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A Collection of Texts in Take

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)

Sìkhì tó sìkhu̠ má mè ní, su̠ tā, su̠ te̠, kū khà mó kū nīsi̠nè. Sìkhì sàmīkó kā pè bé bu̠, mó sìkhì sò kā nè tèto̠dù má bé nè na̠, su̠ bi̠do̠, kúsó sìkhì mūkítí kā to̠. Sìkhì pó kā khīkī tō khésìkhìdísē sū mó khīkī dō khésìkhìdísē bàmē sū. Sìkhì tó kā khìdísē bēsē me̠, mó sìkhì tó kā nèbēsā bēsē khūmápò.

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

To̠nèta̠ nīpá sū sìkhu̠, su̠ mì. Sìkhì pa̠kīnà kī mó mú sìkhà kā. Sìkhì to̠sāne̠ kā sìkhì nūsìkhīképé mó nūsìbà. Ma̠ sìkhì bìkho̠mé táke̠, su̠ hè khà sū, má bé nè mìtí, su̠ khúdí. Sìkhì sèpo̠sō ku̠, su̠ tā, mó, su̠ kàmīkhò, má bé nè sìti̠mí, su̠ bítà. Sìkhì tūtúhó nīpá khà sū, sìkhì hékètā ku̠.

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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