A Collection of Texts in Akh

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)

Pyjj quhddw sëëhl haig ggwaub sag sair̥ kaig gsw sèqu aig gsw sysh aig ʛèèqw sagg rtyyr̥ ʛèèqw sëʛkhʛw. Qerëggw quhddw sëqu shyjj sëddw saaf swaig, rtyyr̥ hlbb quhddw sëqu saukhesgrs ggwaub sëddw sχw gsw sasbħ aig, dggyʛw χeħχw quhddw sëqu jjaibb. Rwèqw quhddw sëqu kdweŕwŕwʛw ggekh gbb rsèqu deeswydw rtyyr̥ ggqu qar̥w ggekh gbb rsèqu kdweŕwŕw deeswydw hekhëëŕw. Pyjj quhddw sëqu sdweŕwŕw r̥efa ddaaħ, rtyyr̥ pyjj quhddw sëqu saihkweeŕweχw r̥efa ddaaʛeħħert.

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

ʛeʛ ħggwyŕw rsèqu sëëhl gsw saas aig. Khqaujj quhddw syykhw rtyyr̥ sëf sagg daig htg sëqu. Qhlggw quhddw sëqu syd daig ʛwχw syqwbbʡ rtyyr̥ saub. Χèèsh derwëëq quhddw ħħŕ hlyyŕ thl saχwʡ haig sagg daig swef deeswydw ggwaub sëddw sëreeg gsw saddedd aig. Rrgëkhw quhddw rrar̥w gsw sèqu aig rtyyr̥ gsw sajjhleeg aig ggwaub sëddw saaddweeqeeq gsw sauqub aig. ʛeʛ reshaaggw quhddw sagg daig swef, bbehtèq quhddw rrar̥w.

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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