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A Collection of Texts in Nagin

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)

बुर् डत् डौर् फ़फ़् ऽउप् बिह् क़एप् डौर् फ़ोच्ष् ऱ्युह् क स्योश् फ़िद् दिरोर् स्योश् ॥ गेऱ्योच् डत् फ़ेण् क़यौ प्युफ़् डौष् डफ़् । फ़िद् त्युद् डत् फ़ेण् क़और् फ़ाऽएप् ञेत्योस् बिह् प्युफ़् क़और् न्योड् । उतूथ् ऽअमड् डत् फ़ेण् म्युफ़् ॥ डुट् डत् फ़ेण् गह् ञण्यूफ़् म्यूर् टुत् ऱण् वोर् फ़िद् गह् ञण्यूफ़् शैष् टुत् ऱण् वोर् ङोसौश् ॥ बुर् डत् फ़ेण् ञण्यूफ़् द्युण्युह् मु । फ़िद् बुर् डत् फ़ेण् क़एङैट् द्युण्युह् ञोमीर् ॥

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

हय् ञेथुङ् गह् फ़ुत्स् ऽउप् ॥ फ़्युत्स्युक् डत् मिऱ् फ़िद् फ़द् डौर् क तुफ़् फ़ेण् ॥ हुच्षौन् डत् फ़ेण् डौर् तुत् गब् डिडेच् फ़िद् टौङ् ॥ निच् गितुङ् डत् डाक् ऽओत्स् डौष् ङीण् डौर् क णेन् बिह् प्युफ़् क़और् फ़ित्सश् ति ॥ देम्योऱ् डत् फ़ेण् फ़ोच्ष् फ़िद् फ़्योस्योस्योर् बिह् प्युफ़् क़और् फ़्युङे षएन् ॥ हय् रुबोफ़् डत् डौर् क णेन् । क़अपव् डत् फ़ेण् ॥

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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