Name That Language!

[Nortaneous]

Pano-Tacanan?

[Karch]

Pano-Tacanan?

No.

[bradrn]

Could it perhaps be Guaycuruan?

EDIT: probably not, actually — there’s no ⟨q⟩. But I felt that someone had to have another go…

[Karch]

And it indeed isn't Guaycuruan.

[bradrn]

And it indeed isn't Guaycuruan.

I’ll say this, at least I made one correct statement about this language…

[Darren]

Arawakan?

[Karch]

Arawakan?

Yes.

[bradrn]

Er, would that be Arawak/Maipurean or (Macro-)Arawakan? The terminology is a mess…

[Karch]

Er, would that be Arawak/Maipurean or (Macro-)Arawakan? The terminology is a mess…

Maipurean.

[Darren]

Ah good I was just going through all the remaining SAm language families in alphabetical order.

I can't see a good match, idk Mawayana?

[Karch]

Mawayana?

No.

[Karch]

Does anybody else want to guess? If not, I'll just post the answer tomorrow and ask Darren to post the next text, as he got the closest.

[Darren]

I stopped guessing because I'd already checked all the readily available info on Arawakan languages and found nothing with /ʋ/. Does the <ʋ> represent /ʋ/?

Edit - is it a Kampan language?

[Karch]

I stopped guessing because I'd already checked all the readily available info on Arawakan languages and found nothing with /ʋ/. Does the <ʋ> represent /ʋ/?

Edit - is it a Kampan language?

The <ʋ> represents [w~β~ʋ]. The transcription is mostly phonemic, but in this case phonetic. And no, it's not a Campa language.

[Karch]

I just remembered this game, and would love to revive it, however I completely forgot what language was it that I posted last. Iňapari? Anyway here's an easy one:

Me či kamav fere man t´avel. Sakones o Dél te del. Ke kodo-j mišto. Man te si, vi tut si. Te na naj, jekh avres šaj žutinas. Vareko žutij lovenca, vareko la vorbasa žutij. Haj kodo but kerel! Milióni kerel i čáči vorba, i šukár. Mange na musaj, či kako t´avel, či lóve, či khanči. I šukár vorba te phenesa mange, kodi inkró ando jílo.

[bradrn]

South Slavic, surely. Is ‘t´’ meant to be ‘ť’?

EDIT: if not Slavic, then some Romani variety.

[Karch]

Is ‘t´’ meant to be ‘ť’? EDIT: if not Slavic, then some Romani variety.

<t´> is meant to be <t'>, that is, t + apostrophe, and not t with háček. And yes, it is indeed a Romani variety. But which one? "Romani" is at least 5 languages in a trenchcoat after all.

[Travis B.]

My guess is some Romani variety with a very Slavic-inspired orthography.

[Travis B.]

Vlach Romani.

[Karch]

Vlach Romani.

Yeah. But that's still a very imprecise term!