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Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:27 am
by bradrn
Papuan?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:28 am
by Darren
bradrn wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:27 amPapuan?
Papuan.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:30 am
by bradrn
Darren wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:28 am
bradrn wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:27 amPapuan?
Papuan.
I know your interests.
Further on that note, I have a hunch that it’s from the Sogeram family. Is that correct?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:36 am
by Darren
bradrn wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:30 am
Darren wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:28 am
bradrn wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:27 amPapuan?
Papuan.
I know your interests.
XD
Further on that note, I have a hunch that it’s from the Sogeram family. Is that correct?
Nope.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:41 am
by bradrn
Darren wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:36 am
Further on that note, I have a hunch that it’s from the Sogeram family. Is that correct?
Nope.
Yeah, I realised this on looking further into it. The sample text has no ⟨ŋ⟩, which would be unlikely for a Sogeram language.
Is it at least Trans–New Guinea?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:44 am
by Darren
bradrn wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:41 am
Is it at least Trans–New Guinea?
No.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 6:10 am
by Karch
Very obviously Papuan. Torricelli?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 6:13 am
by Darren
Karch wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2024 6:10 am
Very obviously Papuan. Torricelli?
Nay
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 6:14 am
by bradrn
Pity, Torricelli was going to be my next guess too.
Is it by any chance spoken in north-western New Guinea?
EDIT: Let’s stipulate that ‘north-western New Guinea’ includes Papua and Central Papua provinces.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 6:14 am
by Karch
Damn. Spoken in Sandaun?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 6:33 am
by Darren
Karch wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2024 6:14 am
Damn. Spoken in Sandaun?
Yes.
(I guess that overrides brad's question too)
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 6:35 am
by Karch
Namia?
EDIT: Scratch that, these are barred i's, meaning this is Pouye.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 6:38 am
by bradrn
Karch wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2024 6:35 amNamia?
He already said it’s not TNG.
EDIT: wow, apparently there are two Namias in New Guinea.
EDIT EDIT: no, the TNG one is Namiae. I should learn to read.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 6:49 am
by bradrn
In any case, Namia seems unlikely to me. Could it be Border?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 6:50 am
by Darren
Karch wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2024 6:35 am
Namia?
EDIT: Scratch that, these are barred i's, meaning this is Pouye.
It is indeed Pouye.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 1:17 pm
by Karch
Weyjiig hus panxk qapx neejimaaxnakx we panx waa qam qucaaxnaa cun. Wetk we kix hus keta hiqink hi nuhci. Tutk kunugu hi dutnaqa. We kicax kap qeypinks gaptiqi. Wetk hus qasi ni wopmiqi, “Qam guxmiidnaka?” Wetkx ni gastk gasmank qam qoonak noopiigx, weytengenkx dutnaqa hesigen. Hunks guxti kap gayinkix hesigen, kap tentk ni gasminaqa. Weyjiig poktank kap pexk, qix sowqakt poktanki hi pootimiig qix nehe kap xagitk hiquyki. Wetkx kuukx hix qixup kap qehi.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 2:46 pm
by abahot
Is it an Algonquian language? It looks a little bit like Mikmaq actually but I'm not sure.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:09 pm
by Karch
abahot wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 2:46 pm
Is it an Algonquian language? It looks a little bit like Mikmaq actually but I'm not sure.
It does indeed lok a little bit like Mikmaq, but no, it's not Algonquian.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:13 pm
by Zju
Wouldn't happen to be Nuxalk or another Salishan language?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:32 pm
by abahot
I don't think it's Nuxalk because Nuxalk only has /a i o/, unless the vowels are being transcribed more as their surface realizations. Also, at least in the stereotype, Nuxalk is full of obstruent-only runs of consonants and I see none here.