Re: Unknown natlang

On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Adam Walker wrote:

> Well, it is absolutely most definitely NOT Indonesian or Turkish.  Neither
> of those langs includes n-tilde.  The word amok (spelled with a "k" not a
> "c") *is* Indonesian.  Des could be French.  I'm guessing that it's a number
> of languages mixed together.  Does anyone here read Albanian.  I don't but I
> have a sneaking suspicion that a couple of the words might be from that
> lang.  Anybody else recognize a word or two?
>
> Adam
I have a very slight knowledge of Gjuha Shqipe (=Albanian language, in
said language), and now that I look at it that way, it might be Albanian,
although replete with spelling errors, which BTW isn't uncommon, as not
everyone writes with the standardised system; similar situation as with
Letzebuergesch, where there does exist a formalised system, but not
everyone uses it, figuring, I'm a native speaker, I know how to write my
own language.

---frank

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> >From: "Karapcik, Mike" <Karapcik@...>
> >Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
> >To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> >Subject: Re: Unknown natlang
> >Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 13:14:09 -0500
> >
> >         I plugged this into two language guessers. TextCat guessed
> >Indonesian, while XRCE guessed Turkish. I can see both areas having some of
> >the anti-American sentiment the original author mentioned, so I really
> >can't
> >narrow it down, or even guarantee either guess is right. It's just
> >someplace
> >to start.
> >         BTW: I remember the girlfriend of a woman I knew, the girlfriend
> >was
> >from the Philippines, mentioning a similar word to "gringo" in Tagalong. It
> >is also from the Spanish influence. Indonesian is a nearby language to
> >Tagalong.
> >
> >| -----Original Message-----
> >| From: Roger Mills [mailto:romilly@EGL.NET]
> >| Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 12:54 AM
> >| To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> >| Subject: Re: Unknown natlang
> >|
> >|
> >| Steve Kramer wrote:
> >|
> >|
> >| >Can anyone recognize or translate this?  It was on another
> >| list, from the
> >| >same person who quoted in Catalan earlier, a Spaniard; a
> >| Basque on that
> >| >list confirmed it was not Basque....
> >| >"Iaek megeri sagituce kede rañek ñe m´Osama nikosaik des
> >| m´gemataik amoc
> >| >gringori."
> >|
> >|
> >| Absolutely unrecognizable to me.  (At first glance I thought
> >| it might be a
> >| relative of Kash.....)  "gringori" is a little suggestive, maybe some
> >| obscure Mexican or Central American language??? Who else
> >| calls us gringos?
> >| But would they be all that interested in Mr. b L.?
> >|
>
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