A Collection of Texts in Hama

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)

Ñiga wiqi hu gikena hi lu qagi liqi ko qagi qafagiqi. Sajoqa ju jahona ja, ko shefa ju mugudaqu maga qigina ha, nadi tabiwa ju ke. Kada ju mo kagokagañi kisi bifi ko mo junu kisi bifi kagokaqu kifadi. Ñiga ju kagokaqu gifena bini, ko ñiga ju kusodaqu gafukana bini.

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

Ñadoluñiqa mo wiqi si. Liñima qiqi ko nasoqu liqi ju. Mikeja ju joqu higifini ko shani. Ba ñinana hamaqi kañi bifi liqi mo nonuna gumu ha. Hinesa ju hi ko sajana najedina koba ha. Jabidañiqa liqi mo, kujoga ju.

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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