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Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2024 1:47 pm
by Nortaneous
Pano-Tacanan?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2024 2:09 pm
by Karch
Nortaneous wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2024 1:47 pm
Pano-Tacanan?
No.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 2:28 am
by bradrn
Could it perhaps be Guaycuruan?
EDIT: probably not, actually — there’s no ⟨q⟩. But I felt that someone had to have another go…
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 6:58 am
by Karch
And it indeed isn't Guaycuruan.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 7:26 am
by bradrn
Karch wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2024 6:58 am
And it indeed isn't Guaycuruan.
I’ll say this, at least I made
one correct statement about this language…
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 2:40 pm
by Darren
Arawakan?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 5:30 pm
by Karch
Darren wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2024 2:40 pmArawakan?
Yes.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 6:48 pm
by bradrn
Er, would that be Arawak/Maipurean or (Macro-)Arawakan? The terminology is a mess…
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 9:01 pm
by Karch
bradrn wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2024 6:48 pm
Er, would that be Arawak/Maipurean or (Macro-)Arawakan? The terminology is a mess…
Maipurean.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2024 1:40 am
by Darren
Ah good I was just going through all the remaining SAm language families in alphabetical order.
I can't see a good match, idk Mawayana?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2024 7:56 am
by Karch
Darren wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2024 1:40 am
Mawayana?
No.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2024 8:05 am
by Karch
Does anybody else want to guess? If not, I'll just post the answer tomorrow and ask Darren to post the next text, as he got the closest.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2024 2:28 am
by Darren
I stopped guessing because I'd already checked all the readily available info on Arawakan languages and found nothing with /ʋ/. Does the <ʋ> represent /ʋ/?
Edit - is it a Kampan language?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2024 4:59 am
by Karch
Darren wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2024 2:28 am
I stopped guessing because I'd already checked all the readily available info on Arawakan languages and found nothing with /ʋ/. Does the <ʋ> represent /ʋ/?
Edit - is it a Kampan language?
The <ʋ> represents [w~β~ʋ]. The transcription is mostly phonemic, but in this case phonetic. And no, it's not a Campa language.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2025 5:06 pm
by Karch
I just remembered this game, and would love to revive it, however I completely forgot what language was it that I posted last. Iňapari? Anyway here's an easy one:
Me či kamav fere man t´avel. Sakones o Dél te del. Ke kodo-j mišto. Man te si, vi tut si. Te na naj, jekh avres šaj žutinas. Vareko žutij lovenca, vareko la vorbasa žutij. Haj kodo but kerel! Milióni kerel i čáči vorba, i šukár. Mange na musaj, či kako t´avel, či lóve, či khanči. I šukár vorba te phenesa mange, kodi inkró ando jílo.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2025 5:09 pm
by bradrn
South Slavic, surely. Is ‘t´’ meant to be ‘ť’?
EDIT: if not Slavic, then some Romani variety.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2025 5:16 pm
by Karch
bradrn wrote: ↑Tue Sep 16, 2025 5:09 pm
Is ‘t´’ meant to be ‘ť’? EDIT: if not Slavic, then some Romani variety.
<t´> is meant to be <t'>, that is, t + apostrophe, and not t with háček. And yes, it is indeed a Romani variety. But which one? "Romani" is at least 5 languages in a trenchcoat after all.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2025 5:21 pm
by Travis B.
My guess is some Romani variety with a very Slavic-inspired orthography.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2025 5:24 pm
by Travis B.
Vlach Romani.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2025 5:28 pm
by Karch
Travis B. wrote: ↑Tue Sep 16, 2025 5:24 pm
Vlach Romani.
Yeah. But that's still a very imprecise term!