Name That Language!

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I have suspicions, but one of them is that lit search will be painful in several dimensions

is that dialect of that language currently spoken?
Duaj teibohnggoe kyoe' quaqtoeq lucj lhaj k'yoejdej noeyn tucj.
K'yoejdaq fohm q'ujdoe duaj teibohnggoen dlehq lucj.
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It's not Chadic and it's extinct.
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
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Kamassian?
Duaj teibohnggoe kyoe' quaqtoeq lucj lhaj k'yoejdej noeyn tucj.
K'yoejdaq fohm q'ujdoe duaj teibohnggoen dlehq lucj.
Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq.
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Yes.
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
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Eljiganîn mànî uchkàn sonî kulaghai achichanna; daisunni katkair yatrajanne nikka mehmàn bîla tenî eljiganîn kulaghai achichanna. Bîda îra labda khismat tortanî enaka rukhsat kîtùni ki warchya gîrtuna. Ámdun ogai be ena ghorbàn sal bekî okujà. Walka satàni gham into barîna?
Duaj teibohnggoe kyoe' quaqtoeq lucj lhaj k'yoejdej noeyn tucj.
K'yoejdaq fohm q'ujdoe duaj teibohnggoen dlehq lucj.
Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq.
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Nortaneous wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:59 am Eljiganîn mànî uchkàn sonî kulaghai achichanna; daisunni katkair yatrajanne nikka mehmàn bîla tenî eljiganîn kulaghai achichanna. Bîda îra labda khismat tortanî enaka rukhsat kîtùni ki warchya gîrtuna. Ámdun ogai be ena ghorbàn sal bekî okujà. Walka satàni gham into barîna?
Gosh, I don’t have a clue. Um… is it from Eurasia? Is it still spoken?
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Spoken in India?
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
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From the word-structure, it does look Indo-European; is it an Indo-Iranian language?
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Aimaq?
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Karch wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 10:06 amSpoken in India?
no
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 12:44 pm From the word-structure, it does look Indo-European; is it an Indo-Iranian language?
no
WeepingElf wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 2:49 pmAimaq?
it's not Indo-Iranian, so no
bradrn wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 8:32 am Gosh, I don’t have a clue. Um… is it from Eurasia? Is it still spoken?
from Eurasia; unlikely to still be spoken
Duaj teibohnggoe kyoe' quaqtoeq lucj lhaj k'yoejdej noeyn tucj.
K'yoejdaq fohm q'ujdoe duaj teibohnggoen dlehq lucj.
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Turkic (feel like if it was Turkic that fact probably would have been obvious but still worth a shot)?
Ye knowe eek that, in forme of speche is chaunge
With-inne a thousand yeer, and wordes tho
That hadden pris, now wonder nyce and straunge
Us thinketh hem; and yet they spake hem so,
And spedde as wel in love as men now do.

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dɮ the phoneme wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:42 pm Turkic (feel like if it was Turkic that fact probably would have been obvious but still worth a shot)?
no
Duaj teibohnggoe kyoe' quaqtoeq lucj lhaj k'yoejdej noeyn tucj.
K'yoejdaq fohm q'ujdoe duaj teibohnggoen dlehq lucj.
Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq.
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Is it at least Indo-European?
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
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Some form of Tocharian?
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Karch wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:45 pm Is it at least Indo-European?
no
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 8:54 pm Some form of Tocharian?
no
Duaj teibohnggoe kyoe' quaqtoeq lucj lhaj k'yoejdej noeyn tucj.
K'yoejdaq fohm q'ujdoe duaj teibohnggoen dlehq lucj.
Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq.
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Altaic?

EDIT: Tungusic?
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I think I might have the correct answer - it's neither Turkic nor IE, it's very obviously not Tungusic, it looks like Persian but it's "unlikely to be still spoken". Is it Moghol? (If it is, then it must be in a transcription I'm unfamiliar with.)
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
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Karch wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 10:11 pm Moghol
yes, from Leech's phrasebook, which was the only non-IPA thing I could find
Duaj teibohnggoe kyoe' quaqtoeq lucj lhaj k'yoejdej noeyn tucj.
K'yoejdaq fohm q'ujdoe duaj teibohnggoen dlehq lucj.
Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq.
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Dlay long Ta' Weta haaè kempöè te' Lung Lejie
Hewin mensah selah kempöè paèt na'an
Ebing blun neha
Kepit mléang dengéah
Lejie dya' las hanguy
ne' pin mtan leléang
Ngendo téang nöng wellun
Hi' haaè tewüp mehbéang
mlang nyen ka ngeduen
wekèah toh mèang bléang
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
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Papuan? Skouic?
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