A Collection of Texts in Nyagh

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)

Dam zhard pabb rzej rzait rtaubb zhap kau baw rsard kau najaun. Fasakh zhard ferd ğaj ñeesh, rsard khart zhard ferd rdaun kartap faz wairz, rsanañ sarraij zhard ferd bbaikh. Gaj zhard ferd bbaurr bbaw mal rzakan khazh rsard bbaurr karn mal rzakan bbapaad khazh. Dam zhard ferd rzakan rdeñ rsakheert, rsard dam zhard ferd fajaij gagaart rsakheert.

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

Gasrtaad lard bbaurr tait rzej. Rrarsaig zhard chaurn rsard ñach ferd khazh baw. Kharsaakh zhard ferd rsañairz rsard wang khazh rtem. Wap badarn zhard ñaağ, zharr kam bbaurr khazh baw, rtaut ğart wairz. Zhadaj zhard ferd rzait rsard zamal rnais gapel wairz. Rnawech zhard lard bbaurr baw, rnastab zhard ferd.

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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