Guess the Language, anyone?

[Vijay]

Spoken in Nigeria?

[opipik]

Spoken in Nigeria?

No.

[smii]

Is it spoken in Sudan?

[opipik]

Is it spoken in Sudan?

Nope.

[jmcd]

Does it have a double-digit number of noun classes?

[opipik]

Does it have a double-digit number of noun classes?

I don't know.

[Vijay]

Sorry for necroing, but I haven't forgotten about this game! Is it Benue-Congo?

[Frislander]

Atlantic? And if so Senegambian?

[Vijay]

He already said it was Atlantic-Congo.

[Frislander]

He already said it was Atlantic-Congo.

Yeah but I was going for specifically the "Atlantic" group within that.

[opipik]

Atlantic? And if so Senegambian?

No and no.

[Vijay]

But is it Benue-Congo?

[bbbosborne]

Is it a Bantu language?

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[Vijay]

I doubt very much that it is.

[opipik]

But is it Benue-Congo?

No.

[Vijay]

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So it's Atlantic-Congo, but not Atlantic, not Benue-Congo, and not spoken in Sudan, Nigeria, or Ghana. Hmm...That leaves us with the Senufo languages minus Nafaanra, the Kru languages, Siamou, some of the Savannas/Gur-Adamawa/Adamawa-Gur languages, Fali, maybe Laal, Mbre, some of the Kwa languages, and Ega. Apart from the countries we already know this language is not from, those are spoken in Burkina Faso, Mali, the Ivory Coast, Liberia, Benin, Niger, Togo, Cameroon, Chad, the Central African Republic, South Sudan ( ), and Congo (both definitions)...

You know what, there's no stated rule that we have to ask only yes-no questions!

Which country is this language spoken in?

[bbbosborne]

But then we could ask "What language is this?"

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[Vijay]

We could, but that would just be boring.

[bbbosborne]

Does the language contain clicks?

[Vijay]

It couldn't possibly. It's an Atlantic-Congo language, and it's not Bantu.

[opipik]

Oh wait, it is Atlantic. I accidentally confused Atlantic and Senegambian languages.

[Vijay]

So that leaves the Bak languages, the Mel languages, Limba, and Gola.

Is it a Bak language?

[opipik]

No.

[Vijay]

Is it a Mel language?

[bbbosborne]

Does it have its own Wikipedia page?

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