A Collection of Texts in Mip

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)

Sheñ sikhw tagwich khachich biis saushich mychim ka ka chongich nigw gwoosh nakhiisich nigw. Sheñ bengaak paish dy dooquim, gwoosh sheñ haaqu paish chaipich shisikhwich gwong khustim ka, babyy sheñ hogwengw paish kek. Sheñ khaf paish ñag ka gekh gwy ngwokhwautym gwoosh ñag ka shuuqu gwy ngwokhwautym fisyyt. Sheñ sikhw paish ngwokhwautich tyka ñysim, gwoosh sheñ sikhw paish fingwaubich tyka ngwangoopim.

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

Gwahaitangw ñag chytich khachich ka. Sheñ ngugas hookhwich gwoosh bachich paish chongich ka. Sheñ ngytob paish ngwingyngich gwoosh hishich quiishich ka. Khwiip sheñ kispiib myk mipich chongich shaqu gwong chakhich ñuñim ka. Sheñ kamosh paish saushich ka gwoosh dadagwich ka gwong kuubich ñebbupim ka. Sheñ ngwanangwangw chongich shaqu, sheñ tafash paish.

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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