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A Collection of Texts in Aja

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.

टिः ङ्त़दिः दिदिः त़ू निच दुदिः त़िभ स़ीदिः सिः ह्यु स़ीबः न्युः शि ङ्यू नकःतु शि।

[ʈḭ ᵑǀˤadḭ didḭ tˤuː nit͡ɕa dudḭ tˤiɓa sˤiːdḭ sḭ hy sˤiːba̰ ny̰ ʃi ŋyː naka̰tu ʃi]

ʈḭ
PAST ᵑǀˤa
have -dḭ
POS di
all -dḭ
POS tˤ-
3.cl.4.POSS uː
human being n-
no.owner.POSS it͡ɕa
surface du
whole -dḭ
POS tˤ-
3.cl.4.POSS iɓa
earth sˤiː
the -dḭ
cl.4 sḭ
LOC hy
in sˤiː
the -ba̰
cl.1 n-
no.owner.POSS y̰
language ʃi
one ŋyː
and n-
no.owner.POSS aka̰tu
dialect ʃi
one

“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.

टिः टफ़दिः फ़िः नमि न्युवः स़ीऱ ऱि क्त़ः।

[ʈḭ ʈafadḭ fḭ nami nyʋa̰ sˤiːɽa ɽi ᵏǀˤa̰]

ʈḭ
PAST ʈafa
journey -dḭ
POS fḭ
3.cl.1 n-
no.owner.POSS ami
inside n-
no.owner.POSS yʋa̰
east sˤiː
the -ɽa
cl.3 ɽi
ABL ᵏǀˤa̰
from

“They journeyed from the east.”

 (2)
ङ्यू टिः फ़ीदिः फ़िः युःदिः त़ानुटि नमि नःद़ सिः ह्यु।

[ŋyː ʈḭ fiːdḭ fḭ jṵdḭ tˤaːnuʈi nami na̰dˤa sḭ hy]

ŋyː
and ʈḭ
PAST fiː
find -dḭ
POS fḭ
3.cl.1 jṵ
wide -dḭ
POS tˤ-
3.cl.4.POSS aːnuʈi
plain n-
no.owner.POSS ami
inside n-
no.owner.POSS a̰dˤa
land sḭ
LOC hy
in

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

 (3)
ऽअग्वि टिः टयुदिः फ़िः वि।

[ʔaɡʷi ʈḭ ʈajudḭ fḭ ʋi]

ʔaɡʷi
thus ʈḭ
PAST ʈaju
dwell -dḭ
POS fḭ
3.cl.1 ʋi
there

“Thus they dwelled there.”

 (4)

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

टिः नदिः फ़िः न्यूत़्युक़विःडिदिः मु फ़्यू ङ्यू न्यूत़्युक़विः जःदिः मु निऩ्यु फ़्यू।

[ʈḭ nadḭ fḭ nyːtˤykʼʷḭɖidḭ mu fyː ŋyː nyːtˤykʼʷḭ ɟa̰dḭ mu ninˤy fyː]

ʈḭ
PAST na
say -dḭ
POS fḭ
3.cl.1 n-
make₁ yːtˤukʼʷḭ
brick -ɖi
make₂ -dḭ
POS mu
imperative fyː
1incl ŋyː
and n-
no.owner.POSS yːtˤukʼʷḭ
brick ɟa̰
burn -dḭ
POS mu
imperative ninˤy
thoroughly fyː
1incl

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

 (5)

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

टिः ङ्त़दिः फ़िः न्यूत़्युक़विः नाऩि सिः कडा।

[ʈḭ ᵑǀˤadḭ fḭ nyːtˤykʼʷḭ naːnˤi sḭ kaɖaː]

ʈḭ
PAST ᵑǀˤa
have -dḭ
POS fḭ
3.cl.1 n-
no.owner.POSS yːtˤukʼʷḭ
brick n-
no.owner.POSS aːnˤi
stone sḭ
LOC kaɖaː
PURP

“They had bricks for stone.”

 (6)
ङ्यू टिः ङ्त़दिः फ़िः निःचिङ न्युयऽअ सिः कडा।

[ŋyː ʈḭ ᵑǀˤadḭ fḭ nḭt͡ɕiŋa nyjaʔa sḭ kaɖaː]

ŋyː
and ʈḭ
PAST ᵑǀˤa
have -dḭ
POS fḭ
3.cl.1 n-
no.owner.POSS ḭt͡ɕiŋa
slime n-
no.owner.POSS yjaʔa
mortar sḭ
LOC kaɖaː
PURP

“And they had slime for mortar.”

 (7)

A Creation Myth

We are not like other people.

ऩिऩिहुः फ़्यू ब्युदिः त़ू।

[nˤinˤihṵ fyː bydḭ tˤuː]

nˤinˤi
resemble -hṵ
NEG fyː
1incl by
other -dḭ
POS tˤ-
3.cl.4.POSS uː
human being

“We do not resemble other humans.”

 (8)

Their languages were shaped by struggle and time.

टिः ऱऽइदिः न ङ्यू न्यूव क्व्युः स़ीबः फ़िः।

[ʈḭ ɽaʔidḭ na ŋyː nyːʋa kʷy̰ sˤiːba̰ fḭ]

ʈḭ
PAST ɽaʔi
shape -dḭ
POS n-
no.owner.POSS a
fight ŋyː
and n-
no.owner.POSS yːʋa
time kʷ-
3.cl.1.POSS y̰
language sˤiː
the -ba̰
cl.1 fḭ
3.cl.1

“Their languages were shaped by fight and time.”

 (9)

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

टिः क्विःवःदिः फ़िः ऩु स़ीदिः निसःच ङ्यू ना।

[ʈḭ kʷḭʋa̰dḭ fḭ nˤu sˤiːdḭ nisa̰t͡ɕa ŋyː naː]

ʈḭ
PAST kʷḭʋa̰
copy -dḭ
POS fḭ
3.cl.1 nˤ-
3.cl.3.POSS u
sound sˤiː
the -dḭ
cl.4 n-
no.owner.POSS isa̰t͡ɕa
mammal ŋyː
and n-
no.owner.POSS aː
bird

“They copied the sounds of mammals and birds.”

 (10)

But our language arose in a different way.

ङ्तु टिः मिःफ़िदिः द्युः स़ीबः क़व्युदिः त़ाज स़ीऱ नमि ञ्युःदिः त़्युच्षः सिः ह्यु।

[ᵑǀu ʈḭ mḭfidḭ dy̰ sˤiːba̰ kʼʷydḭ tˤaːɟa sˤiːɽa nami ɲy̰dḭ tˤyt͡ʃa̰ sḭ hy]

ᵑǀu
but ʈḭ
PAST mḭfi
arise -dḭ
POS d-
1incl.POSS y̰
language sˤiː
the -ba̰
cl.1 kʼʷy
be -dḭ
POS tˤ-
3.cl.4.POSS aːɟa
langname sˤiː
the -ɽa
cl.3 n-
no.owner.POSS ami
inside ɲy̰
different -dḭ
POS tˤ-
3.cl.4.POSS yt͡ʃa̰
manner sḭ
LOC hy
in

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

 (11)

It was born whole and perfect in a single breath.

टिः क्विग्विदिः फ़िः दुदिः ङ्यू षत़्यूदिः नमि हदिः त़िहिङ्वि सिः ह्यु

[ʈḭ kʷiɡʷidḭ fḭ dudḭ ŋyː ʂatˤyːdḭ nami hadḭ tˤihiŋʷi sḭ hy]

ʈḭ
PAST kʷiɡʷi
appear -dḭ
POS fḭ
3.cl.1 du
whole -dḭ
POS ŋyː
and ʂatˤyː
perfect -dḭ
POS n-
no.owner.POSS ami
inside ha
single -dḭ
POS tˤ-
3.cl.4.POSS ihiŋʷi
breath sḭ
LOC hy
in

“It appeared whole and perfect in a single breath”

 (12)

Our language did not evolve; it was created.

टिः जक़वाहुः द्युः स़ीबः।

[ʈḭ ɟakʼʷaːhṵ dy̰ sˤiːba̰]

ʈḭ
PAST ɟakʼʷaː
evolve -hṵ
NEG d-
1incl.POSS y̰
language sˤiː
the -ba̰
cl.1

“Our language did not evolve.”

 (13)
टिः णदिदिः फ़िः।

[ʈḭ ɳadidḭ fḭ]

ʈḭ
PAST ɳadi
create -dḭ
POS fḭ
3.cl.1

“It was created.”

 (14)

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