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Ah heck! I'll never be able to tell between those Scandinavian languages!
alk5. Norwegian
Anyway, the following are NOT for the faint of heart:
(One clue is that they all have something in common; another clue: all of them except the last one have ANOTHER thing in common )
AV
nu-za kuitman nuwa X-laš ešun,
išmerilaš-za ešun,
nu šaušgaš ammel išhaššaraš Mursili ammel attitešhit Muwattalin ammel Y-nan uijat.
AW
Staey dessempts Pallapsaey.
Pirmas. Thou ni tur kittans deiwans turrettwey.
Anters. Thou ny tur schan emnen twaise deiwas ny anterpinsquan menentwey.
AY
iþ ik qiþa izwis ni andstandan allis þamma unseljin; ak jabai hwas þuk stautai bi taihswon þeina kinnu, wandei imma jah þo anþara.
AZ
ila_ni Mi-it-ra as'-s'i-il ila_ni U-ru wa.na-as's'i-el (in another text A.ru-na-as'.s'i-il) in.dar (other text: In-da.ra) ila_ni na-s'a-at-ti-ya-an-na
If you can get any of these on your first attempt, well then, you've proven yourself to be really good at this.
Poor silly humans. A temporarily stable pattern of matter and energy stumbles upon self-cognizance for a moment, and suddenly it thinks the whole universe was created for its benefit. -- mbelleroff
These are getting tough... but someone has to start guessing. My guess is that the common factor of those languages is being extinct. So:
AV: Sumerian?
AX: Phoenician?
AY is some kind of ancient Germanic, possibly Nordic, and it is a bible quote, about turning the other cheek when someone strikes you.
AZ: Assyrian?
BB makes no sense on my screen. Lots of (, &, $ and @. Do you need some special encoding to see it properly?
Elements of the same in BC - a randomly placed '?'
Tau Ceti:
Yes, you are very much on the right track, especially AY.
All of them, except BD, are Indo-European.
And no, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the encoding.
Poor silly humans. A temporarily stable pattern of matter and energy stumbles upon self-cognizance for a moment, and suddenly it thinks the whole universe was created for its benefit. -- mbelleroff
"Du treng ikkje tenkja på alt dette kvar gong du skriv eit dikt. Heller ikkje ein forfattar tenkjer så mykje over slikt når han skriv som best: Det er noko ein har i seg når ein har skrive lenge. Men det er viktig å vita om det den dagen du treng det. Sjå nøye på dikt du kjem over, og spør diktarar du møter korleis dei arbeider."
Western-Norwegian...
~translation~
"You don't have to think about all this everytime you write a poem. Neither do a author think so much about such when he writes as best: It's something you got in you when you have written for a long time. But it is important to know about it te day you need it. Look close on the poems you read, and ask poets you meet how they work."
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