Guess the Language, anyone?

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Whoops, pass to whoever wants to post a sample first.
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Here's something:

Yúpmah yúp baktɨ̌b’ʔã́yǎnmah ʔayǔpʔĩh yɔhnííy. Yúp ʔayǔpʔĩh, yɔhníípmah yúp, tɨh hámáh, tɨhyɔ̌hn’ǎn wátap. Yúp tɨhyɔ̌hd’əh máhan wathamapmah yúp, hã́y máh yúwúh, baktɨ̌b’ máhan wɨdhámáh. Baktɨ̌b’ʔã́yănmah yúp tɨh tɔ́nɔ́h, húpupʔĩhĩ́h.

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Is that Hup?

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Yes.

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feel free to guess this:

naştë së e nëpiwë, pëk unëz oştë poeçe.
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It wasn't your turn, it was Acid Badger's.
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There's no reason for me to make a separate thread about it. I'm not trying to usurp his turn - this is an extra challenge, additive, not assumptive
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R.Rusanov wrote:There's no reason for me to make a separate thread about it. I'm not trying to usurp his turn - this is an extra challenge, additive, not assumptive
No, the rules in this thread are pretty well defined. Create a new thread if you want us to guess that (I have no idea yet by the way)

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Feel free to guess this, then:

Wári sumáktinʸu winʸáhey | Išíčik úminʸáythey nampékayh tusan | Noa, ihérmasa puhúma nu, namánki yúocama | Úrutay šua:ra wakítinʸu, ikʸáma weáma nu

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Pfff that could be anything

I'll go with north america first

wukchumni?

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Is that a Siouan language?

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No to all

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Wari'?
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I don't think that's wari' to be honest

A chibchan language such as Ika?

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Spoken in South America?

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It's spoken in South America, but it's neither Wari' nor Chibchan.

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Arawan?
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It is probably not a Tupian language.

I will make a guess: Mapudungun (a.k.a. mapuche or araucanian)

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Is that the native orthography?
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No to all again.
Birdlang wrote:Is that the native orthography?
It's the one used in the book I took the sample from. I don't think there is a true native orthography for it.

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I would have to guess jivaro, on account of the vowels
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It could be a Jivaroan language, yes. Achuar?

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Aguaruna?

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It's Shuar/Jivaro. R.Rusanov's turn.

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The fact it said "shuar" in your sample kinda gave it away. I'll go with this:

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