A Collection of Texts in Kenap

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)

Kichu hiñ goj ber nen duj dag fal tech dag gangochap. Basotu dud hub let, tech shinu dud chap wanamuf ñoch nad, kañuj hudemu dud gib. Kasu dud dij daw ning dabofiung shirat tech dij daw beñ dabofiung shirat jafid. Kichu dud dabofi sige jash, tech kichu dud ñukilab sige dajamaw.

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

Han burob dij ñor goj. Nguwapu dom tech bit dud fal. Shugonu dud fungiñijik tech ñeshik chud. Weg gadolu kenap, wot kug dij fal, ñoch wef gekich. Jarushu wow nen tech dinge ñoch shug kasewuw. Han bastomu dij fal, wunguku wow.

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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