Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:26 pm
Now, somehow I suspect you are not allowed to give more than one answer at a time...
bump
EDIT: Iyo?
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Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:08 pm
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 11:42 am
Is it a language from the Schouten family?
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:21 am
Got itopipik wrote:bump
EDIT: Iyo?
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:47 pm
Mystery Language wrote:Membangambanga mathuweirɨ wonja bode iyemaengge Lisi amba meghenaghena. Mbanga methuweirɨ inja-mbeleime na rumbuye wevo igiya kurewe. Ko-iyemaengge meghaningga, ramae ivariye, inga, "Uvana na uyavairɨ Thomas," kaiwae Thomas amba meghenaghena.
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:42 am
Spoken in PNG?
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 10:52 am
Yes, it is.Spoken in PNG?
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:07 pm
Is this sample too hard to guess? If yes, I'll post a new sample, but that's on you.
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 10:04 pm
Participation seems to have been tapering for some time, so it's hard to say whether that's the issue or whether your sample was too tough a nut for any of us to crack. Either way, yes, please, do post something more! Either more of the same language, or something new would suit me.
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 7:53 am
OK, here's the whole story.
Membangambanga mathuweirɨ wonja bode iyemaengge Lisi amba meghenaghena. Mbanga methuweirɨ inja-mbeleime na rumbuye wevo igiya kurewe. Ko-iyemaengge meghaningga, ramae ivariye, inga, "Uvana na uyavairɨ Thomas," kaiwae Thomas amba meghenaghena.
Mbanga ivananjogha e-toutou, iyavairɨ-roro Thomas. Ma-iwaengge, venderanggi e-dowako na vedobu bode. Mbanga medobu, ghime ande woravure, taulauko ghine. Medobuma bode, amba umbaliye laiye bwadebwadeko vwata. Idikuyanga nasiye. (Ande mekuyanga na ghalɨnga laghɨyere.)
Mbanga ramae meraraghan, bodako ghine mooraraghan ghareme, na ramae iyopito. Iwa vemwanawo, iyemaengge ghare iyo na marae thɨndegathɨ. Ande e-ghalɨghalɨngare. Ramae imwanambɨmbɨ e-ghare vwata.
Woyakuyaku mbanga molao, nggamako ande indeuture mun. Ande indegholambore mun ghalɨname. Woyakuyaku aligiya thuwe. Ibotewo.
Woyakuyaku seiwoenggeva, amba imbora ghalɨnga. Aligiya thumawe, amba ithu. Ithu vao, amba imwadiwa. Kero iko.
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:52 pm
This one stumped me early the first time around, and I'm afraid more text doesn't help me overcome that 
I hope someone with more PNG know-how can figure it out -- but if not, I'd like it if you eventually shared the answer and posed another one for us!
I hope someone with more PNG know-how can figure it out -- but if not, I'd like it if you eventually shared the answer and posed another one for us!Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 6:00 am
Is it an Austronesian language? If so, is it Ughele?
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:20 am
It is Austronesian but not Ughele.Cedh wrote:Is it an Austronesian language? If so, is it Ughele?
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 4:00 pm
This seems to be too hard.
Anyway, the language was Sudest.
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New sample:
Anyway, the language was Sudest.
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New sample:
A nunɑntɑ mgbɑ bɑrlɑ ɑmɑ Welɓe, ɗelek kɑ́dɑvhɑ, kɑ́gɑl ɑntɑ jem ɑ ndɑ mgbɑ gɑlzɑvɑy. A təwse, hejəye əy ketev tɑ ɑtɑ ɗelek wese ŋ ndɑ mgbɑ ɑrɑ gɑzlɑvɑy.
Wɑlɑ msərɑ mende ɑkɑ kulɑ ŋ tev kwɑw. Ambɑ ɑ ɗɑwzɑtɑ hejəye, ɑ zlepetene, ɑ ŋgɑyɑ : « Hune lɑmzɑ kɑ ɑrɑ yɑm mɑy ? » Hejəye əy kɑɗɑw ŋ lɑmzɑ ɑrɑ kəɗɑ mgbɑ səkwɑw.
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 12:21 pm
Looks like an African language. Hausa?
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 8:07 am
Yes, it is spoken in Africa, yes, it is in the same language family as Hausa, but no, it's not Hausa.schyrsivochter wrote:Looks like an African language. Hausa?
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 11:05 am
Fula then?
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:16 am
Opipik, you are breaking our heads AGAIN!
I can't do any better than 'from somewhere in West Africa' at the moment -- no access to my hoard of linguo-stuff.
I can't do any better than 'from somewhere in West Africa' at the moment -- no access to my hoard of linguo-stuff.
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2015 12:35 pm
Is it a chadic language?
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2015 1:35 pm
Is it Fula or not?schyrsivochter wrote:Fula then?
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2015 3:53 pm
Not Fula.schyrsivochter wrote:Is it Fula or not?schyrsivochter wrote:Fula then?
Yes.Is it a chadic language?
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 8:49 am
Is it a Biu-Mandara-language, say Buwal?
Edit: Just looked it up more closely, it is probalby not Buwal as labio-velars apparently are very rare in Buwal, but I am not going to suggest something else because I have already spent way too much time on this.
Edit (again): Turns out it might be Buwal anyway. The orthography seems to mostly match and the only case of labio-velars in the sample is the word mgbɑ, which means something along the lines of "up" in Buwal.
Edit: Just looked it up more closely, it is probalby not Buwal as labio-velars apparently are very rare in Buwal, but I am not going to suggest something else because I have already spent way too much time on this.
Edit (again): Turns out it might be Buwal anyway. The orthography seems to mostly match and the only case of labio-velars in the sample is the word mgbɑ, which means something along the lines of "up" in Buwal.
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 10:05 am
[looking up Buwal online]gufferdk wrote:Is it a Biu-Mandara-language, say Buwal?
Edit: Just looked it up more closely, it is probalby not Buwal as labio-velars apparently are very rare in Buwal, but I am not going to suggest something else because I have already spent way too much time on this.
Edit (again): Turns out it might be Buwal anyway. The orthography seems to mostly match and the only case of labio-velars in the sample is the word mgbɑ, which means something along the lines of "up" in Buwal.
[noting to look it up in actual sources later]
[demonstrating why this thread is worthwhile]
[still at a loss to what language this text sample is in]
[horrified in a weird way at how I typed that insanely Germanic previous sentence, while not being humanly fluent in any such language]
[shutting up now]
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 1:02 pm
Yes, it is Buwal.gufferdk wrote:Is it a Biu-Mandara-language, say Buwal?
Edit: Just looked it up more closely, it is probalby not Buwal as labio-velars apparently are very rare in Buwal, but I am not going to suggest something else because I have already spent way too much time on this.
Edit (again): Turns out it might be Buwal anyway. The orthography seems to mostly match and the only case of labio-velars in the sample is the word mgbɑ, which means something along the lines of "up" in Buwal.
Re: Guess the Language, anyone?
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 2:38 pm
I didn't expect that.opipik wrote:Yes, it is Buwal.gufferdk wrote:Is it a Biu-Mandara-language, say Buwal?
Edit: Just looked it up more closely, it is probalby not Buwal as labio-velars apparently are very rare in Buwal, but I am not going to suggest something else because I have already spent way too much time on this.
Edit (again): Turns out it might be Buwal anyway. The orthography seems to mostly match and the only case of labio-velars in the sample is the word mgbɑ, which means something along the lines of "up" in Buwal.
Here is a new one, I have no idea about how hard or easy it will be.
Kəige ʒugdidu siŋəwə wākcaini, kahi bua xuəndi oloxiwə wākcaini, kuti-tənə naktawə wākcaini, nī 'oweni - mujiwə, jehæwe-də, xōŋtowə-de wāini. Nīwə-də wāini. Slonoʒi-tənə kuti ŋələini. Ņamahi buadu wākcai nī slonolo ūŋkasi, kutiwə wākcaiti, xaisi nāwə-də xoktodini uləiti tiŋmələgəni.