A Collection of Texts in Tik

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)

Hoñ fon dam bauty gait llorr goos ñam paing goos wang hañ tyech wang turrooll. Hoñ guujeb gek ñif goos llem chauw, tyech hoñ ruung gek ñaf miide gaing llem paing, rrospɔig hoñ tyijaity gek kɔin. Hoñ haul gek jeg but bus nañ bangees tyech jeg but bus bauch bangees sugaiw. Hoñ fon gek bangees mem mesaik, tyech hoñ fon gek porip haapañ mesaik.

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

Ñum niiñaull jeg suud bauty. Hoñ siingañ waal tyech sug but gek hañ goos. Hoñ puduw gek but magɔi tyech lif tooch goos. Cha hoñ hamuk mom but jeg hañ goos tik goos maid tyity llem paing. Hoñ ngaasaw gek gait tyech llutul tyil baasarr llem paing. Hoñ ñum falad jeg hañ goos, hoñ huumis gek.

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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