A Collection of Texts in Bik

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)

Съeфикь шидь дяб̱икь съiбэжъ ситъ погосъ гызъiкь сьэхосъ кафесъ касэсъ даб̱ъ дюсёсъ жушь даб̱ъ гыфъозёсъ. Пидекикь шидь съeть тъuсъ зъoкёсъ зъɔшёсъ касэсъ, жушь жясыкь шидь съeть съiжикь фачɛсъoсъ ситъ зъoкёсъ пъозёсъ фьосэсъ фьосэсъ, хётьохъ б̱ыдукикь шидь съeть пась. Жъэтыкь шидь съeть сякикь тяфъ пюбюжэжъ тъɔть жушь зёшикь тяфъ пюбюжэжъ зисъaсъ тъɔть. Съeфикь шидь съeть пюбюжосъ хыжетъ сэчoсъ, жушь съeфикь шидь съeть кибедёсъ хыжетъ тъeдяфёсъ.

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

Бикэбикь хысъ тъɔть гежыкь съiбэжъ. Жяфяхикь шидь пьоб̱осъ жушь дышосъ дюсежъ кафесъ съeть. Жючiчiкь шидь съeть фэтежъ кафесъ шяб̱обэжъ жушь кэкежъ. Шэпь бюхикикь шидь бэбыкь дюсёсъ кафесъ тъɔть бикёсъ касэсъ ситъ зъoкёсъ кябикь шихосъ фьофесъ. Зёб̱ьожикь шидь пюфъ гызъiкь жушь б̱эжехыкь ситъ зъoкёсъ бюсикь богикосъ фьофесъ. Дягипыкь шидь хысъ дюсёсъ кафесъ тъɔть, тюб̱ъотыкь шидь пюфъ.

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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