A Collection of Texts in Chesk

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)

Јоч быноґ нуд̱ байт јӹґоґ сишуш ґус байт мењоґ ӈичиш сед кукиш д̱ыд̱ сед чањайкиш. Вытыњоґ нуд̱ лин бин байт виӈиш, јоч мыфоґ нуд̱ лин ґайлоґ нид̱аўсиш бињ чуӈиш, лесив нуфимоґ нуд̱ лин быґ. Мывоґ нуд̱ лин б̱ањабуш тиф јыком туб̱ д̱ыд̱ б̱ањабуш тиф сињом туб̱ тача. Быноґ нуд̱ лин б̱ањабиш шиґин ӈад̱иш, д̱ыд̱ быноґ нуд̱ лин шуӈугиш шиґин луд̱ад̱иш.

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

Јоч декушоґ њом тиф симоґ сишуш. Њијайфоґ нуд̱ јокиш д̱ыд̱ тамиш лин байт кукуш. Дунӹгоґ нуд̱ лин чыкыб̱уб д̱ыд̱ лыстуб байт б̱ыдуш. Јоч шучӹшоґ нуд̱ тињоґ байт ческиш тиф байт кукиш бињ б̱ывоґ лањиш. Јоч сиґемоґ нуд̱ бун мењоґ д̱ыд̱ шидибоґ бињ диб̱оґ б̱идадиш. Мыстӹб̱оґ нуд̱ њом тиф байт кукиш, бањисоґ нуд̱ бун.

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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