A Collection of Texts in Bany

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)

Нъукваӈ р̇иб меґар ґвиб̱аґ тодъ ґар нъотъусъ съуот кин каквъ фаўш нъас̇ бесис̇ фаўш. Шад̇аўб̱аӈ р̇иб р̇аўдъ квеґар чачет квъот, нъас̇ кин̇аӈ р̇иб р̇аўдъ квъат нијисъ ӈодаўч квъат боњот соњ, д̱ъасъиј ӈвушаўшаӈ р̇иб р̇аўдъ квъеф. Д̱ъайјаӈ р̇иб р̇аўдъ н̇ир̇ ґитав кайнъаӈ факв нъас̇ н̇ир̇ ґитав ґвисъаӈ факв д̱усуш. Нъукваӈ р̇иб р̇аўдъ ґитав кайс̇ет чун̇уд̱ъ, нъас̇ нъукваӈ р̇иб р̇аўдъ ґвед̱ан вид̱ибет чун̇уд̱ъ.

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

Чапабаӈ чак н̇ир̇ р̇анъаґ тодъ. Фикенаӈ р̇иб дайк нъас̇ кваўӈ р̇аўдъ ґар каквъ. Д̇уӈусаӈ р̇иб р̇аўдъ њас̇акв нъас̇ дъак ґар баб. Њан̇ дъор̇утъаӈ р̇иб меґар бањ, д̱ъињ ґонаӈ н̇ир̇ ґар каквъ, квъат р̇айсъисъ бупот соњ. Чаквъит̇аӈ р̇иб нъоб̱ нъотъусъ нъас̇ съод̇аўквъусъ квъат тисъисъ мунукот соњ. Б̱ид̱ъипаӈ р̇иб чак н̇ир̇ ґар каквъ, тоњаўфаӈ р̇иб нъоб̱.

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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