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/i u/ <i u> /e ə o/ <e a o> /a/ <â> /ĩ ũ/ <i' u'> /ẽ ə̃ õ/ <e' a' o'> /ã/ <â'> /iː uː/ <ii uu> /eː əː oː/ <ee ae oo> /aː/ <aa> /m n ɲ/ <m n ny> /b d̪ d dz dʒ/ <b d dh dz j> /pʰ t̪ʰ tʰ tsʰ tʃʰ cʰ kʰ qʰ/ <p t th ts ch ky k q> /t̪ʼ tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ cʼ kʼ qʼ/ <tt tth tts cch kky kk qq> /s ʃ ç x χ h/ <s sh xy ...

*m <m> *b *l~n <b l~n> *p *t *ts *tʃ <p t ts ch> *p: *t: *ts: *tʃ: *k: *kʷ: <pp tt tts tch kk kkw> *pʰ *tʰ *tsʰ *tʃʰ *kʰ *kʷʰ *ʔh <ph th tsh chh kh khw 'h> *t’ *tʃ’ *k’ *kʷ’ *ʔ <t' ch' k' kw' '> *ɸ *s *ɣ *χʷ <f s g wh> *ɾ *ɢ̆ <r gh> *r *ʀ <rh g'> *j *w <y w> *i *u <ï ü> *ɪ *ʊ <i u> *e *o <ë ö> *ɛ *œ...

bradrn wrote: ↑Wed Feb 25, 2026 10:25 am New Caledonian, right?

No.

bradrn wrote: ↑Wed Feb 25, 2026 8:12 am Right, then it’s got to be Oceanic.

And it indeed is Oceanic!

hwhatting wrote: ↑Wed Feb 25, 2026 8:08 am One step back - is it an African language?

It is not!

It isn't Niger-Congo.

I miss this game but do not have a penchant for choosing good texts - usually it's either too easy or too obscure, rarely the ideal midpoint. The text above was in Embaloh. This could've been guessable by eliminating and/or by familiarity with the languages of the area - the Tamanic languages are mo...

/p b mb t d nd ts dz ndz tɕ dʑ ndʑ tʂ dʐ k g/ <p b mb t d nd c z nz ch j nj tr dr k g> /m n̪ n ɲ/ <m nh n ny> /f s ʂ ɕ x/ <f s shr sh h> /w j/ <w y> /r~ʐ~ɣ/ <r> /a ɒ e ə o i u z̩ v̩/ <a ao e eo o i u Cyi Cwu> + nasal vowels <Vn> except after nasals + syllabic nasals <'N> when ambiguous, otherwise <N...

/p θ t c k ʔ/ <p th t c k q> /pʰ tʰ cʰ kʰ/ <hp ht hc kh> /ɓ ɗ ɡ/ <b d gg> /m n ɲ ŋ/ <m n ny ng> /ɕ x h/ <sh x h> /z ɣ ɦ/ <z g qh> /w r l j/ <w r l y> /i ɨ ɯ u/ <i ui eu u> /e ə o/ <e oe o> /ɛ a ɔ/ <ae a au> /à ā á â àʔ āʔ/ <a; a: a' a" aq, aq:> Sesquisyllables are written with a following hyphe...

bradrn wrote: ↑Wed Dec 24, 2025 6:06 am Did you forget the nasal series?

Yeah. Corrected.

/p θ t c k ʔ/ <p td t c k q> /pʰ tʰ cʰ kʰ/ <ph th ch kh> /ɓ ɗ ɡ/ <b d gh> /m n ɲ ŋ/ <m n ny ng> /ɕ x h/ <sh x qh> /z ɣ ɦ/ <z g h> /w r l j/ <w r l y> /i ɨ ɯ u/ <i ui eu u> /e ə o/ <ei e ou> /ɛ a ɔ/ <ae a o> /à ā á â àʔ āʔ/ <a' ah' a ah aq' aq> /lɯ́ ɲá khɔ́ nê thwî ʔô tə dɨ́, ʔô lɯ́ pwà klá də̄ʔ ʔə t...

Hpa-an Sgaw Karen /p θ t c k ʔ/ /pʰ tʰ cʰ kʰ/ /ɓ ɗ ɡ/ /m n ɲ ŋ/ /ɕ x h/ /z ɣ ɦ/ /w r l j/ /i ɨ ɯ u/ /e ə o/ /ɛ a ɔ/ All vowels except /ɨ/ may also occur with a final glottal stop. /c cʰ/ are sometimes (usually in formal contexts) pronounced [s sʰ]. /ɡ z/ are loan phonemes. /ɯ/ is newly phonemicized...

*b *d *dʒ *g *gʷ <b d j g gw> *p *t *ts *k *kʷ <p t ts k kw> *ʔp *ʔk *ʔ <'p 'k '> *θ *s *ɮ *ʃ <th s lh sh> *ɾ *ɺ <r lr> *j *w <y w> *m *n *ɲ <m n ny> *i *u <i u> *ɪ <ɨ> *ɛ <e> *ä <a> /ʔpɛtɛ mɪmɛ än dʒuku dʒuku. mämɛnsi ɮimpɪɾ tän tsɛtsɪn. ɲɛbunwɛ muɾuθɪtɛn sɪʔlä. ʔɪkʷɪ gäɺugʷɪn dɛɺɛ ɾinkudä. ɮädʒuɺi...

Glass Half Baked wrote: ↑Sat Oct 25, 2025 5:56 am So it's spoken in Borneo, but is basically identical to languages from Mindanao. That narrows it down to the Sama-Bajaw languages. Unfortunately, I don't have enough documentation to guess a specific language. So I'll just guess Sama.

It's not Sama, nor is it a Sama-Bajaw language.

/eːn mixiʃaː/ <een mikhishaa> /m n/ <m n> /mː nː/ <mm nn> /p b t d k g/ <p b t d k g> /pː tː kː/ <pp tt kk> /ts tʃ cç/ <ts ch ky> /f v θ ð s ʃ x ɣ/ <f v th dh s sh kh gh> /fː θː sː ʃː xː/ <ff tth ss ssh kkh> /w l j/ <w l y> /wː lː jː/ <ww ll yy> /a e i o u/ <a e i o u> /aː eː iː oː uː/ <aa ee ii oo ...

hwhatting wrote: ↑Thu Oct 23, 2025 6:12 amBorneo?

Yeah.

Travis B. wrote: ↑Tue Oct 21, 2025 5:09 pm Is the language spoken in the Philippines?

No.

hwhatting wrote: ↑Tue Oct 21, 2025 1:19 am Malayo-Polynesian?

Yeah.

hwhatting wrote: ↑Sun Oct 19, 2025 8:30 am Is it Austronesian?

It is indeed Austronesian!

bradrn wrote: ↑Fri Oct 17, 2025 12:03 pm Does this text contain all phonemes of the language?

I'm not sure, but I don't think so.