Guess the Language, anyone?

[CatDoom]

Yes it is.

[Nortaneous]

Chochenyo?

[CatDoom]

Chalon?

Sorry Nort, I was being an idiot; the language is Chalon. I kept thinking it was Rumsen, probably because the paper I got it from had texts in both languages, and I was under the impression that it was the only Ohlone language with a velar fricative. So yay, you got it! Yesterday >.<

Incidentally, the text is the Act of Contrition from a partial catechism translated into Chalon, one of relatively few sources for the language.

[Nortaneous]

heh, Rumsen was one of the languages I ruled out

Tawəy abəya: Anjakar, awak, təmak, kəra, tədo. Anjakar awəy: "T anday taslaw aka babəza ahay va. Nde taslaw ka babəza ahay va na, nəhəmay mogo. Atəwelay: "Bababa kəlak, kəlak, kəlak, kəlak, kəlak." Atəwe na. Anjakay awak. "Kətəwe almay, anjakar?" "Nətəwe bəyna hajan na ta gəsomala anjakar, slom na va. Nəhəmay mogo əwla."

[Bristel]

heh, Rumsen was one of the languages I ruled out

Tawəy abəya: Anjakar, awak, təmak, kəra, tədo. Anjakar awəy: "T anday taslaw aka babəza ahay va. Nde taslaw ka babəza ahay va na, nəhəmay mogo. Atəwelay: "Bababa kəlak, kəlak, kəlak, kəlak, kəlak." Atəwe na. Anjakay awak. "Kətəwe almay, anjakar?" "Nətəwe bəyna hajan na ta gəsomala anjakar, slom na va. Nəhəmay mogo əwla."

Is it Austronesian?

[Nortaneous]

no

[Radagast revived]

Nigerian?

[Click]

Cushitic?

[Nortaneous]

no to both

[Bristel]

Is it Chadic?

[Nortaneous]

yes

[Bristel]

yes

I know it probably isn't, but is it Hausa?

[Nortaneous]

no

[Nortaneous]

The language was Moloko.

Here's an easy one:

Bjästenca arengaxh sen’yella yoghu,
Vayn stömiyn bošmaškaxh zaza dälla doghu,
Zezagašca qelina, vayn düne xazdella doghu.
Zezagašca qelina, vayn düne xazdella doghu.

Yuthqhaçu šakaršca olxazarš deka,
Mexkarša tobanca xaza ešarš löqu.
Suna, Ayza, ešariyn serlongaxh xhan az a devza,
Suna, Ayza, ešariyn serlongaxh xhan az a devza.

[Acid Badger]

Looks like some weird transcription of Chechen

[Nortaneous]

I'm used to seeing <bh>, <ş>, and <kx> instead of <bj>, <š>, and <q>, but yes, it's Chechen.

[Acid Badger]

Well then

Akit tanru tok me selwan kineu afla mat. Tete naliati aŋ kin kpafo tankiwou. Me kpafo to mai leperkat emat niŋneu. Ifwel kuf lek tete nkas iftom emat niŋneu kpatap ŋmokus mau. Me kpaleperkati panpan ketau.

[CatDoom]

Is it Yélî Dnye? A bit of a shot in the dark, but it looks like it has some odd co-articulation going on.

[Nortaneous]

Spoken in Vanuatu?

[Acid Badger]

Is it Yélî Dnye? A bit of a shot in the dark, but it looks like it has some odd co-articulation going on.

It does but it's not Yélî Dnye.

Spoken in Vanuatu?

Yes

[Nortaneous]

Is that the actual orthography, or IPA transcription? (I'm used to seeing <q> or <p̃> for the labial-velar stop for languages in Vanuatu -- then again, if it were IPA I'd expect it to be marked as rounded unless it's particularly broad.)

[justin]

Spoken in Vanuatu?

Yes

Spoken by fewer than 1000 people? Fewer than 500?

Edit: Whoops, just realized that probably falls into a what-to-Google kind of question. Just ignore me.

[Acid Badger]

Is that the actual orthography, or IPA transcription? (I'm used to seeing <q> or <p̃> for the labial-velar stop for languages in Vanuatu -- then again, if it were IPA I'd expect it to be marked as rounded unless it's particularly broad.)

It's a broad transcription. To be honest, I just couldn't type a p with tilde. The language uses both <p> and <m> with tilde, though.

Spoken by fewer than 1000 people? Fewer than 500?

Edit: Whoops, just realized that probably falls into a what-to-Google kind of question. Just ignore me.

Alright!

[Nortaneous]

Spoken on Efate?

[Click]

Anejom̃?