Zompist Bboard Again

Karch wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 12:28 pm Yes. (Which variety, though?)

bänema kwaŋatrikwé... nzefé. fenz ane maneŋonathrth... kwosifr kabeaneme... bthan kabeyé. trikasi zrethkäfé. bthan kabe fthé fenz yonasi... bänemr zrethkäfth mätraksir. kzi kwa yafiyokwrth. srafiyokwrth karesama kzi. srärzirth. watik kwa eyak. nima kwosifr fthé... kabe fthé ynänzüthzrth baden... fthé one week srakor... fthé fof krefar ane bthan kabe bobo... fokam znfo, fokam mnzfo... sikwankwanme zbär thd. kabef keke kwa sremar. süsübäthen kwa yak... tosinmäre... kwayanmäre. kwa yak. yfrsé gwonyamekarä kwa yé. keke kwa kwayanthé gwonyamekarä bänema kabef sremar... kabeyé sremarth. watik yfö katanr kwa yarenzr. katan yfö fthé zremar... ebarfa fä fof kwa bäne ythorthr... nabi a mrrab.

Frislander wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 6:06 pm

Karch wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 12:28 pm Yes. (Which variety, though?)

Well given the absence of orthographic <l> this appears to rule out Northern and Western, so Eastern perhaps?

Anyhow, next language.

bänema kwaŋatrikwé... nzefé. fenz ane maneŋonathrth... kwosifr kabeaneme... bthan kabeyé. trikasi zrethkäfé. bthan kabe fthé fenz yonasi... bänemr zrethkäfth mätraksir. kzi kwa yafiyokwrth. srafiyokwrth karesama kzi. srärzirth. watik kwa eyak. nima kwosifr fthé... kabe fthé ynänzüthzrth baden... fthé one week srakor... fthé fof krefar ane bthan kabe bobo... fokam znfo, fokam mnzfo... sikwankwanme zbär thd. kabef keke kwa sremar. süsübäthen kwa yak... tosinmäre... kwayanmäre. kwa yak. yfrsé gwonyamekarä kwa yé. keke kwa kwayanthé gwonyamekarä bänema kabef sremar... kabeyé sremarth. watik yfö katanr kwa yarenzr. katan yfö fthé zremar... ebarfa fä fof kwa bäne ythorthr... nabi a mrrab.

bradrn wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 7:24 pm Are you entirely sure this isn’t a conlang? (I’m sure it’s not, but it looks so strange that I feel like I have to ask.)

Richard W wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 8:20 am

bradrn wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 7:24 pm Are you entirely sure this isn’t a conlang? (I’m sure it’s not, but it looks so strange that I feel like I have to ask.)

I must say the punctuation is odd. Or is this just Frislander's view on applying European punctuation rules to non-Latin script languages? So, is it normally written in an Indic script?

Nortaneous wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 7:54 pmOceanic?

Richard W wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 8:20 am

bradrn wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 7:24 pm Are you entirely sure this isn’t a conlang? (I’m sure it’s not, but it looks so strange that I feel like I have to ask.)

I must say the punctuation is odd. Or is this just Frislander's view on applying European punctuation rules to non-Latin script languages? So, is it normally written in an Indic script?

bradrn wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 7:24 pmAre you entirely sure this isn’t a conlang? (I’m sure it’s not, but it looks so strange that I feel like I have to ask.)

Frislander wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 8:36 am

bradrn wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 7:24 pmAre you entirely sure this isn’t a conlang? (I’m sure it’s not, but it looks so strange that I feel like I have to ask.)

Absolutely sure.

Also ngl you could level something like that at Albanian, since that also shares a particular aesthetic that we mostly associate with conlangs.

cedh wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 8:53 amPapuan?

Frislander wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 9:17 am

cedh wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 8:53 amPapuan?

Yes

bradrn wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 8:30 am

Richard W wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 8:20 am I must say the punctuation is odd. Or is this just Frislander's view on applying European punctuation rules to non-Latin script languages? So, is it normally written in an Indic script?

The punctuation seems fine to me, actually. I assume the ellipses are just a transcription of pauses during speech. (I saw a grammar of Dongwang Tibetan which used the same convention, so it doesn’t seem too unusual.)

Karch wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 4:21 pm It's a Tonda language, either Komnzo or Nen (since these are the only Tonda languages I know that don't write the schwa) - and since it has too many vowels for it to be Nen I'll just guess Komnzo.