A Collection of Texts in Osaka

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)

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

Qe huqe tutu hin sensin saki kan kantun kasa kon tin koqususa kon.

[ʔe huʔe tutu hĩ sẽsĩ saki kã kãtũ kasa kõ tĩ koʔususa kõ]

ʔe
then
huʔe
have
tutu
PAST.active.POS
hĩ
all
s-
plur
ẽsi
human being
saki
in_surface
kã
whole
k-
sing
ãtũ
earth
k-
sing
asa
language
kõ
one
tĩ
and
k-
sing
oʔususa
dialect
kõ
one

“All humans in the whole earth had one language and one dialect.”

(1)

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.

Sinqunsin tutu ti kasa kanqinsantin.

[sĩʔũsĩ tutu ti kasa kãʔĩsãtĩ]

siʔũsi
journey
tutu
PAST.active.POS
ti
3.plur
kasa
from_inside
k-
sing
aʔĩ
east
-sati
def.LOC

“They journeyed from the east.”

(2)
Qe kita tutu ti qeha kankinkanhun qitu kusa.

[ʔe kita tutu ti ʔeha kãkĩkãhũ ʔitu kusa]

ʔe
then
kita
find
tutu
PAST.active.POS
ti
3.plur
ʔeha
wide
k-
sing
akĩkahu
plain
ʔitu
in_inside
k-
sing
usa
land

“And they found a wide plain in the a land.”

(3)
Tuse hihaqi tutu ti ko.

[tuse hihaʔi tutu ti ko]

tuse
thus
hihaʔi
dwell
tutu
PAST.active.POS
ti
3.plur
ko
there

“Thus they dwelled there.”

(4)

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.

Qunsen tutu ti son kisu sonhinkintuntan qati takuki tin son kisu quka qati sonhinkintun takuki siteta.

[ʔũsẽ tutu ti sõ kisu sõhĩkĩtũtã ʔati takuki tĩ sõ kisu ʔuka ʔati sõhĩkĩtũ takuki siteta]

ʔusẽ
say
tutu
PAST.active.POS
ti
3.plur
sõ
1incl.plur
kisu
imperative
s-
make₁
ohikitũ
brick
-ta
make₂
ʔati
PRES.active.POS
takuki
COMP
tĩ
and
sõ
1incl.plur
kisu
imperative
ʔuka
burn
ʔati
PRES.active.POS
s-
plur
ohikitũ
brick
takuki
COMP
siteta
thoroughly

“They said: Let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.”

(5)

And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

Huqe tutu ti konhinkintun kahiqa kenhan.

[huʔe tutu ti kõhĩkĩtũ kahiʔa kẽhã]

huʔe
have
tutu
PAST.active.POS
ti
3.plur
k-
sing
ohikitũ
brick
kahiʔa
PURP
k-
sing
ẽha
stone

“They had bricks for stone.”

(6)
Tin huqe tutu ti kenqansintin kahiqa kantankinsun.

[tĩ huʔe tutu ti kẽʔãsĩtĩ kahiʔa kãtãkĩsũ]

tĩ
and
huʔe
have
tutu
PAST.active.POS
ti
3.plur
k-
sing
eʔasitĩ
slime
kahiʔa
PURP
k-
sing
ãtakisu
mortar

“And they had slime for mortar.”

(7)

A Creation Myth

We are not like other people.

Qe kinqinhan qasun son su sensin.

[ʔe kĩʔĩhã ʔasũ sõ su sẽsĩ]

ʔe
then
kiʔĩha
resemble
ʔasũ
PRES.active.NEG
sõ
1incl.plur
su
other
s-
plur
ẽsi
human being

“We do not resemble other humans.”

(8)

Their languages were shaped by struggle and time.

Tankonkun tutu kankin tin kunkun sasa ti.

[tãkõkũ tutu kãkĩ tĩ kũkũ sasa ti]

takokũ
shape
tutu
PAST.active.POS
k-
sing
ãki
fight
tĩ
and
k-
sing
ukũ
time
s-
plur
asa
language
ti
3.plur

“Their languages were shaped by fight and time.”

(9)

They copied the sounds of beasts and birds, and they learned to speak like that.

Hankinsun tutu ti situ satakihi tin suntin.

[hãkĩsũ tutu ti situ satakihi tĩ sũtĩ]

hakĩsu
copy
tutu
PAST.active.POS
ti
3.plur
s-
plur
itu
sound
s-
plur
atakihi
mammal
tĩ
and
s-
plur
ũti
bird

“They copied the sounds of mammals and birds.”

(10)

But our language arose in a different way.

Qe santantun tutu kunqon qati konsankan kasa son qitu konsin kequti.

[ʔe sãtãtũ tutu kũʔõ ʔati kõsãkã kasa sõ ʔitu kõsĩ keʔuti]

ʔe
then
sãtãtu
arise
tutu
PAST.active.POS
kũʔo
be
ʔati
PRES.active.POS
k-
sing
osãkã
langname
k-
sing
asa
language
sõ
1incl.plur
ʔitu
in_inside
kõsi
different
k-
sing
eʔuti
manner

“But Osaka, which is our language, arose in a different way.”

(11)

It was born whole and perfect in a single breath.

Qe qikiti tutu hu kan tin kinsinkin qitu hantun kinkuntantin

[ʔe ʔikiti tutu hu kã tĩ kĩsĩkĩ ʔitu hãtũ kĩkũtãtĩ]

ʔe
then
ʔikiti
appear
tutu
PAST.active.POS
hu
3.sing
kã
whole
tĩ
and
kĩsiki
perfect
ʔitu
in_inside
hãtu
single
k-
sing
ikutãti
breath

“It appeared whole and perfect in a single breath”

(12)

Our language did not evolve; it was created.

Sakequ tusin kasa son.

[sakeʔu tusĩ kasa sõ]

sakeʔu
evolve
tusĩ
PAST.active.NEG
k-
sing
asa
language
sõ
1incl.plur

“Our language did not evolve.”

(13)
Hakita tutu hu.

[hakita tutu hu]

hakita
create
tutu
PAST.active.POS
hu
3.sing

“It was created.”

(14)

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