A Collection of Texts in Huti

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.

Paawi sisi laa raafafii ha lakuu laa miihamapa tii wiifaa tisa sana hasa siisiifii ti hasa mafiiniisiifii.

[paːwi sisi laː raːfafiː ha lakuː laː miːhamapa tiː wiːfaː tisa sana hasa siːsiːfiː ti hasa mafiːniːsiːfiː]

paːwi
have
sisi
PAST
laː
the
raː
human being
-fafiː
cl.2
ha
all
lakuː
in
laː
the
miːha
earth
-mapa
cl.3
tiː
whole
wiːfaː
surface
tisa
LOC
sana
plur
hasa
one
siː
language
-siːfiː
cl.4
ti
and
hasa
one
mafiːniː
dialect
-siːfiː
cl.4

“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.

Minila sisi faa taari laa taawa fiiha hanaa.

[minila sisi faː taːri laː taːwa fiːha hanaː]

minila
journey
sisi
PAST
faː
3.plur.cl.2
taːri
from
laː
the
taːwa
east
fiːha
inside
hanaː
ABL

“They journeyed from the east.”

(2)
Ti kiha sisi faa hisasimapa kiri lakuu niwiimapa fiiha tisa.

[ti kiha sisi faː hisasimapa kiri lakuː niwiːmapa fiːha tisa]

ti
and
kiha
find
sisi
PAST
faː
3.plur.cl.2
hisasi
plain
-mapa
cl.3
kiri
wide
lakuː
in
niwiː
land
-mapa
cl.3
fiːha
inside
tisa
LOC

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

(3)
Fiisii risakaa sisi faa muu.

[fiːsiː risakaː sisi faː muː]

fiːsiː
thus
risakaː
dwell
sisi
PAST
faː
3.plur.cl.2
muː
there

“Thus they dwelled there.”

(4)

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

Kisa sisi faa maa taarawanata kini hata kafa ti maa taarawalisii kini hata kafa tikawi.

[kisa sisi faː maː taːrawanata kini hata kafa ti maː taːrawalisiː kini hata kafa tikawi]

kisa
say
sisi
PAST
faː
3.plur.cl.2
maː
1incl.plur
taːrawa
brick
-nata
make
kini
imperative
hata
1incl.plur.SUBJ
kafa
COMP
ti
and
maː
1incl.plur
taːrawa
brick
-lisiː
burn
kini
imperative
hata
1incl.plur.SUBJ
kafa
COMP
tikawi
thoroughly

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

(5)

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

Paawi sisi faa taarawasiifii papusu wiwisiifii tisa.

[paːwi sisi faː taːrawasiːfiː papusu wiwisiːfiː tisa]

paːwi
have
sisi
PAST
faː
3.plur.cl.2
taːrawa
brick
-siːfiː
cl.4
papusi
PURP
wiwi
stone
-siːfiː
cl.4
tisa
LOC

“They had bricks for stone.”

(6)
Ti paawi sisi faa fiwimamapa papusu paafariisiifii tisa.

[ti paːwi sisi faː fiwimamapa papusu paːfariːsiːfiː tisa]

ti
and
paːwi
have
sisi
PAST
faː
3.plur.cl.2
fiwima
slime
-mapa
cl.3
papusi
PURP
paːfariː
mortar
-siːfiː
cl.4
tisa
LOC

“And they had slime for mortar.”

(7)

A Creation Myth

We are not like other people.

Liiliiri wamaa maa raafafii su sana.

[liːliːri wamaː maː raːfafiː su sana]

liːliːri
resemble
wamaː
NEG
maː
1incl.plur
raː
human being
-fafiː
cl.2
su
other
sana
plur

“We do not resemble other humans.”

(8)

Their languages were shaped by struggle and time.

Halasi sisi ma ti sanisiifii faa laa siisiifii sana.

[halasi sisi ma ti sanisiːfiː faː laː siːsiːfiː sana]

halasi
shape
sisi
PAST
ma
fight
ti
and
sani
time
-siːfiː
cl.4
faː
3.plur.cl.2
laː
the
siː
language
-siːfiː
cl.4
sana
plur

“Their languages were shaped by fight and time.”

(9)

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

Patiri sisi faa saratifafii sana ti lu sana sana laa taa sana.

[patiri sisi faː saratifafiː sana ti lu sana sana laː taː sana]

patiri
copy
sisi
PAST
faː
3.plur.cl.2
sarati
mammal
-fafiː
cl.2
sana
plur
ti
and
lu
bird
sana
plur
sana
plur
laː
the
taː
sound
sana
plur

“They copied the sounds of mammals and birds.”

(10)

But our language arose in a different way.

Ni nutuuka sisi sini fanii laa hutu maa laa siisiifii lakuu kisii nimaa fiiha tisa.

[ni nutuːka sisi sini faniː laː hutu maː laː siːsiːfiː lakuː kisiː nimaː fiːha tisa]

ni
then
nituːka
arise
sisi
PAST
sini
be
faniː
3.plur.cl.4.OBJ
laː
the
huti
langname
maː
1incl.plur
laː
the
siː
language
-siːfiː
cl.4
lakuː
in
kisiː
manner
nimaː
different
fiːha
inside
tisa
LOC

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

(11)

It was born whole and perfect in a single breath.

Wasaasa sisi hu tii ti hipisi lakuu misiita sufaa fiiha tisa

[wasaːsa sisi hu tiː ti hipisi lakuː misiːta sufaː fiːha tisa]

wasaːsa
appear
sisi
PAST
hu
3.sing.cl.4
tiː
whole
ti
and
hipisi
perfect
lakuː
in
misiːta
breath
sufaː
single
fiːha
inside
tisa
LOC

“It appeared whole and perfect in a single breath”

(12)

Our language did not evolve; it was created.

Kafirii sisi wamaa maa laa siisiifii.

[kafiriː sisi wamaː maː laː siːsiːfiː]

kafiriː
evolve
sisi
PAST
wamaː
NEG
maː
1incl.plur
laː
the
siː
language
-siːfiː
cl.4

“Our language did not evolve.”

(13)
Fuutusuu sisi hu.

[fuːtusuː sisi hu]

fiːtusiː
create
sisi
PAST
hu
3.sing.cl.4

“It was created.”

(14)

Language creation took 0.09 seconds; writing the texts 0.03 seconds.

Show texts normally.