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by Karch
Mon Mar 17, 2025 7:31 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Romanization Challenge Thread v2.0
Replies: 1116
Views: 637250

Re: Romanization Challenge Thread v2.0

[m n̪ ɲ ŋ] <m n ny ng> [p t k] <p t k> [ɸ s̪ s̠ h] <f s s h> [b~β d~ð z̠ ɡ~ɣ] <b d z g> [j j̃ ɪ̯ ɪ̯̃ ʟ ʟ̃ ɰ ɰ̃ ʁ̃ɴ] <y y y l l g g g> [j̊ ʟ̥] <y l> [i ĩ ɨ ɨ̃ ʉ ʉ̃ u ũ] <i i ü ü u u u u> [ɛ ɛ̃ ã ɞ ɞ̃ ɔ ɔ̃] <e e a o o o o> [ɨ] is written <i> wherever predictable. + Word final gemination for [m n̪ ɲ ŋ ...
by Karch
Sat Dec 28, 2024 5:07 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Romanization Challenge Thread v2.0
Replies: 1116
Views: 637250

Re: Romanization Challenge Thread v2.0

[iː eː ɛː æː ɑː ɔː oː uː] <ii ii aai ee aa~ee oo uu uu> [i e ɛ æ ɐ ɑ ɔ o u] <i i ai e a~e~ee a~aa~e~ee o u u> [m n ɲ ŋ ɴ] <m n n n n> [b d dz] <b d d> [t ts c k q] <t t k k kh> [tʼ tsʼ cʼ kʼ qʼ] <t' t' k' k' kh'> [ɸ f s ʃ ç x χ ħ h] <f f s sh x~h x~xh xh q h> [β ð z ʒ ɣ ʁ] <b d z zh g gh> [ɾ r l ʎ] ...
by Karch
Thu Dec 12, 2024 4:59 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1593
Views: 555029

Re: Name That Language!

I stopped guessing because I'd already checked all the readily available info on Arawakan languages and found nothing with /ʋ/. Does the <ʋ> represent /ʋ/? Edit - is it a Kampan language? The <ʋ> represents [w~β~ʋ]. The transcription is mostly phonemic, but in this case phonetic. And no, it's not a...
by Karch
Wed Dec 11, 2024 8:05 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1593
Views: 555029

Re: Name That Language!

Does anybody else want to guess? If not, I'll just post the answer tomorrow and ask Darren to post the next text, as he got the closest.
by Karch
Mon Dec 02, 2024 7:56 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1593
Views: 555029

Re: Name That Language!

Darren wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2024 1:40 am Mawayana?
No.
by Karch
Sun Dec 01, 2024 9:01 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1593
Views: 555029

Re: Name That Language!

bradrn wrote: Sun Dec 01, 2024 6:48 pm Er, would that be Arawak/Maipurean or (Macro-)Arawakan? The terminology is a mess…
Maipurean.
by Karch
Sun Dec 01, 2024 5:30 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1593
Views: 555029

Re: Name That Language!

Darren wrote: Sun Dec 01, 2024 2:40 pmArawakan?
Yes.
by Karch
Sun Dec 01, 2024 6:58 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1593
Views: 555029

Re: Name That Language!

And it indeed isn't Guaycuruan.
by Karch
Wed Nov 27, 2024 2:09 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1593
Views: 555029

Re: Name That Language!

Nortaneous wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 1:47 pm Pano-Tacanan?
No.
by Karch
Tue Nov 26, 2024 1:29 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1593
Views: 555029

Re: Name That Language!

bradrn wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 6:20 pmJê?
No.
by Karch
Mon Nov 25, 2024 4:23 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1593
Views: 555029

Re: Name That Language!

Skookum wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 4:01 pmTupian?
No.
by Karch
Mon Nov 25, 2024 2:48 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1593
Views: 555029

Re: Name That Language!

Darren wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 2:38 pm That looks so South American. Is it Cariban?
It is South American, but not Cariban.
by Karch
Mon Nov 25, 2024 7:21 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1593
Views: 555029

Re: Name That Language!

mahawɨtuhɨ rituʔamari mahawɨtʃi. hitʃaʔu noʔaʔatʃiniʔa? nonʔama ahɨrɨ́ nɨmɨʔapira. runaʔaputʃiheʔano. aanoyanapirama pɨmɨtimɨʔani. piníímano napuʔapiratʃini. huiniputʃimari hipuʔã. aanaʋayíímari.
by Karch
Sun Nov 24, 2024 5:16 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1593
Views: 555029

Re: Name That Language!

Wait. Sarikoli? Yes. How? Neikrumon Ibrukhim's orthography isn't listed on Wikipedia. I skimmed Kim's "Topics in the syntax of Sarikoli" a while ago, and remembered enough of the orthography (namely the existence of <ee> and <eau>) to have an epiphany: it looked weird enough but it was th...
by Karch
Sun Nov 24, 2024 4:53 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1593
Views: 555029

Re: Name That Language!

Wait. Sarikoli?
by Karch
Sun Nov 24, 2024 4:43 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1593
Views: 555029

Re: Name That Language!

Spoken in India?
by Karch
Sun Nov 24, 2024 4:40 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1593
Views: 555029

Re: Name That Language!

Spoken in Africa?
by Karch
Sun Nov 24, 2024 4:32 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1593
Views: 555029

Re: Name That Language!

Is the source you took the sample from written after 1970?
by Karch
Sun Nov 24, 2024 7:00 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1593
Views: 555029

Re: Name That Language!

What the fuck. Spoken in the Americas?
by Karch
Sat Nov 23, 2024 6:09 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1593
Views: 555029

Re: Name That Language!

Rasawa-Saponi?