He slowed down as he was moving along
In English He slowed down as he was moving along is a sentence, and there are eight words in it. In the Nez Perce language the same idea is expressed by:
ʔipnáwyatolatalqima
ʔipná-wya-tola-talqi-m-a
(himself..as one goes..with foot..brace, stop..this way..past.tense)
“He slowed down as he was moving along.”
Aoki (1994) offers this simple example as a way to show the polysynthetic nature of the Nez Perce language. It is given in the introduction of the Nez Perce Dictionary.
As a speaker of this language, I can assuredly attest to its beauty and profound complexity!