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A Collection of Texts in Mokh

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.

फ़िःत्स्युहिःसन् ख्विक्विक़विऩ् टिट् कौषिक़विफ़् क्तोःक़वुःक्विऩ् पुख्वुःक्विऩ् क्युःख्व् ऩेँस़ुःक्वुःऩ् चोस़् क्युःख्व् त्स़िक़वःमुःक्वुःऩ्।

[ˈfḭt͡syhḭsan ˈxʷikʷikʼʷinˤ ˈʈiʈ ˈkauʂikʼʷif ˈᵏǀo̰kʼʷṵkʷinˤ ˈpuxʷṵkʷinˤ ˈky̰xʷ ˈnˤə̃sˤṵkʷṵnˤ ˈt͡ɕosˤ ˈky̰xʷ t͡sˤiˈkʼʷa̰mṵkʷṵnˤ]

f-
POS ḭ-
PAST ˈt͡sy
have -h
indicative -ḭ
active -s
3.sing.cl.1.SUBJ -an
not.Q ˈxʷikʷ
human being -ikʼʷ
3.sing.cl.3.POSS -i
def -nˤ
ABS ˈʈiʈ
in_surface ˈkauʂ
earth -ikʼʷ
3.sing.cl.3.POSS -i
def -f
LOC ˈᵏǀo̰kʼʷ
whole -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -i
def -nˤ
ABS ˈpuxʷ
all -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -i
def -nˤ
ABS ˈky̰xʷ
one ˈnˤə̃sˤ
language -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -ṵ
not.def -nˤ
ABS ˈt͡ɕosˤ
and ˈky̰xʷ
one t͡sˤiˈkʼʷa̰m
dialect -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -ṵ
not.def -nˤ
ABS

“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.

फ़िःथःऱेँहिःसन् ञङ् केऩ् ह्योश्युःक्विफ़्।

[ˈfḭθa̰ɽə̃hḭsan ˈɲaŋ ˈkenˤ ˈhøʃy̰kʷif]

f-
POS ḭ-
PAST ˈθa̰ɽə̃
journey -h
indicative -ḭ
active -s
3.sing.cl.1.SUBJ -an
not.Q ˈɲaŋ
3.plur.cl.2 ˈkenˤ
from_inside ˈhøʃ
east -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -i
def -f
LOC

“They journeyed from the east.”

 (2)
चोस़् फ़िःऱौहिःसन् ञङ् च्षुथ़ौटिक़वुःऩ् ऩुःत़िस़् त्सिःप् क़ओनुःक्वुःफ़् ऩिःत़िस् कोहुःक्विऩ्।

[ˈt͡ɕosˤ ˈfḭɽauhḭsan ˈɲaŋ t͡ʃuˈθˤauʈikʼʷṵnˤ ˈnˤṵtˤisˤ ˈt͡sḭp ˈkʼonṵkʷṵf ˈnˤḭtˤis ˈkohṵkʷinˤ]

ˈt͡ɕosˤ
and f-
POS ḭ-
PAST ˈɽau
find -h
indicative -ḭ
active -s
3.sing.cl.1.SUBJ -an
not.Q ˈɲaŋ
3.plur.cl.2 t͡ʃuˈθˤauʈ
plain -ikʼʷ
3.sing.cl.3.POSS -ṵ
not.def -nˤ
ABS nˤ-
sing ṵ-
cl.3 ˈtˤi
a -sˤ
ABS ˈt͡sḭp
in_inside ˈkʼon
land -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -ṵ
not.def -f
LOC nˤ-
sing ḭ-
cl.2 ˈtˤi
a -s
LOC ˈkoh
wide -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -i
def -nˤ
ABS

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

 (3)
भक्वःख्व् फ़िःञक़विहिःसन् ञङ् फ़्योफ़्।

[ɓaˈkʷa̰xʷ ˈfḭɲakʼʷihḭsan ˈɲaŋ ˈføf]

ɓaˈkʷa̰xʷ
thus f-
POS ḭ-
PAST ˈɲakʼʷi
dwell -h
indicative -ḭ
active -s
3.sing.cl.1.SUBJ -an
not.Q ˈɲaŋ
3.plur.cl.2 ˈføf
there

“Thus they dwelled there.”

 (4)

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

फ़िःऱ्युहिःसन् ञङ् फ़ख्विक्विःचन् त़णैत्स़ुःक्वुःऩ् कःऩ् शुणुङ्व् चोस़् फ़थ़क्विःचन् त़णैत्स़ुःक्वुःऩ् कःऩ् शुणुङ्व् त्स़िथुऩ्।

[ˈfḭɽyhḭsan ˈɲaŋ ˈfaxʷikʷḭt͡ɕan tˤaˈɳait͡sˤṵkʷṵnˤ ˈka̰nˤ ʃuˈɳuŋʷ ˈt͡ɕosˤ ˈfaθˤakʷḭt͡ɕan tˤaˈɳait͡sˤṵkʷṵnˤ ˈka̰nˤ ʃuˈɳuŋʷ t͡sˤiˈθunˤ]

f-
POS ḭ-
PAST ˈɽy
say -h
indicative -ḭ
active -s
3.sing.cl.1.SUBJ -an
not.Q ˈɲaŋ
3.plur.cl.2 f-
POS a-
PRES ˈxʷi
make -kʷ
imperative -ḭ
active -t͡ɕ
1incl.plur.SUBJ -an
not.Q tˤaˈɳait͡sˤ
brick -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -ṵ
not.def -nˤ
ABS ˈka̰nˤ
1incl.plur ʃuˈɳuŋʷ
COMP ˈt͡ɕosˤ
and f-
POS a-
PRES ˈθˤa
burn -kʷ
imperative -ḭ
active -t͡ɕ
1incl.plur.SUBJ -an
not.Q tˤaˈɳait͡sˤ
brick -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -ṵ
not.def -nˤ
ABS ˈka̰nˤ
1incl.plur ʃuˈɳuŋʷ
COMP t͡sˤiˈθunˤ
thoroughly

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

 (5)

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

फ़िःत्स्युहिःसन् ञङ् त़णैत्स़ुःक्वुःऩ् क्त़िशस़् थ़ोःफ़ुःक्वुःफ़्।

[ˈfḭt͡syhḭsan ˈɲaŋ tˤaˈɳait͡sˤṵkʷṵnˤ ᵏǀˤiˈʃasˤ ˈθˤo̰fṵkʷṵf]

f-
POS ḭ-
PAST ˈt͡sy
have -h
indicative -ḭ
active -s
3.sing.cl.1.SUBJ -an
not.Q ˈɲaŋ
3.plur.cl.2 tˤaˈɳait͡sˤ
brick -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -ṵ
not.def -nˤ
ABS ᵏǀˤiˈʃasˤ
PURP ˈθˤo̰f
stone -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -ṵ
not.def -f
LOC

“They had bricks for stone.”

 (6)
चोस़् फ़िःत्स्युहिःसन् ञङ् फ़त़ेख्वुःक्वुःऩ् क्त़िशस़् त़िफ़ेषुःक्वुःफ़्।

[ˈt͡ɕosˤ ˈfḭt͡syhḭsan ˈɲaŋ faˈtˤexʷṵkʷṵnˤ ᵏǀˤiˈʃasˤ tˤiˈfeʂṵkʷṵf]

ˈt͡ɕosˤ
and f-
POS ḭ-
PAST ˈt͡sy
have -h
indicative -ḭ
active -s
3.sing.cl.1.SUBJ -an
not.Q ˈɲaŋ
3.plur.cl.2 faˈtˤexʷ
slime -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -ṵ
not.def -nˤ
ABS ᵏǀˤiˈʃasˤ
PURP tˤiˈfeʂ
mortar -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -ṵ
not.def -f
LOC

“And they had slime for mortar.”

 (7)

A Creation Myth

We are not like other people.

ङ्वकण्युहिःसन् कःऩ् ख्विक्विक़वुःऩ् तिहुःक्विऩ्।

[ˈŋʷakaɳyhḭsan ˈka̰nˤ ˈxʷikʷikʼʷṵnˤ ˈtihṵkʷinˤ]

ŋʷ-
NEG a-
PRES ˈkaɳy
resemble -h
indicative -ḭ
active -s
3.sing.cl.1.SUBJ -an
not.Q ˈka̰nˤ
1incl.plur ˈxʷikʷ
human being -ikʼʷ
3.sing.cl.3.POSS -ṵ
not.def -nˤ
ABS ˈtih
other -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -i
def -nˤ
ABS

“We do not resemble other humans.”

 (8)

Their languages were shaped by struggle and time.

फ़िःख्विस्युहिःसन् शेःसुःक्वुःऩ् चोस़् सैच्षुःक्वुःऩ् ऩेँस़इऩ् ञङ्।

[ˈfḭxʷisyhḭsan ˈʃḛsṵkʷṵnˤ ˈt͡ɕosˤ ˈsait͡ʃṵkʷṵnˤ ˈnˤə̃sˤaxinˤ ˈɲaŋ]

f-
POS ḭ-
PAST ˈxʷisy
shape -h
indicative -ḭ
active -s
3.sing.cl.1.SUBJ -an
not.Q ˈʃḛs
fight -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -ṵ
not.def -nˤ
ABS ˈt͡ɕosˤ
and ˈsait͡ʃ
time -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -ṵ
not.def -nˤ
ABS ˈnˤə̃sˤ
language -ax
3.plur.cl.2.POSS -i
def -nˤ
ABS ˈɲaŋ
3.plur.cl.2

“Their languages were shaped by fight and time.”

 (9)

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

फ़िःथ़िःत्सेहिःसन् ञङ् क्वोङइऩ् क़वथ़क़उःक्वुःऩ् चोस़् ङ्व्युःयुःक्वुःऩ्।

[ˈfḭθˤḭt͡sehḭsan ˈɲaŋ ˈkʷoŋaxinˤ kʼʷaˈθˤakʼṵkʷṵnˤ ˈt͡ɕosˤ ˈŋʷy̰xy̰kʷṵnˤ]

f-
POS ḭ-
PAST ˈθˤḭt͡se
copy -h
indicative -ḭ
active -s
3.sing.cl.1.SUBJ -an
not.Q ˈɲaŋ
3.plur.cl.2 ˈkʷoŋ
sound -ax
3.plur.cl.2.POSS -i
def -nˤ
ABS kʼʷaˈθˤakʼ
mammal -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -ṵ
not.def -nˤ
ABS ˈt͡ɕosˤ
and ˈŋʷy̰x
bird -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -ṵ
not.def -nˤ
ABS

“They copied the sounds of mammals and birds.”

 (10)

But our language arose in a different way.

ञिःच् फ़िःक़अप्योहिःसन् फ़मेहिःतन् ऩेँस़िःङ्विऩ् मोउःक्विऩ् शुणुङ्व् त्सिःप् ख्विफ़िक़वुःफ़् ऩत़िस् तेङ्वुःक्विऩ्।

[ˈɲḭt͡ɕ ˈfḭkʼapøhḭsan ˈfamehḭtan ˈnˤə̃sˤḭŋʷinˤ ˈmoxṵkʷinˤ ʃuˈɳuŋʷ ˈt͡sḭp ˈxʷifikʼʷṵf ˈnˤatˤis ˈteŋʷṵkʷinˤ]

ˈɲḭt͡ɕ
but f-
POS ḭ-
PAST ˈkʼapø
arise -h
indicative -ḭ
active -s
3.sing.cl.1.SUBJ -an
not.Q f-
POS a-
PRES ˈme
be -h
indicative -ḭ
active -t
3.sing.cl.4.SUBJ -an
not.Q ˈnˤə̃sˤ
language -ḭŋʷ
1incl.plur.POSS -i
def -nˤ
ABS ˈmox
langname -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -i
def -nˤ
ABS ʃuˈɳuŋʷ
COMP ˈt͡sḭp
in_inside ˈxʷif
manner -ikʼʷ
3.sing.cl.3.POSS -ṵ
not.def -f
LOC nˤ-
sing a-
cl.4 ˈtˤi
a -s
LOC ˈteŋʷ
different -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -i
def -nˤ
ABS

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

 (11)

It was born whole and perfect in a single breath.

फ़िःञिएहिःसन् षेःत्स् क्तोःक़वुःक्विऩ् चोस़् शःचित्सुःक्विऩ् त्सिःप् त्स़्युऱ्युइक़वुःफ़् ऩित़िस् टौऱुःक्विऩ्

[ˈfḭɲixehḭsan ˈʂḛt͡s ˈᵏǀo̰kʼʷṵkʷinˤ ˈt͡ɕosˤ ʃa̰ˈt͡ɕit͡sṵkʷinˤ ˈt͡sḭp t͡sˤyˈɽyxikʼʷṵf ˈnˤitˤis ˈʈauɽṵkʷinˤ]

f-
POS ḭ-
PAST ˈɲixe
appear -h
indicative -ḭ
active -s
3.sing.cl.1.SUBJ -an
not.Q ˈʂḛt͡s
3.sing.cl.4 ˈᵏǀo̰kʼʷ
whole -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -i
def -nˤ
ABS ˈt͡ɕosˤ
and ʃa̰ˈt͡ɕit͡s
perfect -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -i
def -nˤ
ABS ˈt͡sḭp
in_inside t͡sˤuˈɽyx
breath -ikʼʷ
3.sing.cl.3.POSS -ṵ
not.def -f
LOC nˤ-
sing i-
cl.1 ˈtˤi
a -s
LOC ˈʈauɽ
single -ṵkʷ
no.owner.POSS -i
def -nˤ
ABS

“It appeared whole and perfect in a single breath”

 (12)

Our language did not evolve; it was created.

ङ्विःक्वङ्वोहिःसन् ऩेँस़िःङ्विऩ्।

[ˈŋʷḭkʷaŋʷohḭsan ˈnˤə̃sˤḭŋʷinˤ]

ŋʷ-
NEG ḭ-
PAST ˈkʷaŋʷo
evolve -h
indicative -ḭ
active -s
3.sing.cl.1.SUBJ -an
not.Q ˈnˤə̃sˤ
language -ḭŋʷ
1incl.plur.POSS -i
def -nˤ
ABS

“Our language did not evolve.”

 (13)
फ़िःभुख्वोःहिःसन् षेःत्स्।

[ˈfḭɓuxʷo̰hḭsan ˈʂḛt͡s]

f-
POS ḭ-
PAST ˈɓuxʷo̰
create -h
indicative -ḭ
active -s
3.sing.cl.1.SUBJ -an
not.Q ˈʂḛt͡s
3.sing.cl.4

“It was created.”

 (14)

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