Guess the Language, anyone?

[R.Rusanov]

Gotta be Hiw

[Herr Dunkel]

Anabea?
EDIT: Genome did it first, apparently. I used to be into this kind of language a long time ago, it's Anabea I'm 99% sure

[vo1dwalk3r]

Yeah, that's it.

[Genome]

Okay here it is:

Nzangc maac caux aaux qiex nzangc fai goiv qiex nzangc yietc zungv fiev jiex gorn ziangx an jienv naaiv, bun meih aengx longc ganh nyei cong-mengh caux jienv hoqc doqc, hoqc gapv, hnangv gorngv meih njaaux ganh dauh mienh nor yaac fi’hnangv nyei longc meih nyei za’eix caux jienv njaaux, se gorngv maaih norm nzangc fai maaih joux waac haiz oix naaic dangh haaix dauh nor maiv dungx faix hnyouv email bun yie fai heuc yie, mbuo lomh nzoih juangc jienv hoqc mangc gaax, laengz zingh.

[Nortaneous]

Iu Mien

[Guilliano]

Mien Branch of Hmong-Mien?

[Genome]

Iu Mien

Correct

[Nortaneous]

Tsi gimmjaqa gebgepən ətn tsi. Nətima gepən ədu. Ədzi ədzi nu utaŋdzi, "Ta gepən əgo! Ləmbə əgo! Ədzi ədzida ləmbə əgo duktsi niŋgitsi, bəji swattəida ləmba əgo! Nətn ləmbə ənu?" Undzi. Ləmbə əgu tsi nətn ədu? Mjaqa tsi toqdu ta qau nətn ba.

[Herr Dunkel]

Indian subcontinent? (i.e. northern/eastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, that area)?

[Nortaneous]

Yes.

[Herr Dunkel]

Kusunda maybe?

[Birdlang]

Angami?

[Nortaneous]

Kusunda.

[Herr Dunkel]

Cool!

"Nwozi no araparwo made mo. Swode mo puramu wo. Kuniguninwo yasirinwo kamuini nusa maturi. Naku kowe kikeba toki suginikyeri."

[Porphyrogenitos]

Cool!

"Nwozi no araparwo made mo. Swode mo puramu wo. Kuniguninwo yasirinwo kamuini nusa maturi. Naku kowe kikeba toki suginikyeri."

It's Bantu, right?

Um...Kinyarwanda?

[Herr Dunkel]

Nope, not Kinyarwanda, or even Bantu!

[Zaarin]

Is it North American?

[Herr Dunkel]

Nope

[kuroda]

One of the Ryukyuan languages/dialects? I'm away from all my stuff so can't easily look them up.

[Herr Dunkel]

Nope!

[kuroda]

Wait, is it a transcription of Old Japanese?

[Herr Dunkel]

Edit: actually yeah I'm gonna accept it! It's Eastern Old Japanese

[kuroda]

Vovin's volume on it is sitting at home -- and if I'd had to specify which dialect on the spot, I'd just have been guessing Wow. I'll get my sample out late tonight, once I can lay hands on a chunk of text.

[Herr Dunkel]

(am legitimately jealous of you for the Vovin book! Wanted to get it but my lib doesn't have it and it is obnoxiously expensive for a student XP )

[kuroda]

It's too rich for me, for that matter -- both the price tag and the sheer volume of the thing. So I only have it on loan for a bit, and will read some tonight while kicking myself for not realizing that extinct languages were fair game here "Ryukyuan"? Embarrassing!

What the heck, here's my round:

Čīkse isixači ɲoani ǯōwani. Ǯōgdoani uidē aba bicĩ. Čolčomɨaka mene ǯɨasɨlbi mene-mene beunčieni nēktexeni: čɨlpomba xue pegieleni, učewe nakandu, očɨaktawa golǯondu, gūčẽ xexereweni saoladu, maitowa uike dādoani. Mene čōnkodu čolčimi ičeǯexeni xānidā ǯiǯuiweni ei mergembe. Totarā, čadu em sialbiwa bārā, pūčimi derūxeni. Tui pūčīdueni osiakta muewe nasalbani kaltaram enɨiǯieni puikuxeni. Tui apsiŋkičidoani učeči ŋālayi tonɨŋkini.