A Collection of Texts in Emik

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)

ࣂڭ حا سڅوڭ يك سص سس ࣂم سف ࣂم س چف سي پوپ چف ستڃچ۔ څڅڃ حا بن گوس سڃ سڭو، پوپ نٓوض حا بن سڅٓدن يك سڃ سف ࣂم سونٓي، څٓࣂپ ڃحگو حا بن گوگ۔ پن حا بن بڃ ڃط سڅموࣂ ن ࣂم پوپ بڃ سص سڅموࣂ ضبڭ ن ࣂم۔ ࣂڭ حا بن سموࣂ يمن سڭ، پوپ ࣂڭ حا بن سچگڭ يمن سڅدگو۔

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

بديڭو دب ن سڅوڭ ࣂم سي۔ نٓستف حا سوࣂ پوپ سࣂ سڅي ࣂگو بن۔ گگوࣂ حا بن سڅڭو څٓت سڅڅمص پوپ سڅڃ۔ ڭوي فريگو حا طم ڭووچ سمࣂ سي كنٓ يك سڃ سڅر ࣂم سوفگ۔ څحࣂ حا وض ࣂم سف پوپ ࣂم سڃڅص يك سڃ سڅمب ࣂم سسس۔ گوڭوص حا دب سي كنٓ، دڅٓت حا وض۔

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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