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Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:57 am
by Ares Land
Is it Imonda? If not, another Papuan language?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 4:59 pm
by bradrn
Ares Land wrote: ↑Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:57 am
Is it Imonda?
My god, that was quick. How on Earth did you
do that‽
(If it needs to be said: yes, it is indeed Imonda.)
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 5:31 pm
by Ares Land
Nothing very smart, just luck.and brute force.
As it happens, I had did a bit of research over the weekend, looking for languages with a largeiah vowel inventory. That, and knowing you a little, made me think it could be Papuan... So I just checked the Language Pile, and Imonda phonology looked like a good fit.
(Come to think of it, I hope none of that is considered cheating...)
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 2:55 am
by Ares Land
Next text:
Hampe isan, oya-paykar orwa gakkoo otta somo ku-oman. Pon turesi siko kusu kesto an kor ku-pattay. Ku-aki ku-turesi tura okay-as totto kim to oman wa takenoko uk wa se wa san, eiyok. Totto ekimne kor pon turesi mamma ku-rusuy kusu paraparak, en ku-ka-ri ka ku erampetek. Unarpe sinen ene itak-i, "Beko reska sisam otta oman wa beko tope hok wa kore ya." Sisam nespa ene waki, "Totto ney-ne oman ruwe an?" sekor en-kopi kusu. "Hampe-ray, ora totto ekimne takenoko, kar kusu oman" sekor hawki. Ku-cis kor sonno en-erampokinu, beko tope poronno en-kore. Pon turesi ku-kore kor onuman pakno haw sak. Totto takenoko eiyok wa amam hok wa keray-kusu ipe-as.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 3:20 am
by bradrn
Austronesian? Failing that, South American?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 3:38 am
by Ares Land
Neither!
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 5:25 am
by Karch
Ainu?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 5:26 am
by Ares Land
Yep. (Hmm, maybe that was too easy...)
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:37 am
by Karch
Here's a sample. It's rather short, since I wasn't able to find anything longer without spoiling the name of the language, but I think it's enough to guess the language.
i kūrako čōrajs i kotə kīral, flīgajs ap i ruk unt kamajs pesko kīral te chan.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:37 am
by bradrn
Karch wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:37 am
Here's a sample. It's rather short, but I think it's enough to guess the language.
i kūrako čōrajs i kotə kīral, flīgajs ap i ruk unt kamajs pesko kīral te chan.
IE? If so, Balto–Slavic?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:39 am
by Karch
It is indeed IE, but not Balto-Slavic.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:41 am
by bradrn
Karch wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:39 am
It is indeed IE, but not Balto-Slavic.
I’d guess Indo–Iranian then, though I’m not quite sure about the subgroup. (Though I’ve been reading a bit about Pashto endoclitics recently, and the romanization seems somewhat similar… could that be it?)
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:43 am
by Karch
It's indeed Indo-Iranian, but not Pashto.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:47 am
by Ares Land
Rromani?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 12:45 pm
by Karch
It is indeed a variety of Romani, but which one?
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:05 pm
by Vilike
Welsh Rromani.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:11 pm
by bradrn
Vlax, I’d think.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:35 pm
by fusijui
I'm gonna claim it's Persian [ED: Romani], and blame it on the imp (or peri?) of the perverse.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:44 pm
by Karch
It's none of these.
Re: Name That Language!
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:58 pm
by fusijui
A little more seriously, then, Balkan?