A Collection of Texts in Baush

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)

Ñauñen nach nciṣ teken ñauwung birteng nciṣ hiṇen c̣iṇeng chiṭ gkaf ṇerseng ṇum gkaf ṣinafeng. Jashichen nach gan rtideng nciṣeb baucheng shigk, ṇum lulen nach gan malen hasirreng rtideng ciseng chiṭ, rtibim nc̣esiṣen nach gan nc̣i. Tirden nach gan caḍiḍing cheshen taṣ nc̣au ṇum caḍiḍing rdujen taṣ seṇam nc̣au. Ñauñen nach gan caḍiḍeng ṣirneng dilaf, ṇum ñauñen nach gan lachujeng wartisheng dilaf.

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

Jefuseṇ nc̣au kahen ñauwung. Cesuṭen nach ḍacheng ṇum rdaiñeng nciṣen ṇersing gan. Digkaken nach gan nciṣen ñeṣing gisarsis ṇum ṣegkis. Charn ṭasaisen nach nciṣen ṇerseng nc̣au fuken nciṣeb baurseng rtideng rrijen saileng chiṭ. Cheṣengen nach shen hiṇen ṇum cifeṣen rtideng ñijen rrafimeng chiṭ. Rreṭibeṇ nach nciṣen ṇerseng nc̣au, rdiṭiḍen nach shen.

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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