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by Karch
Sat Jul 31, 2021 5:46 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 453935

Re: Name That Language!

Mès-meakim epe sàpra ma-màanem, tis ka in watmat kàp-hari; usus epe manengop duv ndad-kahavèkat. Koⁱ-hu ngat upe rah kindap-kumàkem. Oramheⁱs-ngat daᵉt. Tis ka kadum-ᵒà usak; karik dum-kusàkti, ja kadis-ᵒà akobea; tanama ndumì-ᵒarau, a ahi-mànem epe.
by Karch
Fri Jul 30, 2021 3:06 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 453935

Re: Name That Language!

Susu?
by Karch
Thu Jul 29, 2021 7:37 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 453935

Re: Name That Language!

doesn't look Ijoid to me either, and <ch> /x/ suggests that this text was taken by a German researcher (or missionary), so Mande?
by Karch
Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:30 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 453935

Re: Name That Language!

Is it a "Kordofanian" language?
by Karch
Thu Jul 29, 2021 1:13 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Phrase evolution game
Replies: 742
Views: 311564

Re: Phrase evolution game

1. ɵ ʊ > ɘ ɪ 2. ti > si 3. VNC > ṼC 4. short mid vowels raise in final syllables 5: ŋ > g [õ'ne:s ɣɘ'moː.nis dẽ.nɘ'ta:si kʷi joː'ziː loː'deː.roi kʷi pa're:s 'gːa:s.kõ.tur | ra.si'joː.nim kʷi kõ.ski.jẽ.ti'ja:m dɘ'naː.tis sũt, kʷois ẽtir si kɘ̃.kor.di'ja:s stɪ'deːwd a.gɘ̃'tiː.nun ist] < Ομνής χεμώνες ...
by Karch
Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:16 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 453935

Re: Name That Language!

Is the source you took this text from older than the 1950's?
by Karch
Wed Jul 28, 2021 6:40 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 453935

Re: Name That Language!

Spoken in Nigeria?
by Karch
Tue Jul 27, 2021 3:07 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 453935

Re: Name That Language!

Bantoid?
by Karch
Mon Jul 26, 2021 3:42 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 453935

Re: Name That Language!

Damn. Spoken in Africa?
by Karch
Sun Jul 25, 2021 3:54 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 453935

Re: Name That Language!

Sora.
by Karch
Sun Jul 25, 2021 2:53 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 453935

Re: Name That Language!

yes
by Karch
Sun Jul 25, 2021 12:31 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 453935

Re: Name That Language!

Nortaneous wrote: Sun Jul 25, 2021 12:01 pm spoken in India and/or Bangladesh?
India.
by Karch
Sun Jul 25, 2021 6:37 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 453935

Re: Name That Language!

Neither Austronesian nor Oceanic, and no, I don't know the pronunciation of <z>, <w> is however indeed a vowel.
by Karch
Sat Jul 24, 2021 11:01 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 453935

Re: Name That Language!

Bar ordaran a kuddub jontunji, do riang ontidanji, bar labo lingan a basuten a hanapung jontunji, kan a kuddub pwrardanji a janumjuman abmele Hen kuddub erdu uaban tiylai. Seletten ettegoi na dele. Kitungan Anindaman a dile ganabdelan abmele gijeten do gijba, kuddub jznjzn bangsa. Seletten oruban d...
by Karch
Sat Jul 24, 2021 9:23 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 453935

Re: Name That Language!

Movima - the glottalized nasals make it instantly recognizable.
by Karch
Sat Jul 24, 2021 4:19 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 453935

Re: Name That Language!

I didn't see the two other lines, but yes, it's indeed Ngkolmpu, and no, Nort's turn has already ended - I guessed Sulka correctly.
by Karch
Fri Jul 23, 2021 8:10 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Name That Language!
Replies: 1182
Views: 453935

Re: Name That Language!

Yes.
by Karch
Fri Jul 23, 2021 7:31 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: What have you accomplished today?
Replies: 796
Views: 401148

Re: What have you accomplished today?

I finally started working on Old Eastern Bay.
by Karch
Fri Jul 23, 2021 6:28 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Conlang Random Thread
Replies: 3063
Views: 2890632

Re: Conlang Random Thread

Jesus Christ, Eddy, you're overthinking it - calm down and just start conlanging if you feel inspired - it's not like you're selling imitation headdresses!
by Karch
Fri Jul 23, 2021 5:36 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Phrase evolution game
Replies: 742
Views: 311564

Re: Phrase evolution game

1. aj aw > ej ow 2. a > ɔ / _Cʷ, w_ 3. a fronts in syllables closed by alveolars, palatals, or palatalized consonants, backs in syllables closed by uvulars and rounds in syllables closed by labials or labialized consonants 4. ej ow ij uw > e o i u (provided a vowel doesn't follow) 5. qʼ > ʔ 6. palat...