A Collection of Texts in Nyan

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)

Zhóm zhul moren ni’n khien huen jømen zhal pó’n dis zhal qadzo. Muyæm zhul dzail qæl tyünen, dis qum zhul dzail wes dzi’rær khẽn wes chil yælen, zidü’s zhótyóm zhul dzail bim. Nóm zhul dzail rul ser la’r tyülœn dzæn buka’l dis yül ser la’r tyülœn dzæn buka’l ñókol. Zhóm zhul dzail tyülœn kakail kha’, dis zhóm zhul dzail kumir kakail qazho’l.

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

Tyüɹøm tyós dzæn mor cheen. Katom zhul chæs dis tyaul pó’nen dzail. Lutyæm zhul dzail rtóen kó’gem dis yü’n. Dzin kharœm zhul mam win pó’nen dzæn ñanen buka’l khẽn wes rtar chómen. Chizaim zhul tau huen dis hó’meren khẽn wes zhi’kil zólen. Khugaum zhul tyós pó’nen dzæn, hó’kim zhul tau.

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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