A Collection of Texts in Nyar

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)

Fau kaj paachan ñaungety watyan waar kydan my wyk katyech ken wyk señẽẽbech. Ñefach kaj weer meshan daatyan ŭek, ken cheeb kaj weer chageedech rẽch wynech daatyan my, nywag pywauñ kaj weer ŭash. Rat kaj weer wẽr chaang sash dysyfechej pefas ken wẽr taach sash dysyfechej pefas wetyaun. Fau kaj weer dysyfech syyñech sytyẽg, ken fau kaj weer gatamech rabaichech sytyẽg.

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

Nybyp jad wẽr paachech haety. Fafang kaj reemech ken fypech weer katyan mes. Nychyj kaj weer chetyakech ken pẽchech cheban gam. Tait nynga kaj kẽr katyan kag pefas ñaran kẽẽgech faib daatyan my. Dedem kaj nek waar ken jeñyj ngybaifech tat daatyan my. Jatyang kaj jad katyan kag, ngyshyg kaj nek.

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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