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Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 5:51 pm
by Frislander
New Caledonia?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 6:47 pm
by bradrn
Is it at least Central–Eastern Oceanic?
I already guessed that.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 6:08 am
by Karch
It is indeed a Central-Eastern Oceanic language, but it isn't spoken in New Caledonia.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 6:10 am
by bradrn
Is it a Southeast Solomonic language then?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 9:54 am
by Karch
Yes.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 9:42 pm
by bradrn
Is it a Guadalcanal language? And if not then is it a Malaita language?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:44 pm
by Karch
It is a Malaita language.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:30 pm
by bradrn
Kwaraʼae?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:13 am
by Karch
It is indeed Kwara'ae.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:16 am
by bradrn
Here’s the next text then:
Mie gohun nai kakai agate sta ha moo. Zin no imi wagaru, Shuhui kore gau ha. Zainalite renshi, wa gonata. Suhu agate sta zin yaba yinnga. Isya yuta kono byoki naonang. Gako skruy tikang. Ngasan doko waha huahua to benkyo uta. Anta no hoyin ga qalux no? Wagi mietala yaba myasa. Ngate mote sta. Moo yaʼehta ha moo zin ni, rakara kore miete sta. Kinoo tota toki, honto yobu Sumei, yaʼehteru moo.
(Again, this is a grammar without a sample text, so I just took some random sample sentences.)
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:37 am
by Pabappa
okay, i'll just say it .... is it Japonic?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:05 am
by bradrn
Pabappa wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:37 am
okay, i'll just say it .... is it Japonic?
I’d say it isn’t.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 3:15 pm
by Karch
Looks like a mix of Japanese and some other language - so is it Yilan Creole Japanese?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:58 pm
by bradrn
Karch wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 3:15 pm
Looks like a mix of Japanese and some other language - so is it Yilan Creole Japanese?
Yes.
(Y’know, I had thought that I had
finally managed to find a language which no-one else had ever heard of — guess not!)
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:36 pm
by Karch
Yes, qaayaar̃, Muuniŋʸäp qaall qwaap nʸiänaŋ - Piilʸär̃inʸ, niundulitʸ waarŋ puärt.
Ŋaütʸ quütʸ waarŋinʸ, ŋaütʸ quütʸ qaattitʸinʸ taa-waarŋanʸ Puaġinarap, Taalʸäraq-muur̃uq Piilʸar̃ap.
Qaall qwaap niätʸ nʸiänaŋ Piilʸär̃äp, puaġitʸ Tʸiurddiŋʸ-yäir̃, Maun-yuaŋap, qaatt-paurn niätʸ.
Qaallaqitʸ qwaap, tuaanq pualitʸ, ŋaannʸ wuarar niätʸ yuaġaŋ nʸiänaŋ.
Ŋaalaqq nʸiänitʸinʸ tuaangaqq qaattitʸinʸ, yuagaŋ nʸianiŋʸ muur̃urt-puutt maarnaŋ.
Ŋaannʸ waarderitʸ muur̃urt quumpaarl. Paulabinitʸ muur̃urt quumpaarl, pauläbinʸ Qäip-e-qäill. Ŋaannʸ wuarar nʸiänaŋ Piilʸär̃äp. Ŋaannʸ quurt-waara nʸiänaŋ.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:09 pm
by bradrn
Eskimo-Aleut?
EDIT: It looks a bit like Iñupiaq — could that be it?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:25 am
by Karch
It's neither of these.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:37 am
by bradrn
Karch wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:25 am
It's neither of these.
Well, is it North American at least? If not, I guess South America.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:38 am
by Karch
Again neither of these.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:47 am
by bradrn
Karch wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:38 am
Again neither of these.
Aargh… Asian then?