A Collection of Texts in Pang

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)

Н̇ип р̇ир̇ т̇аапат н̇уӈ чин̇иб̱, ҁнайӈ т̇ин̇, ҁтус̇аш, ҁнайӈ нан, кваҁтус̇ шит њаўт̇уб̱ нааӈ шит ҁтуӈваўтуб̱. Писа р̇ир̇ с̇аан нииф т̇ашиб̱ ҁтус̇ут̇, нааӈ т̇айс̇ р̇ир̇ с̇аан ҁтатииб̱иб̱ квииӈ чайњиб̱ њаўӈв, ҁнайӈ шип, њаўӈвут̇, памайк такаўб̱ р̇ир̇ с̇аан нан̇. Шук р̇ир̇ с̇аан б̱ат̇ сич р̇инин̇атињ р̇ип ҁнак нааӈ ҁнан̇ сич р̇инин̇атињ ӈвин̇ап р̇ип ҁнак. Н̇ип р̇ир̇ с̇аан р̇инин̇иб̱ т̇атаўт̇ ӈвиис̇иб̱, нааӈ н̇ип р̇ир̇ с̇аан ҁтушууӈуб̱ т̇атаўт̇ такаўпуб̱.

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

Кусун мињ р̇ип т̇аапат, ҁнайӈ р̇им. Ҁниспайкв р̇ир̇ ӈишиб̱ нааӈ кис̇иб̱ њаўт̇ат кваҁтус̇ б̱им с̇аан. Сит̇ас р̇ир̇ с̇аан р̇уупат кваҁтус̇ б̱им т̇аӈвайскватип нааӈ саачатип. Пакв чуӈваўк р̇ир̇ паӈиб̱ ҁтус̇ут̇, ҁнайӈ шаа њаўт̇уб̱ ҁтус̇ ки, квииӈ с̇ан̇иб̱, ҁнайӈ квайп, њаўӈв. Њис̇аакв р̇ир̇ ӈис, ҁнайӈ т̇ин̇, нааӈ, ҁнайӈ мунут̇, квииӈ сушаўр̇уб̱, ҁнайӈ кааӈв, њаўӈв. Шут̇аў р̇ир̇ мињ њаўт̇уб̱ ҁтус̇ ки, тупун р̇ир̇ ӈис.

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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