Guess the Language, anyone?

[jmcd]

Yeah, I took some characteristics into account but not others. Does it have official status where it is spoken?

[opipik]

Yeah, I took some characteristics into account but not others. Does it have official status where it is spoken?

Nope.

[Vijay]

It may not be Bodish, but is it a Sino-Tibetan language?

[opipik]

It may not be Bodish, but is it a Sino-Tibetan language?

Nope.

[Vijay]

Okay, is it some kind of language spoken in Africa then? There are some Niger-Congo languages at least that have monosyllabic words, especially in West Africa, and I think some also have unusual consonant clusters and such.

[opipik]

Okay, is it some kind of language spoken in Africa then? There are some Niger-Congo languages at least that have monosyllabic words, especially in West Africa, and I think some also have unusual consonant clusters and such.

Nope.

[Vijay]

Okay, then I'm going to use one of my favorite guessing methods: start by guessing the continent!

Is it spoken in Asia?

[opipik]

Okay, then I'm going to use one of my favorite guessing methods: start by guessing the continent!

Is it spoken in Asia?

Nope.

[Vijay]

Oceania then?

[opipik]

Oceania then?

Yes.

[Vijay]

Is it spoken in the Solomon Islands?

[Frislander]

Is it Oceanic?

[opipik]

No.

[Vijay]

So if I understood correctly, it's spoken in Oceania but not PNG or the Solomon Islands and isn't an Oceanic language, and it has <s>, which no Australian language but Kala Lagaw Ya has. It also doesn't look like Chamorro or Palauan.

Could it be Meriam Mir?

[opipik]

So if I understood correctly, it's spoken in Oceania but not PNG or the Solomon Islands and isn't an Oceanic language, and it has <s>, which no Australian language but Kala Lagaw Ya has. It also doesn't look like Chamorro or Palauan.

Could it be Meriam Mir?

Nope.

[Vijay]

Kala Lagaw Ya then?

[opipik]

Kala Lagaw Ya then?

Nope.

[Frislander]

Spoken in Vanuatu?

[opipik]

Spoken in Vanuatu?

Nope.

[Vijay]

Is it Austronesian?

[opipik]

Is it Austronesian?

Yes.

[Frislander]

Does tw represent a vowel followed by a consonant or a single consonant?

[Vijay]

You mean a consonant followed by a vowel?

[Frislander]

You mean a consonant followed by a vowel?

Yes, sorry.

[opipik]

Does tw represent a vowel followed by a consonant or a single consonant?

A consonant cluster.