A Collection of Texts in Nyal

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)

Rsikh ðiŕ wiiyukh therd waarsur ʁich wiiŕið ɮiidy pidiy chɔiq rsidzir nin chɔiq rdağerzdir. Tzureekh ðiŕ gaitj chiing wiinið ñashtjiy, nin shtjɔikh ðiŕ gaitj rsrtɔinukh ŕeğ langerstir zhaird rsrtɔiyið tiigiy, rzatzadz tyawakh ðiŕ gaitj ŕaum. Waikh ðiŕ gaitj rtim liseñuspupakh gaqaizh nin rtim squupakh liseñuw gaqaizh shaguʁ. Rsikh ðiŕ gaitj liseñir zhdyawik yɔithiy, nin rsikh ðiŕ gaitj rzduŕooɹir zhdyawik dzirrengiy.

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

Sizhuy rtim rdaird waarsur. Satjikh ðiŕ wirzdyir nin ŕaushqir gaitj wiiŕukh rsidzur. Rsursqekh ðiŕ gaitj niğeshkuk nin rtiitjuk wiiŕukh ğufur. Lauth yathakh ðiŕ wiiyukh ñalir, zrdaq fakh rtim wiiŕukh rsidzir, zhaird rsrtɔiŕið ñedy gashiy. Rrutzokh ðiŕ miiɹ ɮiidy nin ɮiqaidy zhaird rsrtɔinið veğ dirdɔirdiy. Rzdazhdɔiy ðiŕ rtim wiiŕukh rsidzir, shpuʁikh ðiŕ miiɹ.

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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