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by Karch
Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:00 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 465323

Re: Name That Language!

It probably is Gurindji Kriol, but on the off chance it isn't, is it Light Warlpiri?
by Karch
Wed Jan 20, 2021 6:46 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 465323

Re: Name That Language!

Is the language used as a liturgical language?
by Karch
Wed Jan 20, 2021 6:40 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 465323

Re: Name That Language!

Is it an Indo-European language?
by Karch
Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:45 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 465323

Re: Name That Language!

Is it an Austroasiatic language?
by Karch
Tue Jan 19, 2021 4:12 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 465323

Re: Name That Language!

Is the language extinct without living descendants?
by Karch
Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:55 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 465323

Re: Name That Language!

Does it have contrastive vowel nasalization?
by Karch
Sun Jan 03, 2021 3:13 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 465323

Re: Name That Language!

Aero was the closest - since his guess was geographically closest and he also mentioned the language the sample text was in - it was Tsat.
by Karch
Sun Jan 03, 2021 12:15 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Romanization Challenge Thread v2.0
Replies: 1010
Views: 499656

Re: Romanization Challenge Thread v2.0

/p (pʲ) t ts c k (kʷ)/ <p py t ts c k kw> /s ʂ ɕ/ <s ṣ sh> /m (mʲ) n ȵ (ŋ)/ <m my n ñ ŋ> /β~w l r ʎ j/ <w l r ly y> /a e ə o i ɨ u/ <a e ɨ o i ∅ u> /ma tɨpren sən poɲcɨn sənsaris karipəc saspɨrtβu alək βrəm nəʂ kos ne alasune || kjəlte neʂ βrəsəɕɕi sne βaβleʂu sne psɨl klu ɕβatsi ʂeʂ kəlpəβrɨkʂɨntβə...
by Karch
Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:34 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 465323

Re: Name That Language!

It's not a Tai language.
by Karch
Thu Dec 31, 2020 4:13 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 465323

Re: Name That Language!

It's not Maonan either.
By the way, it'd probably be faster if you tried to guess this language using descriptive questions, rather than rattling off names of random languages from the region.
by Karch
Tue Dec 29, 2020 4:40 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 465323

Re: Name That Language!

It's not Sui nor Hmong Der.
by Karch
Tue Dec 29, 2020 2:02 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 465323

Re: Name That Language!

Does it have /ɣ/? No idea, the paper I took the examples from doesn't say anything about the phonology. Is it Sinitic? It's not. Is using the WALS to narrow down the set of possible languages in accord with the rules? Technically yes, but I would discourage it, as it's even more "boring" ...
by Karch
Tue Dec 29, 2020 12:39 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Romanization Challenge Thread v2.0
Replies: 1010
Views: 499656

Re: Romanization Challenge Thread v2.0

/p bʷ t x/ <p b(u) t g> /p: pʷ: t: k:/ <p p(u) t k> /m mʷ (n) ŋ/ <m mu n n > /m: mʷ: (n:) ŋ:/ <m mu n n > /f s ʂ h/ <f s s h> /f: s: tʂ:/ <f s t s > /w r l j/ <u r l i> /w: l: j:/ <u l i> The phonemes /b d g k/ <b d g k> can occur in loanwords. /i ʉ u e ə o æ a ɔ/ <i u u e e o a a o > /i: ʉ: u: e: ə...
by Karch
Tue Dec 29, 2020 7:32 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 465323

Re: Name That Language!

No, it's the other way round.
by Karch
Tue Dec 29, 2020 6:17 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 465323

Re: Name That Language!

Here's a few sentences in a mystery language. ʔai 33 ni 33 sat 24 ʔan 33 na 11 tsun 33 pioŋ 32 poi 24 nau 33 ma 43 la:u 32 ha 33 ʔdi 55 nan 33 sa 33 mo 33 si 11 mai 33 sa 33 zi 11 ko 11 kʰiə 43 tʰa:i 33 ʔdai 24 , kau 33 sau 43 pu 33 na:u 32 lə 33 The rules are the same as last round.
by Karch
Mon Dec 28, 2020 7:47 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 465323

Re: Name That Language!

By now I'm afraid the only way to guess this language is to look up phonology papers for various languages that might look like the sample text, so I did that, and after failing to find any language that'd match the sample text, I started reading about languages of Madang province, and coincidentall...
by Karch
Sun Dec 27, 2020 5:05 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 465323

Re: Name That Language!

Is it spoken in the northwestern part of the country?
by Karch
Sun Dec 27, 2020 4:42 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Romanization Challenge Thread v2.0
Replies: 1010
Views: 499656

Re: Romanization Challenge Thread v2.0

Saipan Carolinian /p bʷ t x/ /p: pʷ: t: k:/ /m mʷ (n) ŋ/ /m: mʷ: (n:) ŋ:/ /f s ʂ h/ /f: s: tʂ:/ /w r l j/ /w: l: j:/ The phonemes /b d g k/ can occur in loanwords. /i ʉ u e ə o æ a ɔ/ /i: ʉ: u: e: ə: o: æ: a: ɔ:/ /ixa ija tiwoːw ræxij ija xukːuleːj bʷe ibʷe təːtæ wɔːl toroŋkoːl mæːj || luxul imʷeme...
by Karch
Sun Dec 27, 2020 2:35 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 465323

Re: Name That Language!

I'm afraid I'm the only one here who has the ability (Nortaneous might as well, but I don't know), but even I'm stumped here - hence the very broad questions - it could be from any area of the country! But I'll try - is it spoken in Gulf province?
by Karch
Sun Dec 27, 2020 7:25 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 465323

Re: Name That Language!

Is it spoken in Papua-New Guinea?