Name That Language!

[bradrn]

Papuan?

[Darren]

Papuan?

Papuan.

[bradrn]

Papuan?

Papuan.

I know your interests.

Further on that note, I have a hunch that it’s from the Sogeram family. Is that correct?

[Darren]

Papuan?

Papuan.

I know your interests.

XD

Further on that note, I have a hunch that it’s from the Sogeram family. Is that correct?

Nope.

[bradrn]

Further on that note, I have a hunch that it’s from the Sogeram family. Is that correct?

Nope.

Yeah, I realised this on looking further into it. The sample text has no ⟨ŋ⟩, which would be unlikely for a Sogeram language.

Is it at least Trans–New Guinea?

[Darren]

Is it at least Trans–New Guinea?

No.

[Karch]

Very obviously Papuan. Torricelli?

[Darren]

Very obviously Papuan. Torricelli?

Nay

[bradrn]

Pity, Torricelli was going to be my next guess too.

Is it by any chance spoken in north-western New Guinea?

EDIT: Let’s stipulate that ‘north-western New Guinea’ includes Papua and Central Papua provinces.

[Karch]

Damn. Spoken in Sandaun?

[Darren]

Damn. Spoken in Sandaun?

Yes.

(I guess that overrides brad's question too)

[Karch]

Namia?

EDIT: Scratch that, these are barred i's, meaning this is Pouye.

[bradrn]

Namia?

He already said it’s not TNG.

EDIT: wow, apparently there are two Namias in New Guinea.

EDIT EDIT: no, the TNG one is Namiae. I should learn to read.

[bradrn]

In any case, Namia seems unlikely to me. Could it be Border?

[Darren]

Namia?

EDIT: Scratch that, these are barred i's, meaning this is Pouye.

It is indeed Pouye.

[Karch]

Weyjiig hus panxk qapx neejimaaxnakx we panx waa qam qucaaxnaa cun. Wetk we kix hus keta hiqink hi nuhci. Tutk kunugu hi dutnaqa. We kicax kap qeypinks gaptiqi. Wetk hus qasi ni wopmiqi, “Qam guxmiidnaka?” Wetkx ni gastk gasmank qam qoonak noopiigx, weytengenkx dutnaqa hesigen. Hunks guxti kap gayinkix hesigen, kap tentk ni gasminaqa. Weyjiig poktank kap pexk, qix sowqakt poktanki hi pootimiig qix nehe kap xagitk hiquyki. Wetkx kuukx hix qixup kap qehi.

[abahot]

Is it an Algonquian language? It looks a little bit like Mikmaq actually but I'm not sure.

[Karch]

Is it an Algonquian language? It looks a little bit like Mikmaq actually but I'm not sure.

It does indeed lok a little bit like Mikmaq, but no, it's not Algonquian.

[Zju]

Wouldn't happen to be Nuxalk or another Salishan language?

[abahot]

I don't think it's Nuxalk because Nuxalk only has /a i o/, unless the vowels are being transcribed more as their surface realizations. Also, at least in the stereotype, Nuxalk is full of obstruent-only runs of consonants and I see none here.