Name That Language!

[Karch]

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

No

[Darren]

Is it spoken in North America?

[Karch]

Is it spoken in North America?

Yes.

[bradrn]

Penutian? (Or, at least, commonly included in the group called ‘Penutian’?)

EDIT: actually, no… could it be Biloxi?

[Nortaneous]

Is it (plausibly given acceptance of the hypothesis) Hokan?

[Karch]

Neither.

[bradrn]

Neither.

OK… not Penutian, Hokan, or Biloxi.

Is it at least spoken along the west coast of the US?

[Karch]

Is it at least spoken along the west coast of the US?

No.

[bradrn]

I’m getting a funny feeling this language is not from the US at all. To its south?

[Karch]

I’m getting a funny feeling this language is not from the US at all. To its south?

No.

[fusijui]

Looks kinda Southeastern to me but I'm just passing through.

Pleasantly surprised to see this thread has a pulse again, just wanted to say!

[Zju]

Is it - by any definition - spoken in the Northwestern part of North America?

[Karch]

Looks kinda Southeastern to me but I'm just passing through.

That's because it is!

[Skookum]

I was thinking Muskogean but can’t find an orthography that matches so I’m just going to guess Apalachee

[Nortaneous]

Chitimacha?

[Glass Half Baked]

There is nothing remotely Muskogean about that sample. Even if it's a custom orthography, I can't think of any way that would map onto any Muskogean language.

But since we know it's southeastern, my guess would be Yuchi, with an x for the glottal stop for some reason.

[Karch]

Chitimacha?

Yes.

[fusijui]

I was thinking Atakapa but felt like if so then the orthography was something new I hadn't seen before (not having read anything about the area published in the last twenty years), so really was never going to figure it out.

[Glass Half Baked]

Well done Karch. Perfect difficulty level.

[bradrn]

Well done Karch. Perfect difficulty level.

Seconded.