A Collection of Texts in Vich

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)

Sangwihutz suwutz woq tyaiqek simuwutz woq ngauhangw khwotz sird khwoqu quaik miqangw gwikhw quaik higwagangw. Saurdingahutz bim bbuwangw khwoqu rtauh, gwikhw sarnihutz bim säkawutz woq shegwirnangw daidangw rnom, ngufaij säqawohutz bim morn. Sabehutz bim särsithaubbibbowutz werr woq rreh gwikhw serrawutz werr rsithaubbek hudirr woq rreh. Sangwihutz bim rsithaubbangw tyadangw shätzith, gwikhw sangwihutz bim komityangw bbärtagangw shätzith.

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

Sesotiwutz sikhw rreh satzawutz woq tyaiqek. Sarnoshohutz qirdangw gwikhw wärtangw dun miqek khwoqu bim. Sineñohutz bim rting khwashek khwoqu jotaugwek gwikhw khibek. Bair seshirdohutz seqowutz sun miqangw khwoqu woq wityangw khwotz soquewutz woq qequangw rnom. Suñärdohutz rdärs simuwutz woq gwikhw saungutyäwutz woq sirduwutz woq quäñurangw rnom. Sokharrahutz sikhw sun miqangw khwoqu, segutzihutz rdärs.

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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