A Collection of Texts in Nyaung

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)

Ncen bba codech fosh gobbich fai tadich fas chif tyichef bbem chif gwuñokef. Gwatyush bba fauch bbotich tyiquich bbengw, bbem fak bba fauch ncais shadangef fasagw ncais tatyef tyiquich fas, hateg kitibb bba fauch faung. Gwef bba fauch fat ncutubodaf bong deb hegwaf bbem fat ncutubodaf ñek deb hegwaf bbidigw. Ncen bba fauch gwubongwef gwinef bekach, bbem ncen bba fauch ñiñadef ngangwebef bekach.

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

Ngwosub gwis fat codaf fuqu. Dasof bba bbonef bbem tyaisef fauch tyidech. Ngigaingw bba fauch tyatyudaf bbem gedaf tudech. Ngin sobauk bba shig ñaungwich fat tyichich ncais kautyef disheng tyiquich fas. Gatyam bba tyes fai bbem fañigaty ncais bibbaitef budang tyiquich fas. Sabbag bba gwis fat tyichich, tyaga bba tyes.

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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