Guess the Language, anyone?

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

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

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

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Vijay wrote:It may not be Bodish, but is it a Sino-Tibetan language?
Nope.

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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.

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

Is it spoken in Asia?

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

Is it spoken in Asia?
Nope.

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Oceania then?

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Vijay wrote:Oceania then?
Yes.

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Is it spoken in the Solomon Islands?

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Is it Oceanic?
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No.

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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?

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Vijay wrote: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?
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Kala Lagaw Ya then?

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Vijay wrote:Kala Lagaw Ya then?
Nope.

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Spoken in Vanuatu?
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Frislander wrote:Spoken in Vanuatu?
Nope.

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Is it Austronesian?

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Vijay wrote:Is it Austronesian?
Yes.

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Does tw represent a vowel followed by a consonant or a single consonant?
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You mean a consonant followed by a vowel? :)

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Vijay wrote:You mean a consonant followed by a vowel? :)
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Frislander wrote:Does tw represent a vowel followed by a consonant or a single consonant?
A consonant cluster.

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