-ikʷ
not.def
ʂaʋub
PURP
kʼatuj
mortar
-ikʷ
not.def

“And they had slime for mortar.”

(7)

A Creation Myth

We are not like other people.

Bohod dij bbart mengiqu faup.

[bohod dij ɓaʈ meŋikʷ faup]

bohod
resemble
dij
NEG
ɓaʈ
1incl
meŋ
human being
-ikʷ
not.def
f-
NOM
aup
other

“We do not resemble other humans.”

(8)

Their languages were shaped by struggle and time.

Negwe hirt gwigkiqu shud rrarsiqu gquig nasherd.

[neɡʷe hiʈ ɡʷikʼikʷ ʃud ɽaʂikʷ kʼʷiɡ naʃeɖ]

neɡʷe
shape
hiʈ
PAST
ɡʷikʼ
fight
-ikʷ
not.def
ʃud
and
ɽaʂ
time
-ikʷ
not.def
kʼʷiɡ
3.fem
naʃ
language
-eɖ
def

“Their languages were shaped by fight and time.”

(9)

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

Rtigab hirt gquig jebbaugkiqu shud rrafiqu gulerd.

[ʈiɡab hiʈ kʼʷiɡ jeɓaukʼikʷ ʃud ɽafikʷ ɡuleɖ]

ʈiɡab
copy
hiʈ
PAST
kʼʷiɡ
3.fem
jeɓaukʼ
mammal
-ikʷ
not.def
ʃud
and
ɽaf
bird
-ikʷ
not.def
ɡul
sound
-eɖ
def

“They copied the sounds of mammals and birds.”

(10)

But our language arose in a different way.

Ñauqu figkaa hirt ñiñ charserd bbart nasherd rdors daiwiqu fingwof fohof.

[ɲaukʷ fikʼaː hiʈ ɲiɲ t͡ʃaʂeɖ ɓaʈ naʃeɖ ɖoʂ daiʋikʷ fiŋʷof fohof]

ɲaukʷ
then
fikʼaː
arise
hiʈ
PAST
ɲiɲ
be
t͡ʃaʂ
langname
-eɖ
def
ɓaʈ
1incl
naʃ
language
-eɖ
def
ɖoʂ
in_inside
daiʋ
manner
-ikʷ
not.def
f-
NOM
iŋʷof
different
fo
a
-h
masc
-of
NOM

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

(11)

It was born whole and perfect in a single breath.

Kadirt hirt gquig firt shud finarsert rdors tedoquiqu fiikugqu fokof

[kadiʈ hiʈ kʼʷiɡ fiʈ ʃud finaʂeʈ ɖoʂ tedokʷikʷ fiːkukʼʷ fokof]

kadiʈ
appear
hiʈ
PAST
kʼʷiɡ
3.fem
f-
NOM

whole
ʃud
and
f-
NOM
inaʂeʈ
perfect
ɖoʂ
in_inside
tedokʷ
breath
-ikʷ
not.def
f-
NOM
iːkukʼʷ
single
fo
a
-k
fem
-of
NOM

“It appeared whole and perfect in a single breath”

(12)

Our language did not evolve; it was created.

Filigk hirt dij bbart nasherd.

[filikʼ hiʈ dij ɓaʈ naʃeɖ]

filikʼ
evolve
hiʈ
PAST
dij
NEG
ɓaʈ
1incl
naʃ
language
-eɖ
def

“Our language did not evolve.”

(13)
Rriñegqu hirt gquig.

[ɽiɲekʼʷ hiʈ kʼʷiɡ]

ɽiɲekʼʷ
create
hiʈ
PAST
kʼʷiɡ
3.fem

“It was created.”

(14)

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