Laudate_Dominum Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 [quote name='Selah' date='18 May 2010 - 01:14 PM' timestamp='1274202892' post='2112861'] ् <---What is that thing? [/quote] it screwed up what I was trying to type. sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 [quote name='Selah' date='18 May 2010 - 01:11 PM' timestamp='1274202697' post='2112859'] okay, LD. What is this? איך ווי אַנימע. עס ס שפּאַס צו וואַך, כאָטש איך טאָן ניט ווי עס דאַבד. טהייט רואַנד קאַרדקאַפּטאָר סאַקוראַ דורך דאַבינג עס. וואס מאָראָנס. [/quote] Unfortunately I have never learned any Yiddish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 [img]http://www.omniglot.com/images/langsamples/udhr_cree.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='18 May 2010 - 02:39 PM' timestamp='1274207944' post='2112899'] [img]http://www.omniglot.com/images/langsamples/udhr_cree.gif[/img] [/quote] Sheesh, I still have a heads up... Once had a roommate from Manitoba who translated to and from first nations languages. Kind of picked up a few things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie-Therese Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Is there a language you DON'T know, L_D? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 [quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='18 May 2010 - 01:41 PM' timestamp='1274208105' post='2112902'] Sheesh, I still have a heads up... Once had a roommate from Manitoba who translated to and from first nations languages. Kind of picked up a few things. [/quote] Holy croutons, I just can't win with you!! That was Swampy Cree, which was a particular favourite of my Linguistics professor. How about this? Bonke abantu bazalwa bekhululekile belingana ngesithunzi nangamalungelo. Bahlanganiswe wumcabango nangunembeza futhi kufanele baphathane ngomoya wobunye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie-Therese Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 I actually know that one, Nihil. A friend of mine in high school knew Swahili. Said it was the easiest language to learn because their verbs are only conjugated in the present tense, so technically there is no conjugation. You just decide tense by context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 [quote name='Marie-Therese' date='18 May 2010 - 01:47 PM' timestamp='1274208455' post='2112909'] I actually know that one, Nihil. A friend of mine in high school knew Swahili. Said it was the easiest language to learn because their verbs are only conjugated in the present tense, so technically there is no conjugation. You just decide tense by context. [/quote] Too bad that's not Swahili. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='18 May 2010 - 02:44 PM' timestamp='1274208299' post='2112906'] How about this? Bonke abantu bazalwa bekhululekile belingana ngesithunzi nangamalungelo. Bahlanganiswe wumcabango nangunembeza futhi kufanele baphathane ngomoya wobunye. [/quote] Pwned. While I would guess that it is an African language I really have no idea. [quote name='Marie-Therese' date='18 May 2010 - 02:47 PM' timestamp='1274208455' post='2112909'] I actually know that one, Nihil. A friend of mine in high school knew Swahili. Said it was the easiest language to learn because their verbs are only conjugated in the present tense, so technically there is no conjugation. You just decide tense by context. [/quote] Awesomeness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='18 May 2010 - 02:49 PM' timestamp='1274208544' post='2112910'] Too bad that's not Swahili. [/quote] Oh wow, pwnage. Okay, what language are these inscriptions? [IMG]http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h119/NoonienSoong_2006/artifact.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Finally. It's Zulu. Actually the same two sentences that I posted in Swampy Cree, which I think is the start of your Declaration of Independence. I guess that's a common sample phrase for languages or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie-Therese Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 (edited) [quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='18 May 2010 - 02:49 PM' timestamp='1274208544' post='2112910'] Too bad that's not Swahili. [/quote] Huh?? It's not Dutch enough to be Afrikkans, so maybe Nigerian? I was pretty sure it was Swahili. OK I was pretty close. Zulu and Swahili are very close to each other. Edited May 18, 2010 by Marie-Therese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='18 May 2010 - 01:44 PM' timestamp='1274208299' post='2112906'] Holy croutons, I just can't win with you!! That was Swampy Cree, which was a particular favourite of my Linguistics professor. [/quote] My first thought was that it looked like the special code the Zodiac killer used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 [img]http://www.omniglot.com/images/langsamples/udhr_tamil.gif[/img] Same sentence, new language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 [quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='18 May 2010 - 02:53 PM' timestamp='1274208803' post='2112915'] what language are these inscriptions? [IMG]http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h119/NoonienSoong_2006/artifact.jpg[/IMG] [/quote] and I was worried that this would be too easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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