Name That Language!

[Karch]

It's not a Tai language.

[Moose-tache]

If I speak this language, am I likely to be poorer than the average Cambodian?

[bradrn]

Austroasiatic?

[bradrn]

Looks like it’s been more than four days without anyone guessing the language successfully, so I think this round is over now. Karch, who got closest?

[Karch]

Aero was the closest - since his guess was geographically closest and he also mentioned the language the sample text was in - it was Tsat.

[Aero]

I’ll put up a text soon. Are non-standard varieties fair game if the language in question’s standardized?

[bradrn]

I’ll put up a text soon. Are non-standard varieties fair game if the language in question’s standardized?

I’d say they are — non-standard languages are still languages! (Though perhaps you shouldn’t give us such clues…)

[Moose-tache]

Here's a fun mini-game while we wait for Aero: instead of trying to guess an obscure language, here is one language run through the orthography of another language, both of which have over a million speakers and which would be instantly recognizable to many people here if they were presented on their own:

Islexis ceb esxo ilubkpiis ohuu oskpiis thib kpokpo esniisyaas ma nkb ce cabkhes-cabtos olibles askpaasyes, kphasab kpha cuslo niib iles “Asia.”

[Nortaneous]

Yoruba in RPA?

[Moose-tache]

Yup! You win!

[Aero]

Guess I’ve got to post a new language now, brb

[Aero]

Here are a few sentences (with proper nouns redacted), let’s go!

Ge ungweng gitaura nibamu. Ewowore napo ███ doro wosiro napo seka █████ diro mitauwa aune ███████ buro soma puro napo diro ██████ sewa. Yeme neka iwo baina bumiya aune ██████ sinauwa awiya doro yazo sekawa yauseseya awiya ██████ seseya.

[Creyeditor]

Is it spoken on one of the top 3 largest islands on earth?

[Zju]

What are this round's rules regarding guessing language families, round duration and whatnot?

Is it a minority language?
Has it been described only in the last 100 years?
Does it have noun classes?
Does it have more than three verbal tenses?
Is its tense system symmetric?
Are all its phonemes present in the sample?

[Karch]

Does it have contrastive vowel nasalization?

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Is this an East or Southeast Asian language?

[Aero]

What are this round's rules regarding guessing language families, round duration and whatnot?

I figured it was implied they were the same as the last time.

Is it spoken on one of the top 3 largest islands on earth?

✔

Does it have contrastive vowel nasalization?

✔

Is this an East or Southeast Asian language?

[Travis B.]

Is it spoken in Africa? (Scratch that, Africa isn't an island)

[Creyeditor]

Is it spoken in a coastal area?

[Travis B.]

Is this an East or Southeast Asian language?

Does this rule out New Guinea? And if it is not ruled out, is this a Papuan language?