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A Collection of Texts in Naget

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)

Носԟвичиф ниԟ јәәф де’ԟвеез гвәј миир дә’чәәс ӈев дә’че’ԟ џив ӈев дә’качоԟ. Носкаџучиф ниԟ доџ би’п дә’те’ј, џив нокәчиф ниԟ доџ ԟәф дә’цинуӈ боџ дә’поом, вобар ношо’дечиф ниԟ доџ чоӈ. Нонучиф ниԟ доџ јеџ чонечиф ниԟ ѕе’поожәк личәр џив јеџ чомеечиф ниԟ ѕе’поожәк личәр цусууп. Носԟвичиф ниԟ доџ дә’поожәк ви’сквооп дә’туп, џив носԟвичиф ниԟ доџ дә’ӈәспо’ч ви’сквооп дә’ԟәәзал.

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

Жинизачиф чип јеџ џииф де’ԟвеез. Носи’бәчиф ниԟ дә’тиик џив дә’ке’ѕ де’че’ԟ доџ. Нофесԟвичиф ниԟ доџ де’цеж се’квииӈвој џив се’ԟваӈ. Кууԟ носԟвабичиф ниԟ дә’ӈеет, ѕец жичиижиф ниԟ дә’че’ԟ јеџ, боџ гәл дә’кур. Носавочиф ниԟ ѕец миир џив мисԟвир боџ жи’т дә’чеезеб. Ношишуучиф чип дә’че’ԟ јеџ, ноновичиф ниԟ ѕец.

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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