Name That Language!

[Nortaneous]

That looks weirdly like English for some reason. But I imagine it's probably something Tibetic?

No.

Is it spoken in Mexico?

No.

What the fuck. Spoken in the Americas?

No.

My initial thought was "is this Tibeto-Burman?".

No.

[Karch]

Is the source you took the sample from written after 1970?

[Nortaneous]

Is the source you took the sample from written after 1970?

Yes.

[Karch]

Spoken in Africa?

[Nortaneous]

Spoken in Africa?

No.

[Karch]

Spoken in India?

[Nortaneous]

Spoken in India?

No.

Longer text (with a few typos fixed - the text was originally given in IPA, but the source gives orthographic information)

Vethdz na vethdz i putk'u vethdz. (Wazondafo? - Ea-ea.) Putk'uan haroi peec vethdz. I math' i reez haroi peec az ched nak'tizd. (Tom cagha sethj?) Az ched nak'tedzin hee tedzin, tedzin hee leaureau dethd i pa ther tizd. Dzeeleau dethd i pa ther tizd. Sar i dzeeleau dethd i pa ther. Tar haroi ther dithin tedzin doth. Tid az zabu kiwi rang ghirsin at ghirsin at ghirsin at i peec az wef i jom vreid. (Jom wazon nei? - Ea-ea. - K'ac brok'tichuz.) Di joman di hosiat ceiz? Levd, waht kpa di dzom i k'ac zozd meaug'jenj halg ar ghov ca wethd tik chi peth seaud. (Carang dzom? Yad iw seeto?) Iweau yur peec tizd at tizd at tizd at i jui yothd iko i k'teer aleej. (E? - I k'teer.) I k'teer kdos theest thid at thid at thid at ak'teer viyuid. Ak'teer viyuid hee k'teer hee az jui indezd hee tizd.

[Karch]

Wait. Sarikoli?

[Nortaneous]

Wait. Sarikoli?

Yes. How? Neikrumon Ibrukhim's orthography isn't listed on Wikipedia.

[Karch]

Wait. Sarikoli?

Yes. How? Neikrumon Ibrukhim's orthography isn't listed on Wikipedia.

I skimmed Kim's "Topics in the syntax of Sarikoli" a while ago, and remembered enough of the orthography (namely the existence of <ee> and <eau>) to have an epiphany: it looked weird enough but it was the only option left, and wasn't the word for Nowruz something like "neaureez"?

[Nortaneous]

It's one of the example texts from Kim. I thought the preponderance of final coronals - especially -st -zd - would give it away as Iranian.

[Darren]

Ah damn I almost guessed Indo-European, it did have that kind of a vibe about it, but then I was like, this has consonant clusters and Nort's involved, it must be Tibetic.

[Karch]

mahawɨtuhɨ rituʔamari mahawɨtʃi. hitʃaʔu noʔaʔatʃiniʔa? nonʔama ahɨrɨ́ nɨmɨʔapira. runaʔaputʃiheʔano. aanoyanapirama pɨmɨtimɨʔani. piníímano napuʔapiratʃini. huiniputʃimari hipuʔã. aanaʋayíímari.

[Darren]

That looks so South American. Is it Cariban?

[Karch]

That looks so South American. Is it Cariban?

It is South American, but not Cariban.

[Skookum]

Tupian?

[Karch]

Tupian?

No.

[bradrn]

Jê?

[Darren]

Core Jê specifically?

[Karch]

Jê?

No.