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)

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

बुर् डत् डौर् फ़फ़् ऽउप् बिह् क़एप् डौर् फ़ोच्ष् ऱ्युह् क स्योश् फ़िद् दिरोर् स्योश्।

[buɾ ɖat ɖoːɾ faf ʔup bih kʼep ɖoːɾ fot͡ʃ ɽyh ka søʃ fid diɾoɾ søʃ]

buɾ
have
ɖat
PAST
ɖoː
the

cl.4
f-
NOM
af
all
ʔup
human being
bih
in
kʼep
surface
ɖoː
the

cl.4
f-
NOM
ot͡ʃ
whole
ɽyh
earth
ka
language
søʃ
one
fid
and
diɾoɾ
dialect
søʃ
one

“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.

गेऱ्योच् डत् फ़ेण् क़यौ प्युफ़् डौष् डफ़्।

[ɡeɽøt͡ɕ ɖat feɳ kʼøːx pyf ɖoːʂ ɖaf]

ɡeɽøt͡ɕ
journey
ɖat
PAST
feɳ
3.cl.4
kʼøːx
from
pyf
inside
ɖoː
the

cl.2
ɖaf
east

“They journeyed from the east.”

(2)
फ़िद् त्युद् डत् फ़ेण् क़और् फ़ाऽएप् ञेत्योस् बिह् प्युफ़् क़और् न्योड्।

[fid tyd ɖat feɳ kʼauɾ faːʔep ɲetøs bih pyf kʼauɾ nøɖ]

fid
and
tyd
find
ɖat
PAST
feɳ
3.cl.4
kʼau
a

cl.4
f-
NOM
aːʔep
wide
ɲetøs
plain
bih
in
pyf
inside
kʼau
a

cl.4
nøɖ
land

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

(3)
उतूथ् ऽअमड् डत् फ़ेण् म्युफ़्।

[xutuːθ ʔamaɖ ɖat feɳ myf]

xutuːθ
thus
ʔamaɖ
dwell
ɖat
PAST
feɳ
3.cl.4
myf
there

“Thus they dwelled there.”

(4)

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

डुट् डत् फ़ेण् गह् ञण्यूफ़् म्यूर् टुत् ऱण् वोर् फ़िद् गह् ञण्यूफ़् शैष् टुत् ऱण् वोर् ङोसौश्।

[ɖuʈ ɖat feɳ ɡah ɲaɳyːf myːɾ ʈut ɽaɳ ʋoɾ fid ɡah ɲaɳyːf ʃeːʂ ʈut ɽaɳ ʋoɾ ŋosauʃ]

ɖuʈ
say
ɖat
PAST
feɳ
3.cl.4
ɡah
1incl
ɲaɳyːf
brick
myːɾ
make
ʈut
imperative
ɽaɳ
1incl.SUBJ
ʋoɾ
COMP
fid
and
ɡah
1incl
ɲaɳyːf
brick
ʃeːʂ
burn
ʈut
imperative
ɽaɳ
1incl.SUBJ
ʋoɾ
COMP
ŋosauʃ
thoroughly

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

(5)

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

बुर् डत् फ़ेण् ञण्यूफ़् द्युण्युह् मु।

[buɾ ɖat feɳ ɲaɳyːf dyɳyh mux]

buɾ
have
ɖat
PAST
feɳ
3.cl.4
ɲaɳyːf
brick
duɳyh
PURP
mux
stone

“They had bricks for stone.”

(6)
फ़िद् बुर् डत् फ़ेण् क़एङैट् द्युण्युह् ञोमीर्।

[fid buɾ ɖat feɳ kʼeŋaiʈ dyɳyh ɲomiːɾ]

fid
and
buɾ
have
ɖat
PAST
feɳ
3.cl.4
kʼeŋaiʈ
slime
duɳyh
PURP
ɲomiːɾ
mortar

“And they had slime for mortar.”

(7)

A Creation Myth

We are not like other people.

हय् ञेथुङ् गह् फ़ुत्स् ऽउप्।

[haj ɲeθuŋ ɡah fut͡s ʔup]

haj
NEG
ɲeθuŋ
resemble
ɡah
1incl
f-
NOM
ut͡s
other
ʔup
human being

“We do not resemble other humans.”

(8)

Their languages were shaped by struggle and time.

फ़्युत्स्युक् डत् मिऱ् फ़िद् फ़द् डौर् क तुफ़् फ़ेण्।

[fyt͡syk ɖat miɽ fid fad ɖoːɾ ka tuf feɳ]

fut͡syk
shape
ɖat
PAST
miɽ
fight
fid
and
fad
time
ɖoː
the

cl.4
ka
language
tuf
3.cl.4.POSS
feɳ
3.cl.4

“Their languages were shaped by fight and time.”

(9)

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

हुच्षौन् डत् फ़ेण् डौर् तुत् गब् डिडेच् फ़िद् टौङ्।

[hut͡ʃaun ɖat feɳ ɖoːɾ tut ɡab ɖiɖet͡ɕ fid ʈauŋ]

hut͡ʃaun
copy
ɖat
PAST
feɳ
3.cl.4
ɖoː
the

cl.4
tut
sound
ɡab
3.cl.3.POSS
ɖiɖet͡ɕ
mammal
fid
and
ʈauŋ
bird

“They copied the sounds of mammals and birds.”

(10)

But our language arose in a different way.

निच् गितुङ् डत् डाक् ऽओत्स् डौष् ङीण् डौर् क णेन् बिह् प्युफ़् क़और् फ़ित्सश् ति।

[nit͡ɕ ɡituŋ ɖat ɖaːk ʔot͡s ɖoːʂ ŋiːɳ ɖoːɾ ka ɳen bih pyf kʼauɾ fit͡saʃ tix]

nit͡ɕ
then
ɡituŋ
arise
ɖat
PAST
ɖaːk
be
ʔot͡s
3.cl.2.SUBJ
ɖoː
the

cl.2
ŋiːɳ
langname
ɖoː
the

cl.4
ka
language
ɳen
1incl.POSS
bih
in
pyf
inside
kʼau
a

cl.4
f-
NOM
it͡saʃ
different
tix
manner

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

(11)

It was born whole and perfect in a single breath.

देम्योऱ् डत् फ़ेण् फ़ोच्ष् फ़िद् फ़्योस्योस्योर् बिह् प्युफ़् क़और् फ़्युङे षएन्

[demøɽ ɖat feɳ fot͡ʃ fid føsøsøɾ bih pyf kʼauɾ fyŋex ʂaxen]

demøɽ
appear
ɖat
PAST
feɳ
3.cl.4
f-
NOM
ot͡ʃ
whole
fid
and
f-
NOM
øsosoɾ
perfect
bih
in
pyf
inside
kʼau
a

cl.4
f-
NOM
yŋex
single
ʂaxen
breath

“It appeared whole and perfect in a single breath”

(12)

Our language did not evolve; it was created.

हय् रुबोफ़् डत् डौर् क णेन्।

[haj ɾubof ɖat ɖoːɾ ka ɳen]

haj
NEG
ɾubof
evolve
ɖat
PAST
ɖoː
the

cl.4
ka
language
ɳen
1incl.POSS

“Our language did not evolve.”

(13)
क़अपव् डत् फ़ेण्।

[kʼapaʋ ɖat feɳ]

kʼapaʋ
create
ɖat
PAST
feɳ
3.cl.4

“It was created.”

(14)

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