A Collection of Texts in Noeb

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)

Naul chiz keech bym chaifafooch keech mun bydooch byywwooch ñoj chyn wesooch mäl chyn habäsooch. Wuurrach chiz tang keech chöbooch ngofooch rraww, mäl läm chiz tang saich ñägiipooch gochooch ngofooch ñoj, goosuun dölöön chiz tang hurr. Din chiz tang dar duspauperra hach giporr mäl dar wwiif hach duspaupafoog giporr wwoofait. Naul chiz tang duspaupooch finooch lörrög, mäl naul chiz tang sukaidooch gimejooch lörrög.

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

Nujär den dar chun chaifafooch. Lufuud chiz piichooch mäl chäächooch tang keech wesafooch. Paapad chiz tang baburafuu mäl ngätafuu keech gefafooch. Choww giichis chiz keech nööbooch, lat pääd dar keech wesooch, pun ngechooch ngofooch ñoj. Wwisyyh chiz cherr mun mäl lätyp ngir ñeebanooch ngofooch ñoj. Lajym chiz den dar keech wesooch, wwiiñich chiz cherr.

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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