Zompist Bboard Again

Guarijio?

Uto-Aztecan?

Oto-Manguean?

Cushitic?

African?

Mixe-Zoquean?

2. TNG?

Is it South American then?

Oto-Manguean?

Anyhow is it Bora-Witoto?

Nortaneous wrote: ↑Sat May 02, 2020 6:13 pmToba doesn't have velars?

Read "uvulars"

Also are we not following the "winner picks the next language" rule?

Well, OK looking again Guaicuruan is more Chaco than Pampas, but still. The presence of sibilants precludes Abipón, and the absence of geminates precludes Kadiwéu, Toba seems to lack velars and Pilagá voiced postalveolars, so Mocoví?

Nortaneous wrote: ↑Sat May 02, 2020 3:50 am man I try to find the most unplaceable thing and it gets placed. yes

I mean, if I don't come out of Cambridge with a comprehensive knowledge of areal patterns of the languages of the world then frankly I've wasted my time there.

Regardless the lack of ejectives suggest Guaicuruan?

Wow Good Lord Nort that was flipping clinical that was. Probably shouldn't have chosen a language with such a distinctive vowel system on its neighbours...

Anyhow, for this one let's see, voicing contrast in uvulars, only four vowels. Is it spoken on the Pampas?

Next language. Ŋinŋangurra. Djan yiŋi njubanjiŋa njubanjiŋa. Yaːye guwe ŋaː waːrreyu. Yanmenji guwe. Waːrrenji gawa garinji. Yaːyi gari yoːrr yanme. Yoːrr yanmenji guwe badji djandu baːnji. Baːnji badji gan bam gamŋenji. Yuː nala yiŋi. Yuːyi guwe njowaganbama, 'Daduŋa gaː goromŋana. Wambawu guwe ŋay...

OK, it's near the Sepik, in Papua New Guinea, but it's not TNG, Sepik or Lower Sepik-Ramu, and it doesn't seem Toricelli or Yuat to me, that's not as many options left, so I'm going to say Taiap?

Is it spoken near the Sepik at all?

Ramu?

Oceanic?

Nukuoro?