Re: Unknown natlang

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

So lift the cup of joy and take a big drink.
In spite of it all it's a beautiful world.
-------Suzanne Knutzen




>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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