A Collection of Texts in Nab

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)

Квећэд̇ ћер̇ вањ с̇иимуд ғвэз̇ ғвииф вањ фүүчут рөф кағут сод̇ хвир хөжообут сод̇. Квеґвөвүн ћер̇ ґаўғв дөѳ вањ зӧӧпут, хвир квеғӧд̇ ћер̇ ґаўғв јон хағихут чеш буд̇ јон ґэѳут, гүдоош квечааћүж ћер̇ ґаўғв д̇аз̇. Квехөт ћер̇ ґаўғв квенэњуғв ғөхөөдуд ґуч хвир квезаањуғв ғөхөөдуд з̇анид ґуч. Квећэд̇ ћер̇ ґаўғв ғөхөөдут хвөхуґв ґикут, хвир квећэд̇ ћер̇ ґаўғв ґвиквүфут хвөхуґв ћиғвис̇ут.

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

Ґеғоха ґуч с̇иимуд ғѧњ. Квезоғвөз ћер̇ вер̇ут хвир јайпут вањ кағуд ґаўғв. Квевужүн ћер̇ ґаўғв вањ сэґуд ћешегудиф хвир ґвөрудиф. Сайх квехварүґ ћер̇ кветуғ вањ кағут ґуч вањ набут буд̇ јон ћӧхвут ғоґ. Квеґвијаґ ћер̇ ѳаўз̇ рөф хвир сихәәнхв буд̇ јон ґоз̇ахвут хваж. Ґедот̇үкв ћер̇ вањ кағут ґуч, квесаўбүр ћер̇ ѳаўз̇.

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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