A Collection of Texts in Chakh

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)

Pub tzɔich pækh fugufudak nag tzed shozudak few zhgäjak bózh few khäjófak. Pub ğizhach spam skɔig zbæshudak, bózh pub shpech spam shtang bes shtulenak tzóf shtang sæwak, zhditzäv pub shutzaich spam staur. Pub shäch spam fæp fäng zhech fukhuskäğih päfaiw bózh fæp fäng lich fukhuskäğih päfaiw shabutz. Pub tzɔich spam khuskäğak pubæm stæjak, bózh pub tzɔich spam shkinæzak pubæm shpiwokhak.

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

Väzoh fæp bós fugufak. Pub dazdich gilak bózh khæmak spam fuzhgäjudak. Pub tzäjæch spam futzipipal bózh fushutzal fuchaushpudak. Lob pub wafaich chäkhudak, fäğ bich fæp zhgäjudak, tzóf shtang ngaj kɔimak. Pub juzhäch ğæng tzed bózh munɔim tzóf shtang witz ğafæzhak. Pub gakih fæp zhgäjudak, pub pämoch ğæng.

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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