A Collection of Texts in Nost

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)

Paf tyedord susemurt rre nedyumurt, rdot puñord, rdot ngukhord, ŕech pitumurt des ŕech tyastordumurt. Paf khokarrord tjuk kharr ɹenutjurt, des paf taɹord tjuk tyenochumurt rtob jachumurt fol, rdot rnuword, fol, siged paf marrokhord tjuk tjup. Paf rnudord tjuk dad rdadichotyord khing dyuraw des dad lardord khing rdadichemurt dyuraw rdachip. Paf tyedord tjuk rdadichumurt birrel mechumurt, des paf tyedord tjuk rtusteñumurt birrel rniwochumurt.

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

Rtodyangus dad susemurt, rdot rturnord. Paf nujengord khowumurt des disumurt pitetjurt tjuk. Paf mokhokord tjuk ɹeretjurt tjurafemurt des dyefemurt. Ging paf worraspord nostutjurt, rdot tjasord pitutjurt dad, rtob tjalumurt, rdot chokord, fol. Paf wegothord ñaj, rdot puñord, des, rdot rnispolord, rtob welachumurt, rdot fibord, fol. Paf dyamotjus pitutjurt dad, paf tartimord ñaj.

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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