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Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2025 10:08 am
by bradrn
Looks more Lower Sepik than Ramu to me, but I can’t identify a specific language. Perhaps some weird orthography for Yimas?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2025 10:12 am
by Karch
bradrn wrote: ↑Thu Sep 18, 2025 10:08 am
Looks more Lower Sepik than Ramu to me, but I can’t identify a specific language. Perhaps some weird orthography for Yimas?
Are you really sure this looks Lower Sepik? Because it isn't.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2025 10:18 am
by bradrn
Karch wrote: ↑Thu Sep 18, 2025 10:12 am
bradrn wrote: ↑Thu Sep 18, 2025 10:08 am
Looks more Lower Sepik than Ramu to me, but I can’t identify a specific language. Perhaps some weird orthography for Yimas?
Are you really sure this looks Lower Sepik? Because it isn't.
Interesting. I thought Ramu languages tended to be more isolating…
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2025 10:28 am
by bradrn
Chini?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2025 10:33 am
by Karch
bradrn wrote: ↑Thu Sep 18, 2025 10:28 amChini?
Chini.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2025 6:16 am
by bradrn
ˈmajka te ˈʝidiʃe ˈnosʲʃe iˈdin bakˈratʃ iˈdin bakˈratʃ faˈsuʎ
faˈsuʎ u ˈpladen tam ta ˈbæʃe
ci ˈsʲædnaxme ce ˈrutʃaxme faˈsuʎ
(faˈsuʎ ta faˈsoʎa) daˈʃo ˈbæʃe uˈno stuˈdeno ˈbæʃe (ne) kaˈva ˈmartios ˈminas
(ˈplævexme ˈplævexme ne) ˈplævexme ˈpraʃexme ˈlozʝiʃte (ˈpraʃexme ˈlozʝiʃte ne) ɟi ˈpraʃexme ˈlozgʲiʃte
e ˈnosʲʃe ˈsetna ˈona kaˈva faˈci (ne) ˈleʃtʲæ (bakˈratʃ) kaˈva faˈsuʎ bakˈratʃ
ci ˈvemeʃe bakˈratʃ ci ˈvemeʃe xuˈʎar-ta guˈʎam-ta (ne)
ut biˈʎur-et ˈsʲitʲe ˈsetna ci plaˈkosaxme tam (u plaˈkosaxme kuˈtu xajˈvanja)
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2025 6:43 am
by Darren
bradrn wrote: ↑Fri Sep 19, 2025 6:16 am
ˈmajka te ˈʝidiʃe ˈnosʲʃe iˈdin bakˈratʃ iˈdin bakˈratʃ faˈsuʎ
faˈsuʎ u ˈpladen tam ta ˈbæʃe
ci ˈsʲædnaxme ce ˈrutʃaxme faˈsuʎ
(faˈsuʎ ta faˈsoʎa) daˈʃo ˈbæʃe uˈno stuˈdeno ˈbæʃe (ne) kaˈva ˈmartios ˈminas
(ˈplævexme ˈplævexme ne) ˈplævexme ˈpraʃexme ˈlozʝiʃte (ˈpraʃexme ˈlozʝiʃte ne) ɟi ˈpraʃexme ˈlozgʲiʃte
e ˈnosʲʃe ˈsetna ˈona kaˈva faˈci (ne) ˈleʃtʲæ (bakˈratʃ) kaˈva faˈsuʎ bakˈratʃ
ci ˈvemeʃe bakˈratʃ ci ˈvemeʃe xuˈʎar-ta guˈʎam-ta (ne)
ut biˈʎur-et ˈsʲitʲe ˈsetna ci plaˈkosaxme tam (u plaˈkosaxme kuˈtu xajˈvanja)
something Slavic?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2025 6:54 am
by bradrn
Darren wrote: ↑Fri Sep 19, 2025 6:43 am
bradrn wrote: ↑Fri Sep 19, 2025 6:16 am
ˈmajka te ˈʝidiʃe ˈnosʲʃe iˈdin bakˈratʃ iˈdin bakˈratʃ faˈsuʎ
faˈsuʎ u ˈpladen tam ta ˈbæʃe
ci ˈsʲædnaxme ce ˈrutʃaxme faˈsuʎ
(faˈsuʎ ta faˈsoʎa) daˈʃo ˈbæʃe uˈno stuˈdeno ˈbæʃe (ne) kaˈva ˈmartios ˈminas
(ˈplævexme ˈplævexme ne) ˈplævexme ˈpraʃexme ˈlozʝiʃte (ˈpraʃexme ˈlozʝiʃte ne) ɟi ˈpraʃexme ˈlozgʲiʃte
e ˈnosʲʃe ˈsetna ˈona kaˈva faˈci (ne) ˈleʃtʲæ (bakˈratʃ) kaˈva faˈsuʎ bakˈratʃ
ci ˈvemeʃe bakˈratʃ ci ˈvemeʃe xuˈʎar-ta guˈʎam-ta (ne)
ut biˈʎur-et ˈsʲitʲe ˈsetna ci plaˈkosaxme tam (u plaˈkosaxme kuˈtu xajˈvanja)
something Slavic?
Well done. If only that were enough…
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2025 7:49 am
by Darren
bradrn wrote: ↑Fri Sep 19, 2025 6:54 am
Darren wrote: ↑Fri Sep 19, 2025 6:43 am
bradrn wrote: ↑Fri Sep 19, 2025 6:16 am
ˈmajka te ˈʝidiʃe ˈnosʲʃe iˈdin bakˈratʃ iˈdin bakˈratʃ faˈsuʎ
faˈsuʎ u ˈpladen tam ta ˈbæʃe
ci ˈsʲædnaxme ce ˈrutʃaxme faˈsuʎ
(faˈsuʎ ta faˈsoʎa) daˈʃo ˈbæʃe uˈno stuˈdeno ˈbæʃe (ne) kaˈva ˈmartios ˈminas
(ˈplævexme ˈplævexme ne) ˈplævexme ˈpraʃexme ˈlozʝiʃte (ˈpraʃexme ˈlozʝiʃte ne) ɟi ˈpraʃexme ˈlozgʲiʃte
e ˈnosʲʃe ˈsetna ˈona kaˈva faˈci (ne) ˈleʃtʲæ (bakˈratʃ) kaˈva faˈsuʎ bakˈratʃ
ci ˈvemeʃe bakˈratʃ ci ˈvemeʃe xuˈʎar-ta guˈʎam-ta (ne)
ut biˈʎur-et ˈsʲitʲe ˈsetna ci plaˈkosaxme tam (u plaˈkosaxme kuˈtu xajˈvanja)
something Slavic?
Well done. If only that were enough…
Torlakian perhaps?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2025 10:41 am
by bradrn
Darren wrote: ↑Fri Sep 19, 2025 7:49 am
bradrn wrote: ↑Fri Sep 19, 2025 6:54 am
Darren wrote: ↑Fri Sep 19, 2025 6:43 am
something Slavic?
Well done. If only that were enough…
Torlakian perhaps?
No.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2025 11:01 am
by Karch
Some Bulgarian/Macedonian variety spoken in Greece?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2025 11:09 am
by bradrn
Karch wrote: ↑Fri Sep 19, 2025 11:01 am
Some Bulgarian/Macedonian variety spoken in Greece?
Yep.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2025 11:49 am
by Raphael
Does that count as winning, or does Karch have to provide an exact name?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2025 1:34 pm
by bradrn
Raphael wrote: ↑Fri Sep 19, 2025 11:49 am
Does that count as winning, or does Karch have to provide an exact name?
I’m not sure. You know what, I’ll give people a chance to pinpoint the exact variety; if they can’t Karch wins.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2025 12:37 pm
by bradrn
Looks like no-one’s interested in guessing further, so Karch gets to choose the next text.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2025 9:59 pm
by Karch
Shit! I forgot again, and only remembered after finding the following text.
Naminko onaʔ aŋka:n, ma:mbitko di kayu-un. Dakausaŋ deʔ dakausaŋ, kosaŋ bea ampukaʔ daikiʔ! Daikiʔ pi, naʔankiʔ bea aŋka:n. Toʔ aŋka:n laukak, balaunak namin naʔan aŋka:n lauk. Atiʔko kulontoŋi naŋa paŋaru indiʔ, mateʔko! Aisi antu-un indiʔ matoan uluʔuluʔ, bopuʔ poaŋ kuleʔa dakatoaniak uluʔuluʔ, kaiŋka lalo i Laŋ Kibo. Onaʔkin, tiʔkin matoan bapi.
(EDIT: changed apostrophes (which I used because I was on mobile when I posted the text) to glottal stops, which is what my source uses.)
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 1:09 am
by Glass Half Baked
I'm guessing it's spoken on Mindanao?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 12:00 pm
by Karch
Glass Half Baked wrote: ↑Fri Oct 17, 2025 1:09 am
I'm guessing it's spoken on Mindanao?
No.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 12:03 pm
by bradrn
Does this text contain all phonemes of the language?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 3:07 pm
by Karch
bradrn wrote: ↑Fri Oct 17, 2025 12:03 pm
Does this text contain all phonemes of the language?
I'm not sure, but I don't think so.