Name That Language!

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Nortaneous
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Yangna balna yaka dî isau yangna kâtang dâkima disana yaka, isparah, kîdak tusnaka balna; yang kau dî wâk, ulnaka balna laih yâtasa, yâ sumaltasa dadang katka, isparah, kîdak tukwanaka bîtah kauh laih amangka yang kâtang bahangh mâdi kat bik yang tâkit kau yapa yawayang yaka balna yamti. Yapa bik kûkahki disana bik tukwingka dadang alaska yaka damaska kau tukwai yaka dâkima disana karak. Dî anakat kurhpi yau yawi yaka damaska yau yâmak kau yawi wilis, wabul balna kawatpi yâna pahkâti yangna yâ alatang.
Duaj teibohnggoe kyoe' quaqtoeq lucj lhaj k'yoejdej noeyn tucj.
K'yoejdaq fohm q'ujdoe duaj teibohnggoen dlehq lucj.
Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq.
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Nortaneous wrote: Fri Sep 27, 2024 11:25 pm
Yangna balna yaka dî isau yangna kâtang dâkima disana yaka, isparah, kîdak tusnaka balna; yang kau dî wâk, ulnaka balna laih yâtasa, yâ sumaltasa dadang katka, isparah, kîdak tukwanaka bîtah kauh laih amangka yang kâtang bahangh mâdi kat bik yang tâkit kau yapa yawayang yaka balna yamti. Yapa bik kûkahki disana bik tukwingka dadang alaska yaka damaska kau tukwai yaka dâkima disana karak. Dî anakat kurhpi yau yawi yaka damaska yau yâmak kau yawi wilis, wabul balna kawatpi yâna pahkâti yangna yâ alatang.
Yet another Sino-Tibetan language?

(If not that, it’s probably Austronesian.)
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It wouldn't be Papuan by any chance would it?
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It's not Sino-Tibetan, Austronesian, or Papuan.
Duaj teibohnggoe kyoe' quaqtoeq lucj lhaj k'yoejdej noeyn tucj.
K'yoejdaq fohm q'ujdoe duaj teibohnggoen dlehq lucj.
Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq.
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From the Americas?
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Darren wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:04 am From the Americas?
Yes.
Duaj teibohnggoe kyoe' quaqtoeq lucj lhaj k'yoejdej noeyn tucj.
K'yoejdaq fohm q'ujdoe duaj teibohnggoen dlehq lucj.
Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq.
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Nortaneous wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:07 am
Darren wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:04 am From the Americas?
Yes.
South?
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Darren wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:08 am
Nortaneous wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:07 am
Darren wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:04 am From the Americas?
Yes.
South?
No.
Duaj teibohnggoe kyoe' quaqtoeq lucj lhaj k'yoejdej noeyn tucj.
K'yoejdaq fohm q'ujdoe duaj teibohnggoen dlehq lucj.
Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq.
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Chibchan?
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Nortaneous wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:17 am
Darren wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:08 am
Nortaneous wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:07 am

Yes.
South?
No.
North?
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My next guess will be central.
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bradrn wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:22 amChibchan?
No.
Darren wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:25 am North?
Central.
Duaj teibohnggoe kyoe' quaqtoeq lucj lhaj k'yoejdej noeyn tucj.
K'yoejdaq fohm q'ujdoe duaj teibohnggoen dlehq lucj.
Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq.
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Just noticed the ⟨i a u⟩ vowel system. Could it be Uto-Aztecan?
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Totonacan?
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bradrn wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:36 am Just noticed the ⟨i a u⟩ vowel system. Could it be Uto-Aztecan?
No.
Darren wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:39 amTotonacan?
No.
Duaj teibohnggoe kyoe' quaqtoeq lucj lhaj k'yoejdej noeyn tucj.
K'yoejdaq fohm q'ujdoe duaj teibohnggoen dlehq lucj.
Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq.
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Okay, so not Chibchan, not Uto-Aztecan, not Totonacan. There's no way it's Mayan and it definitely ain't Mixe-Zoquean. Misumalpan?
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Yuman–Cochimi?
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Darren wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:52 am Okay, so not Chibchan, not Uto-Aztecan, not Totonacan. There's no way it's Mayan and it definitely ain't Mixe-Zoquean. Misumalpan?
Yes.
Duaj teibohnggoe kyoe' quaqtoeq lucj lhaj k'yoejdej noeyn tucj.
K'yoejdaq fohm q'ujdoe duaj teibohnggoen dlehq lucj.
Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq.
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Ulwa?
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Miskito?
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