Name That Language!

[bradrn]

I would love to see how that's realised phonetically.

I’m assuming ⟨z w⟩ are both vowels.

I might as well take a guess while I’m posting: Austronesian? Oceanic?

[Rounin Ryuuji]

I believe the shifting of [ɨ] > [s~z] is attested in Miyakoan (one of the oddest sound changes I've encountered, at least in my mind), so it the "z" could also be a syllabic consonant; I also suspect the "j" may take on a vocalic realisation.

[Karch]

Neither Austronesian nor Oceanic, and no, I don't know the pronunciation of <z>, <w> is however indeed a vowel.

[Nortaneous]

spoken in India and/or Bangladesh?

[Karch]

spoken in India and/or Bangladesh?

India.

[Vijay]

Is it a Munda language?

[Karch]

yes

[Nortaneous]

Sora?

[Karch]

Sora.

[Nortaneous]

Na qwbe fe ra zeë biring wo wama nachang o nachang chong, moecheë cha rabah wo be, wo cha rabah é be na ki ne: katukung yi na na‐mungji ning dureë. Wo zoh nade tingchingme ra: katukung nade raboche, ning kira eqwbo, nachang channema kanna‐yire, awa qwbeqwbe nang é ra, nachang zohma na: Fe nachang ra nade tingching, ning kira churung, nachang channema ngni ra; awa dundundi nang é ra, nachang a tohma.

[Pabappa]

Well, it's got a CV(n) syllable structure, /ŋ/ as the realization of the coda nasal before a pause (and perhaps sometimes even before a consonant), an odd looking cluster that Im going to assume is /kpʷ/, and is probably missing all of /s l p g/.

I can't really get much information out of the vowels. But consonants are my only real strong point anyway ....so Im going to guess this is somewhere in Melanesia, and if I must guess something more specific (unless this takes away someone else's guess, in which case, please ignore this), I choose the Koro language of Vanuatu.

[Nortaneous]

I choose the Koro language of Vanuatu.

it's not Koro nor is it Melanesian

[Karch]

Damn. Spoken in Africa?

[Nortaneous]

Damn. Spoken in Africa?

damn. yes

[Karch]

Bantoid?

[Nortaneous]

Bantoid?

no

[Karch]

Spoken in Nigeria?

[Nortaneous]

Spoken in Nigeria?

no

[Vijay]

Is it extinct?

[Nortaneous]

Is it extinct?

no