Guess The Language!!!

[zyma]

I'm going to guess that it's some sort of African language, because its orthography uses IPA letters (isn't that a more widespread thing in African languages?).

It is African!

I can't speak about statistics and such concerning the use of IPA-inspired orthographies in Africa vs. the rest of the world, but this particular type of romanization does look very African to me.

[Birdlang]

Nuer. What do the underlines stand for in the orthography?

[zyma]

Nuer. What do the underlines stand for in the orthography?

Yeah… how did you know?

And I have no idea.

[Birdlang]

I know the orthography and the underlines could be the faucalized vowels.
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Heċeṡ hokṡila waƞ k̇uƞṡitk̄u k̄iċilaḣc̄i ti ṡke’. Yuƞk̇aƞ aƞp̄et̄u waƞ el k̇uƞṡitk̄u k̄iƞ ċaƞk’iƞ iyaya ċaƞk̄e hokṡila k̄iƞ iṡnala tiyat̄a yaƞk̄e c̄iƞ iċuƞhaƞ hiṫuƞk̄ala waƞ t̄ak̄u yak’oġa-haƞ ċa naḣ’uƞ k̄eye’. K’eyaṡ he winuḣc̄ala k̄iƞ woyut̄e mahel yuha k̄iƞ hokṡila k̄iƞ hehaƞhuƞniyaƞ slolye ṡni k̄eye’. Ho, tk̇a wana le naḣ’uƞ k̄iƞ uƞ wole yuƞk̇aƞ wasna waƞ lila waṡt̄e k̇uƞṡitk̄u k̄iƞ gnak̄a ċa he e ċa hiṫuƞk̄ala k̄iƞ yut̄a-haƞ k̄eye’.

Aƞp̄et̄u at̄aya winuḣc̄ala k̄iƞ el yaƞk̄e ṡni ċaƞk̄e hokṡila k̄iƞ hiṫuƞk̄ala waƞ wot̄e c’uƞ el ayuhel kuwa k̄eye’. Hiṫuƞk̄ala k̄iƞ yaḣt̄ak̄iƞ kt̄a k̇ok̄iṗa k̄eye’. Wana uƞnihaƞ at̄aya tebye sec̄e c’uƞ hehaƞl hokṡila k’uƞ ṫaƞk̄al inaṗiƞ na: “Uƞc̄i, he k̄u wo. Hiṫuƞk̄ala waƞ leċi wasna k̄iƞ tebniċiyiƞ kt̄e lo,” eya—p̄aƞ k̄eye’. Yuƞk̇aƞ: “Hiƞyaƞk̄a, ṫak̄oja, t̄okṡa wak̄u kt̄e. K̇ohaƞ anapt̄a kuwa, t̄okṡa nazuƞsp̄e k̄iƞ le uƞ wak̄aḣuḣuġiƞ kt̄e,” eya k̄eye’.

[Dezinaa]

Lakhota? (The only language I know of that uses <ƞ>)

[zyma]

Just in case it's not Lakota, is it North American?

[qwed117]

I'd agree it's lakota based on the evidence at hand

[zyma]

I'd agree it's lakota based on the evidence at hand

Me too, even though the orthography looks kind of off/outdated.

[GrandPiano]

(The only language I know of that uses <ƞ>)

Besides Greek.

[Birdlang]

It is Lakota in the White Hat orthography. so it is an old orthography, and I read the macrons are aspiration and the dots over for velar fricative release.

[zyma]

@Dezinaa: I think it's your turn, but please don't feel rushed or anything.

[Dezinaa]

@Dezinaa: I think it's your turn, but please don't feel rushed or anything.

Oops, I kinda forgot. I'll start looking for a text.

(The only language I know of that uses <ƞ>)

Besides Greek.

Yes, except in Lakhota it is based off the letter <n>, and it marks nasalization, I think.

[zyma]

Oops, I kinda forgot. I'll start looking for a text.

No worries.

Yes, except in Lakhota it is based off the letter <n>, and it marks nasalization, I think.

If it's the older equivalent of the <ŋ> in modern Lakota orthography, then it does mark vowel nasalization.

And I personally would consider the Latin <Ƞ ƞ> a separate character from the Greek <Η η>.

[Dezinaa]

Ok, I got one. No idea what it says, though.

Ziix xiica quih caai tahac iti quiij quij hapxa hapah quij itataamalca, yoque. Tahtaamalca ma, hap itaamalca itmis, iti tiij, hax cöititai, iti tiij, yoque. Hapxa quih tojoz x, hehe quih an hant mooit. Ox isoj isiih xah ta tamoz, tpanzx, tiha, hehe quij án cösiizquim xah ta tamoz, paquiiqui tjip, haa hant tahjiit, yoque. Ox impacta tax, itaamalca tiquij ah hehe cop ano cöitqueetij ma x, tahac oo cötpacta, yoque. Hapxa quij mahtaamalca xo tmiipe ma, cötahcooix, yocyo, itaamalca quij. Hapxa hapah quij haa ha. Hee quij imhaa ha.

[sangi39]

Seri?

Spoiler:

<cö> looked like it might be representing /kʷ/ (it only turns up, in this sample, after <c>, and if it follows the Spanish rule of /k/ = <c~qu(i)>, then I'm not sure what else it could represent, with labialisation of /k/ alone amongst plosives being fairly common). So I did a quick search for languages using <ö> to represent labialisation and out popped Seri

[Dezinaa]

Yep. Good job!

[sangi39]

Cool

Well this one might turn out to be a relatively easy one, but here goes:

/pe a:ndəpəgət jarqə podʒoʎəgət pojɲa:çi:l tude o:zi: gələ jarqədən emej oj mi:də tʃuru:dʒə qonta:çi:num/

[zyma]

Is it spoken in Asia?

[sangi39]

Is it spoken in Asia?

Yes

[zyma]

Is it spoken in Asia?

Yes

Southwest Asia/the Middle East?