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)

Rsook wë jananpam ñininrr sunt ñyrsaam kynyn tefaam fars kynyn rtartëtaam. Komëk tanann panj jynynrsaam, fars rtonk tanann ñinj nununshópaam kiirt jyntaam, sheeponrs mijuuk tanann rsunsh. Sheek tanann kónónm pæætyrtinpas sy ñiw fars kónónm ponons sy ñiw pæætyrtamens kæpynynk. Rsook tanann pæætyrtaam maasiif rresaam, fars rsook tanann rsæsewaam maasiif mipinsaam.

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

Kónkoos tynrs kónónm jënënf jananpam. Kafank nanwaam fars siiñaam tefam muurt tanann. Nininfëëk tanann muujam kænænsh sukææñamuus fars morramuus. Met pusik rrës ñiw tefaam sós nóóstaam kiirt ñynm wèrraam. Fifëk waurt sunt fars fonrtik kiirt rsam rtónónmuñaam. Tapënënk tynrs tefaam sós, rrirrëëk waurt.

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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