A Collection of Texts in Makh

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)

Gkoj qi̠n gōkhaqh chʼi̠s gōmig gquāw go̠muqh tzhām sīg go̠mag shquōkh sīg gōkhagquaadt. Gkoj quhomān djhaa̠gkob go̠qhwaagk gōgigk khāw, shquōkh gkoj tuūtzʼ djhaa̠gkob gōnutib gqueēgqwaaj gōchʼatzʼ gōgigk tzhām, suto̠tz gkoj tzugqwi̠j djhaa̠gkob sda̠b. Gkoj wēn djhaa̠gkob sāgob kugk gkoj tuu̠dtadtoo’ datz gqwoqii̠tzʼ shquōkh sāgob kugk gkoj qi̠dtadtoo’ datz gqwoqii̠tzʼ djhahūd. Gkoj qi̠n djhaa̠gkob go̠dtadtoo’ quhōtzʼan khwaagqweēn, shquōkh gkoj qi̠n djhaa̠gkob go̠gqwaagquh quhōsukugk khwaagqweēn.

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

Bus wadtoo̠gk sāgob gōkhaqh chʼīg. Gkoj khadjii̠m gōdjos shquōkh gōdjhush djhaa̠gkob gi̠mag. Gkoj gquoogkiīh djhaa̠gkob gōduushad shquōkh gōdjakh gi̠we’. Squa̠’ gkoj tzhiikhiīw gu̠mag gkoj tid qwi̠gk gqwoqii̠tzʼ gōmaqh go̠kho’ gquaāgqwigk gōgigk tzhām. Gkoj du’īgq sqwo̠d gquāw shquōkh gquīmiibeechʼ go̠qogon gquaāqwaag gōgigk tzhām. Bus gqwenī’ gu̠mag, gkoj tzukhwa̠dt sqwo̠d.

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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