Languages

[Tau Ceti]

Oh well, new guesses:

AV: Hittite?
AX looks slightly latin-ish,but I do not know of any direct precursors to latin. AFAIK the Etruscan script has not been deciphered, though I suppose its phonetics might be. Etruscan?
AY looks somewhat too archaic to be Norse, but I do not have a better suggestion. Norse?

Could someone tell me how to interpret the special characters in BB?

[Gangerolf]

North

sure?

[Gangerolf]

never mind. you're right.

but the old school spelling confudsed me.

http://www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/JPN-sa-norw.html

[Gangerolf]

Ah heck! I'll never be able to tell between those Scandinavian languages!

alk5. Norwegian

If you replace "såg" in alk5 with "så" then you'll get Norwegian.

AY
iþ ik qiþa izwis ni andstandan allis þamma unseljin; ak jabai hwas þuk stautai bi taihswon þeina kinnu, wandei imma jah þo anþara.

Gothic!

Dunno on the others, but I bet they're extinct as well.

[Kitschum]

Originally posted by ranskaldan
AX
Segomaros Uilloneos Toutius Namausatis eioru Belesami sosin Nemeton.

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

BA
Maiiúí Vestirikiíúí Mai. Sir. prupukid sverruneí quaístureí Abellamíí íním Mailúí Iúvkiíúí Mai. Pucalatúí medíkeí deketaiúí Núvlanúí íním lígatúís Abellanúís íním lígatúís Núvlanúís, pús senateís tangimíd suveís pútúrúspíd lígatús fuans, ekss kúmbened.

BB
my(ix& bo (ot& boga (jesv@ . tvojei bo
duSi pogyb@l)$ pr@(odol@ doZi
)i do s&mr)$ti . ne dobr@ mOdrova-
ti na c@lomOdrovanije k& bogu .

BC
nesäm' ksa ñ yesä-?c añma-s.s.e reki

BD
Abwoon d'bwashmaya,
Nethqadash shmakh,
Teytey malkuthakh.
Nehwey tzevyanach aykanna d'bwashmaya aph b'arha.

AX: Maybe Baltic. Old Prussian?
AY: I noticed Gangerolf said Gothic, but I think it's W Germanic. Old Frisian?
AZ: Hittite?
BA: Weird, feels like I should be able to place it but I can't. Umbrian?
BB: Ha! I recognize that crazy transliteration. It's Cerkovnoslavianskii - Church Slavonic.
BC: Looks Indian. Guessing, Marathi?
BD: Aramaic?

And since there were no more guesses on AU, I'll just tell you it was Vlach. It was sorta a trick question, it's closely related to Romanian but mutually incomprehensible.

[Buck Birdseed]

Lemme do a difficult set just to annoy everyone immensely. If you can get any of these at all you're a ****ing linguist student or something, mate.

BE:
Tetpas, üläopenikoil ei olend hüväd paginpraktikad, sikš miše heiden vanhembad ei pagižend heidenke [language name] kelel. Pidab sanuda, miše heiden paginvaihišt-ki om lujas goll', no üks-se üläopenikoiden hüvä openduz paksus täutab meid optimizmal.

BF:
Mosias na terreru
tornu finkadu, txabeta rapikadu,
Korpu ali N ta bai.
N ka bai. Aima ki txoma-m.
Nteradu duzia duzia na labada,
mortadjadu sen sen na pedra-l sistensia,
bendedu mil mil na Sul-a-Baxu,
kemadu na laba di burkan,
korpu ta matadu, aima ta fika.
Aima e forsa di batuku.
Na batuperiu-l fomi,
na sabi-l teremoti,
na sodadi-l fidju lonji,
batuku e nos aima.
Xinti-l, nha fidju.
Kenha ki kre-nu, kre batuku.
Batuku e nos aima!

BG: Dia misesisesy toy izany ny fanambarana fanohanana ilay rangahy Ravalomanana ity na ny antoko Grad Iloafo aza dia efa nilaza koa, toy izany koa ny RPSD, sy ireo antoko samihafa tsy ho tanisaiko eto eh. Toa tsy mampino mihintsy satria hatramin'izay raha ny fahatsiarovako dia Didier Ratsiraka foana no nifandrombahana notohanana, ankehitriny na dia mbola nirotsaka hofidiana aza Rangahy ity dia toa tsy dia misy feo firy manodidina azy.

BH: Mìsacy do³ho bì hižo bjez pøestawki dŸì³a³, druhdy samo 16 hodŸin wob dŸeñ. Bì smjeræ muèny, wusnyæ pak husto njemóžeše. Druhdy po dŸìle njejìdŸeše domoj. Jeho lìkar je jemu radŸi³, zo by so raz woèerstwi³, wón pak dyrbješe kóždu skazanku pøiwzaæ. Ženje do toho njebì jemu firma telko wuspìcha pøinjes³a. Jeli nìtko wšo pod kontrolu dŸerži, by móh³ bórze bjez do³ha žiwy byæ. Na wšitko druhe zwostawa ma³o èasa. Samo sej nìkajku kožu pytaæ, wo kotruž móh³ so jednu nóc rybowaæ, by by³o brojenje èasa.

[Anodyne]

BE is Votian.

[Anodyne]

(guessing...)
BG: Madagascarian
BH: Kashubian

[Sonic]

A - Polish
B - Catalonian
C - Dutch
D - Sammi
E - Hungarian
F - Azeri (or some other Turkic central asian one, like Turkmeni or Tajik)

[Gangerolf]

BE looks finno-ugric

BG could be Madagascarian (Malagasy?) like Anodyne said, what with all the anana going on. I'm just guessing though.

[Gangerolf]

Sonic, you're close on A and C, not so close on the others.
I think the correct answers are one page 2 somewhere.

[Anodyne]

Lemme do a difficult set just to annoy everyone immensely. If you can get any of these at all you're a ****ing linguist student or something, mate.

Well, if you want difficult... (the Lord's Prayer, continues...)


BI
vavma'neS Sto'vo'qorDaq
le' taH lIj pongli'
wo'lI' ghoS
lIj DichDaq taH ta'
Sto'vo'qorDaq parHa' tera'Daq
DaHjaj Soj yInobneS
lIj yemmeymaj
parHa' maH lIj chaj yem maHDaq
'ej Dev maH ghobe' Daq
'ach toD maH vo' mIghtaHghach
vaD SoH ghaj wo' 'ej woQ 'ej batlh reH [Amen]

[Paul Hanson]

Klingon, I presume.

[Anodyne]

Dammit

[Kitschum]

Originally posted by Buck Birdseed
BF:
Mosias na terreru
tornu finkadu, txabeta rapikadu,
Korpu ali N ta bai.
N ka bai. Aima ki txoma-m.
Nteradu duzia duzia na labada,
mortadjadu sen sen na pedra-l sistensia,
bendedu mil mil na Sul-a-Baxu,
kemadu na laba di burkan,
korpu ta matadu, aima ta fika.
Aima e forsa di batuku.
Na batuperiu-l fomi,
na sabi-l teremoti,
na sodadi-l fidju lonji,
batuku e nos aima.
Xinti-l, nha fidju.
Kenha ki kre-nu, kre batuku.
Batuku e nos aima!

Feels like Latin-ic influences. Possibly some Portuguese-Bantu pidgin? What do they speak in Angola and Mozambique, respectively?

BG: Dia misesisesy toy izany ny fanambarana fanohanana ilay rangahy Ravalomanana ity na ny antoko Grad Iloafo aza dia efa nilaza koa, toy izany koa ny RPSD, sy ireo antoko samihafa tsy ho tanisaiko eto eh. Toa tsy mampino mihintsy satria hatramin'izay raha ny fahatsiarovako dia Didier Ratsiraka foana no nifandrombahana notohanana, ankehitriny na dia mbola nirotsaka hofidiana aza Rangahy ity dia toa tsy dia misy feo firy manodidina azy.

Well, with Didier Ratsiraka in there...

BH: Mìsacy do³ho bì hižo bjez pøestawki dŸì³a³, druhdy samo 16 hodŸin wob dŸeñ. Bì smjeræ muèny, wusnyæ pak husto njemóžeše. Druhdy po dŸìle njejìdŸeše domoj. Jeho lìkar je jemu radŸi³, zo by so raz woèerstwi³, wón pak dyrbješe kóždu skazanku pøiwzaæ. Ženje do toho njebì jemu firma telko wuspìcha pøinjes³a. Jeli nìtko wšo pod kontrolu dŸerži, by móh³ bórze bjez do³ha žiwy byæ. Na wšitko druhe zwostawa ma³o èasa. Samo sej nìkajku kožu pytaæ, wo kotruž móh³ so jednu nóc rybowaæ, by by³o brojenje èasa.

Some Slavic language (zhenje, druhdy, hodzhin, chasa, zhiwy, raz, etc.). It looks like Ukrainian (h instead of the Russian g, for instance). I can also imagine it's Sorbian.