A Collection of Texts in Nuch

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)

Fekh dech shitz pisuwep ñas shik ʑebelep tapelep lenel nom ʑab thañifel nom. Fespojath dech pal gag waɕelep tidelep, ʑab fam dech pal shufig lorromel chofiʑ ñas nitel chofiʑ tidelep, washerr fiʑaweb dech pal tzong. Fing dech pal chal gukhiñuw foch gen bañ ʑab chal gukhiñuw farr gen bañ deraw. Fekh dech pal gukhiñel ɕusin neɕel, ʑab fekh dech pal thinaʑel ɕusin perrengel.

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

Fiʑityan khokh chal shaj pisuw. Fukichup dech khespel ʑab mabel pal lenuwep. Feluñosh dech pal totyikhuw ʑab tufuw fithuwep. Saty fodatyarr dech chal lenelep fim bañ nutyelep ñas shabin shoɕel chofiʑ tidelep. Fakithas dech wuf shik ʑab shutyisto ñas shufij khichatyel chofiʑ tidelep. Feñutaw dech khokh chal lenelep, fotharrakh dech wuf.

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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