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Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2024 6:16 pm
by Darren
Karch wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2024 10:57 am
It's indeed Keapara (proper), which indeed mostly lacks <t>, having lost it unconditionally - there are a few words with <t> but they're either loans or have an unknown etymology. Circumflexes in this orthography mark preceding glottal stop, both on vowels and on w.
Thankfully my laziness in checking more obscure languages cancelled out Wikipedia's ignorance of the marginal status of /t/
Next:
Indo troono, weeno, papawino, andu treemo. Tel dyewaano tekluti tpauno tel aŋkene weeno kumə marəno, tpol uŋkə weeno, ein ɨn dasweeno, dyekug əmoono. Aal nyəntuuno, tuləntloono. Dyen in wen besmyelo mepau simyaaro. Tro ɨn nasweeno dyutən kuno wesmyalo. Tel waidyin dyewen komə ŋkədyi wesmyelo, skuulyo tkeyo. Tpoindlyabəgəloko.
I think there's a 50/50 chance Nort will get this on his first guess
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2024 8:21 pm
by bradrn
Darren wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2024 6:16 pm
Next:
Indo troono, weeno, papawino, andu treemo. Tel dyewaano tekluti tpauno tel aŋkene weeno kumə marəno, tpol uŋkə weeno, ein ɨn dasweeno, dyekug əmoono. Aal nyəntuuno, tuləntloono. Dyen in wen besmyelo mepau simyaaro. Tro ɨn nasweeno dyutən kuno wesmyalo. Tel waidyin dyewen komə ŋkədyi wesmyelo, skuulyo tkeyo. Tpoindlyabəgəloko.
I think there's a 50/50 chance Nort will get this on his first guess
Chadic?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2024 8:43 pm
by Darren
bradrn wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2024 8:21 pm
Darren wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2024 6:16 pm
Next:
Indo troono, weeno, papawino, andu treemo. Tel dyewaano tekluti tpauno tel aŋkene weeno kumə marəno, tpol uŋkə weeno, ein ɨn dasweeno, dyekug əmoono. Aal nyəntuuno, tuləntloono. Dyen in wen besmyelo mepau simyaaro. Tro ɨn nasweeno dyutən kuno wesmyalo. Tel waidyin dyewen komə ŋkədyi wesmyelo, skuulyo tkeyo. Tpoindlyabəgəloko.
I think there's a 50/50 chance Nort will get this on his first guess
Chadic?
nope
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2024 11:34 pm
by Nortaneous
Not a clue. It's not Sino-Tibetan, is it?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2024 11:35 pm
by bradrn
This is incredible. You managed to baffle Nort!
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2024 11:36 pm
by bradrn
That being said, my next guess is Papuan.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2024 4:30 am
by Karch
Keuw.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2024 1:38 am
by Darren
Karch wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2024 4:30 amKeuw.
Correct! How did you know?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 12:02 pm
by Karch
Darren wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2024 1:38 amCorrect! How did you know?
I've read the only paper there is on Keuw like 20 times like 2 years ago. It's an extremely interesting language, but sadly also extremely underdescribed.
Anyway, here's a new sample:
Ijíbu ayamane khege wuji me bati hruñga he ‘‘imuñ ci ameya wujida,’’ kaja me angesata liba etoñwe ecolada ijíbu sona ci simbra ma nela. Aya ci ekroya ne thombra he tapume loprali eñkolo wuji, poñ lo wuji, aya ci elobra he amruhru wuji hrunga. Aya ci angesa he añko figa lawuji, ijibu aya ci thoga he maci wuji. Aya ci acanu ma he andikru euñ angoga, aya hone aya ci thoga bi me era a inunu ho randuda. Aya ci eñlona he innyi longa wuji tando hega da.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 6:07 pm
by fusijui
Assamese, to someone who wouldn't know Assamese if it were the last language in the galaxy. Well, something in that Eastern-Eastern IA branch maybe?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2024 12:07 am
by Raholeun
Is it spoken in a country where Spanish is the majority language?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2024 3:30 am
by Darren
Keuw is absolutely beautiful. I suspect it may be a Lakes Plain language at heart.
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The sample doesn't look South American. Is it Asian?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2024 4:20 am
by Karch
fusijui wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2024 6:07 pm
Well, something in that Eastern-Eastern IA branch maybe?
It's not Indo-Aryan.
Darren wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 3:30 am
Is it Asian?
It is spoken in Asia, though.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2024 5:51 am
by Nortaneous
Is it primarily spoken on the Asian mainland?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2024 5:54 am
by Karch
Nortaneous wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 5:51 am
Is it primarily spoken on the Asian mainland?
Yes.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2024 11:18 am
by Travis B.
Is it an Austronesian language?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2024 9:13 pm
by Glass Half Baked
I think I see where Travis is going. Superficially this does look like Cham. But I don't think that's it.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 6:01 am
by Karch
Travis B. wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 11:18 am
Is it an Austronesian language?
No.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 6:21 am
by bradrn
Sino-Tibetan?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2024 8:45 am
by Karch
bradrn wrote: ↑Wed Oct 23, 2024 6:21 amSino-Tibetan?
No.