Name That Language!

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Glass Half Baked
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Is there any information loss in the orthography: tone, length, etc.?
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If it is not Sino-Tibetan, it probably is an isolate?
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Glass Half Baked wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 12:29 am Is there any information loss in the orthography: tone, length, etc.?
Yes, the orthography doesn't mark tone (except, presumably, in one word) and certain vowel contrasts.
Raholeun wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 1:49 am If it is not Sino-Tibetan, it probably is an isolate?
Yes, it's either considered an isolate, or a part of a small language family.
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
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Arunachal?
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: Thu Oct 24, 2024 4:36 amArunachal?
Yes.
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
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Karch wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 4:41 am
Nortaneous wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 4:36 amArunachal?
Yes.
I’m going to cry foul about this. I consider these languages to come under the heading of ‘Sino-Tibetan’, or at the very least, to be deserving of something more than an unqualified response ‘No’ to that question.
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Karch wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 4:34 am Yes, it's either considered an isolate, or a part of a small language family.
Tawra?
bradrn wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 4:46 am I’m going to cry foul about this. I consider these languages to come under the heading of ‘Sino-Tibetan’, or at the very least, to be deserving of something more than an unqualified response ‘No’ to that question.
Then it has three answers: yes, no, and Arunachal.
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: Thu Oct 24, 2024 5:00 am
Karch wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 4:34 am Yes, it's either considered an isolate, or a part of a small language family.
Tawra?
No.
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
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Is it Idu?
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Raholeun wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 5:58 amIs it Idu?
Yes.
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
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Great. Let us keep the ball rolling:
Arik ike bo anisit ma nung a shar ye ba win awo atuk ni arik iki nung kise ting be e. Mi zu ayin, Arik ike bo iki nung kise ting kokot. To ye Vunung Unet iher ayak, ibi hek nung ye ba se ni inek didang insoniye a?”
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Is it a South East Asian language?
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Spoken in Nigeria?
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
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Raphael wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 6:48 am Is it a South East Asian language?
It is not.
Karch wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 7:06 am Spoken in Nigeria?
Correct.
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Platoid?
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
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Aye.
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Jukunoid?
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
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Karch wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 12:19 pmJukunoid?
That was an "Aye, it is indeed a Plateau language". It is not classified as a Jakunoid language, as far as I know.
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Raholeun wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 12:24 pm
Karch wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 12:19 pmJukunoid?
That was an "Aye, it is indeed a Plateau language".
Ah. Ninzic?
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
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Ninzic indeed.
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