Guess the Language, anyone?

[Frislander]

This should be a good deal more obscure than my last one.

ban yey-na=y’ɬi kos ona-ra-na-wa=y’ɬi choy rey di’ jayna koro’ man'-cho kos wa:ka-wandi no-kos didi’ alpani-wa=y’ɬi [EA: choy rey]

(I would provide a gloss, but something in the text (and possibly the gloss) is preventing the glossing function from working)

EDIT: The n' is supposed to be n with a little stroke above it.

[opipik]

Spoken in Asia?

[Frislander]

Nope.

[opipik]

Spoken in South America?

[Frislander]

Correct.

[Frislander]

Correct.

[Acid Badger]

Does <y’> stand for a glottalized /j/?

[Frislander]

Does <y’> stand for a glottalized /j/?

Yes.

[Vijay]

Toba-Maskoy?

[Frislander]

No.

[Vijay]

Is it a Mascoian language?

[Frislander]

No.

[Vijay]

Is it spoken in the Gran Chaco?

[Frislander]

No.

[Vijay]

Is it extinct?

[Frislander]

No.

[Acid Badger]

Is it an isolate?

[Frislander]

Yes.

[opipik]

Movima?

[Frislander]

Correct. Your turn.

(By the way, what look like final glottal stops and that n' are actually final k and t, respectively: final stops seems to be partially nasalised and glottalised, so the orthography reflects that. Those are proper glottalised /j/s there, though.)

Source: http://webdoc.ubn.ru.nl/mono/h/haude_k/gramofmo.pdf

[opipik]

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Humwan nuyih nimingcerey qey isumw tey ran naqay inoq qin nemen tuwan qar. Mbonos tuwan, rusumw mbonombon tey qin nisivir ran naqay isiq, en ruvagas ndap. En nimingcerey iles ut nisivir keviqis qey...

[Vijay]

A Papuan (i.e. non-Austronesian) language spoken in PNG?

[opipik]

A Papuan (i.e. non-Austronesian) language spoken in PNG?

Nope.

[Vijay]

Is it a New Caledonian language?

[opipik]

Is it a New Caledonian language?

Nope.