A Collection of Texts in Naik

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)

Фәс жииј мар шуг нуј раўн д̇уф ѳағ ҁтииб д̇уф т̇үшүүс. Ҁтикүс с̇ис шад̇ жә, ҁтииб т̇ис с̇ис баўј н̇үс̇үд зиис̇ таўм хән̇ хән̇, сијааб ґанәс с̇ис т̇әәх. Саас с̇ис р̇аај чиж жихиир̇ ҁнәф ҁнињ н̇их ҁтииб хај чиж жихиир̇ ҁнәф хәғииј ҁнињ н̇их. Фәс с̇ис жихиир̇ с̇утас с̇уур, ҁтииб фәс с̇ис н̇ас̇аап с̇утас дин̇им.

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

Т̇ир̇ај ҁтар̇ н̇их јај мар. Сурәс чиж ҁтииб јүњ ѳағ с̇ис ҁнињ. Сибүүс с̇ис д̇үүб ҁначаас ҁтииб т̇аўд̇ ҁнињ. Мүүк мивис ӈиј ѳағ н̇их ҁнињ найк зиис̇ с̇үүј ҁтир хән̇. Дәт̇үс с̇ис нуј ҁтииб хәкиј зиис̇ рај јәјуґ хән̇. Даѳүс ҁтар̇ ѳағ н̇их, ҁнамус с̇ис.

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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