Name That Language!

[Frislander]

Uto-Aztecan?

[Karch]

Yes.

[Frislander]

Guarijio?

[Karch]

No.

[Frislander]

Tarahumara?

[Karch]

Yes. (Which variety, though?)

[Pabappa]

I guess this just isnt my thing. I found Tarahumara and went right past it because it didnt have an /ˀn/, .... is that a cluster and it just happens that there were no instances of other /ʔ/ + consonant in the sample text?

Oh well. I had fun, even so.

[Frislander]

Yes. (Which variety, though?)

Well given the absence of orthographic <l> this appears to rule out Northern and Western, so Eastern perhaps?

Anyhow, next language.

bänema kwaŋatrikwé... nzefé. fenz ane maneŋonathrth... kwosifr kabeaneme... bthan kabeyé. trikasi zrethkäfé. bthan kabe fthé fenz yonasi... bänemr zrethkäfth mätraksir. kzi kwa yafiyokwrth. srafiyokwrth karesama kzi. srärzirth. watik kwa eyak. nima kwosifr fthé... kabe fthé ynänzüthzrth baden... fthé one week srakor... fthé fof krefar ane bthan kabe bobo... fokam znfo, fokam mnzfo... sikwankwanme zbär thd. kabef keke kwa sremar. süsübäthen kwa yak... tosinmäre... kwayanmäre. kwa yak. yfrsé gwonyamekarä kwa yé. keke kwa kwayanthé gwonyamekarä bänema kabef sremar... kabeyé sremarth. watik yfö katanr kwa yarenzr. katan yfö fthé zremar... ebarfa fä fof kwa bäne ythorthr... nabi a mrrab.

[bradrn]

Yes. (Which variety, though?)

Well given the absence of orthographic <l> this appears to rule out Northern and Western, so Eastern perhaps?

Anyhow, next language.

I thought you were supposed to wait until it was confirmed that you solved it correctly?

bänema kwaŋatrikwé... nzefé. fenz ane maneŋonathrth... kwosifr kabeaneme... bthan kabeyé. trikasi zrethkäfé. bthan kabe fthé fenz yonasi... bänemr zrethkäfth mätraksir. kzi kwa yafiyokwrth. srafiyokwrth karesama kzi. srärzirth. watik kwa eyak. nima kwosifr fthé... kabe fthé ynänzüthzrth baden... fthé one week srakor... fthé fof krefar ane bthan kabe bobo... fokam znfo, fokam mnzfo... sikwankwanme zbär thd. kabef keke kwa sremar. süsübäthen kwa yak... tosinmäre... kwayanmäre. kwa yak. yfrsé gwonyamekarä kwa yé. keke kwa kwayanthé gwonyamekarä bänema kabef sremar... kabeyé sremarth. watik yfö katanr kwa yarenzr. katan yfö fthé zremar... ebarfa fä fof kwa bäne ythorthr... nabi a mrrab.

Are you entirely sure this isn’t a conlang? (I’m sure it’s not, but it looks so strange that I feel like I have to ask.)

[Nortaneous]

Oceanic?

[Richard W]

Are you entirely sure this isn’t a conlang? (I’m sure it’s not, but it looks so strange that I feel like I have to ask.)

I must say the punctuation is odd. Or is this just Frislander's view on applying European punctuation rules to non-Latin script languages? So, is it normally written in an Indic script?

[bradrn]

Are you entirely sure this isn’t a conlang? (I’m sure it’s not, but it looks so strange that I feel like I have to ask.)

I must say the punctuation is odd. Or is this just Frislander's view on applying European punctuation rules to non-Latin script languages? So, is it normally written in an Indic script?

The punctuation seems fine to me, actually. I assume the ellipses are just a transcription of pauses during speech. (I saw a grammar of Dongwang Tibetan which used the same convention, so it doesn’t seem too unusual.)

[Frislander]

Oceanic?

No

Are you entirely sure this isn’t a conlang? (I’m sure it’s not, but it looks so strange that I feel like I have to ask.)

I must say the punctuation is odd. Or is this just Frislander's view on applying European punctuation rules to non-Latin script languages? So, is it normally written in an Indic script?

No

Are you entirely sure this isn’t a conlang? (I’m sure it’s not, but it looks so strange that I feel like I have to ask.)

Absolutely sure.

Also ngl you could level something like that at Albanian, since that also shares a particular aesthetic that we mostly associate with conlangs.

[bradrn]

Are you entirely sure this isn’t a conlang? (I’m sure it’s not, but it looks so strange that I feel like I have to ask.)

Absolutely sure.

Also ngl you could level something like that at Albanian, since that also shares a particular aesthetic that we mostly associate with conlangs.

Well, we have a whole thread dedicated to natlangs which look like conlangs! So yes, I am familiar with the concept of such natlangs. But I couldn’t resist asking, since your text just looked so strange.

[cedh]

Papuan?

[Frislander]

Papuan?

Yes

[bradrn]

Papuan?

Yes

Not again! I don’t know anything about Papuan, so I won’t bother guessing then.

[Richard W]

I must say the punctuation is odd. Or is this just Frislander's view on applying European punctuation rules to non-Latin script languages? So, is it normally written in an Indic script?

The punctuation seems fine to me, actually. I assume the ellipses are just a transcription of pauses during speech. (I saw a grammar of Dongwang Tibetan which used the same convention, so it doesn’t seem too unusual.)

I expect sentences to start with capital letters.

[Karch]

It's a Tonda language, either Komnzo or Nen (since these are the only Tonda languages I know that don't write the schwa) - and since it has too many vowels for it to be Nen I'll just guess Komnzo.

[Frislander]

It's a Tonda language, either Komnzo or Nen (since these are the only Tonda languages I know that don't write the schwa) - and since it has too many vowels for it to be Nen I'll just guess Komnzo.

Wow guess I should read up on more Tonda languages to pick ones that aren't so distinctive, well done Komnzo it is!