A Collection of Texts in Nyag

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)

Tam sưdz djotyaɹ dziwưd dơơdaɹ pibuy saituy rtơh bol bơpuy mar bol habơdjuy. Tam phiyodz ’ek ’aimuy jufuy djan, mar tam chedz ’ek gaakaɹ rartokuy tyưjuy jufuy rtơh, qukẽẽdz tam dzidadz ’ek dơdj. Tam jơdz ’ek ɹưưb tyaspưrtuludz qip mar ɹưưb tyaspưrtưd phưdz qip yapơrt. Tam sưdz ’ek tyaspưrtuy chaibuy chahưs, mar tam sưdz ’ek wasaduy chaboɹuy chahưs.

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

Phityij ɹưưb chijaɹ dziwưd. Tam gidzaidz yẽpuy mar chưưkuy ’ek bơpưd. Tam tazudz ’ek lungetyhưd mar tazưd tyhẽẽchưd. Ladj tam ɹazudz ɹưưb bơpuy gơdz ñaaguy qaithaɹ nưñuy jufuy rtơh. Tam wañaudz doos dơơdaɹ mar wuphodaɹ ñauɹaɹ gi’iirtuy jufuy rtơh. Tam ngiwaj ɹưưb bơpuy, tam dunodz doos.

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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