A Collection of Texts in Ropam

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)

Paw naw tuñ sem pa nur rim sup pu pa pat tir por miseñin tir. Paw makur ñit ñir ñar kon pa, por paw nañ ñit wawin saremij nur ñar jeñ, pañaj paw sasek ñit jok. Paw kej ñit si kir ñiñ kan sop tajopak por si kir ñiñ kan son tajopak wapet. Paw naw ñit tajopak kepew noj, por paw naw ñit jañirar kepew jawasan.

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

Net ñenas si tik sem. Paw pastap tañ por woj pat pa kem ñit. Paw kiwew ñit jek pa kem pepama por ñaj. Joj paw nisañ kan tiñ pat pa kem si ropam pa nur ñar najep reret. Paw nekak ñit sup por nijapat nur ñar wewaw miwiñap. Paw net nama pat pa kem si, paw nujoj ñit.

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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