Language Sample For Comparison
Here is the Lord's Prayer in Novial and several related languages:
Novial version: | Esperanto version: | Ido version: | Latin version: |
Nusen Patre, kel es in siele, |
Patro nia, kiu estas en la ĉielo, |
Patro nia, qua esas en la cielo, |
Pater noster, qui es in caelis: |
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