A Collection of Texts in Tinya

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)

Jeˈwil kul naiˈrin wauŋ t͡ʃol noˈɲin bir toˈ ka xaˈm xaiˈr t͡ʃuboˈpi xaˈm. Haŋuˈmil kul koˈ ju don wiˈm, xaiˈr jaiˈbil kul koˈ noˈŋin nadoˈral ju mul toˈ, naɡoˈ ɲuqoˈxil kul koˈ ɲauˈ. Maiˈɲil kul koˈ kiŋiˈdimalil run ɡaiˈ xaiˈr piˈtil run kiŋiˈdim ɡaqauˈm ɡaiˈ. Jeˈwil kul koˈ kiŋiˈdim pin ɡakaˈn, xaiˈr jeˈwil kul koˈ hipiˈbam kateˈta ɡakaˈn.

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

Mapuˈnil bar ɡaiˈ kaˈdin wauŋ. Jaŋaiˈdil kul qin xaiˈr nan ka koˈ. Muluˈjil kul koˈ nor ɡuboˈqil xaiˈr taim. Poˈŋ tinaˈŋil kul tiˈɲa, ŋoˈr daiˈkil ka ɡaiˈ, ju ŋoˈqum qaˈmaŋ toˈ. Ɡut͡ʃiˈdil kul diˈl noˈɲum xaiˈr huleˈxum ju maiˈbum baŋiˈnin toˈ. Ɲixaˈɡil kul bar ka ɡaiˈ, t͡ʃatiˈwil kul diˈl.

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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