صلاح

[Nihil Obstat]

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.

[Marie-Therese]

[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

[CatherineM]

[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.

[Nihil Obstat]

[img]http://www.omniglot.com/images/langsamples/udhr_tamil.gif[/img]

Same sentence, new language.

[Laudate_Dominum]

[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.

[Laudate_Dominum]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='18 May 2010 - 03:20 PM' timestamp='1274210437' post='2112941']
[img]http://www.omniglot.com/images/langsamples/udhr_tamil.gif[/img]

Same sentence, new language.
[/quote]
Tamil was the mother tongue of my best friend through my middle school years.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='18 May 2010 - 02:21 PM' timestamp='1274210508' post='2112943']
Tamil was the mother tongue of my best friend through my middle school years.
[/quote]

[img]http://www.omniglot.com/images/langsamples/udhr_urdu.gif[/img]

[Laudate_Dominum]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='18 May 2010 - 03:23 PM' timestamp='1274210609' post='2112944']

[img]http://www.omniglot.com/images/langsamples/udhr_urdu.gif[/img]
[/quote]
I'll let someone else take this one.

[Nihil Obstat]

[img]http://www.omniglot.com/images/langsamples/smp_javanese.gif[/img]

Or:

Saben uwong kalairake kanthi mardika lan darbe martabat lan hak-hak kang padha. Kabeh pinaringan akal lan kalbu sarta kaajab pasrawungan anggone memitran siji lan sijine kanthi jiwo sumadulur.

[Laudate_Dominum]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='18 May 2010 - 03:34 PM' timestamp='1274211289' post='2112951']
[img]http://www.omniglot.com/images/langsamples/smp_javanese.gif[/img]

Or:

Saben uwong kalairake kanthi mardika lan darbe martabat lan hak-hak kang padha. Kabeh pinaringan akal lan kalbu sarta kaajab pasrawungan anggone memitran siji lan sijine kanthi jiwo sumadulur.
[/quote]
Eeek! I don't know. First thought was Malay (which I'm sure is wrong) but then I was thinking maybe Khmer? Anyway, pwned.

[Laudate_Dominum]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='18 May 2010 - 03:23 PM' timestamp='1274210609' post='2112944']

[img]http://www.omniglot.com/images/langsamples/udhr_urdu.gif[/img]
[/quote]
Btw, you almost got me on this one. I glanced at it and thought Persian but then closely analyzed it and realized it was Urdu. There was a time when I wanted to study Urdu for reasons that I can't really explain.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='18 May 2010 - 02:41 PM' timestamp='1274211690' post='2112964']
Eeek! I don't know. First thought was Malay (which I'm sure is wrong) but then I was thinking maybe Khmer? Anyway, pwned.
[/quote]
Javanese.

That script I posted first is actually the Lord's Prayer. Really nice looking writing system.

[Laudate_Dominum]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='18 May 2010 - 03:44 PM' timestamp='1274211860' post='2112970']
Javanese.

That script I posted first is actually the Lord's Prayer. Really nice looking writing system.
[/quote]
Awesome. It is a lovely script. If life were longer I'd like to study that language just for fun.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='18 May 2010 - 02:46 PM' timestamp='1274212007' post='2112977']
Awesome. It is a lovely script. If life were longer I'd like to study that language just for fun.
[/quote]
Languages are pretty much full of awesome. I'd love to know like five different languages well. Unfortunately I probably won't have that sort of time in my life.

[Laudate_Dominum]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='18 May 2010 - 03:48 PM' timestamp='1274212129' post='2112981']
Languages are pretty much full of awesome. I'd love to know like five different languages well. Unfortunately I probably won't have that sort of time in my life.
[/quote]
Blasted fourth dimension!!

[Winchester]

derka derka

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='18 May 2010 - 02:51 PM' timestamp='1274212267' post='2112989']
Blasted fourth dimension!!
[/quote]
Yea, srsly!!

What five or six languages would you learn if you had all the time in the world?

[Laudate_Dominum]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='18 May 2010 - 03:51 PM' timestamp='1274212317' post='2112992']
Yea, srsly!!

What five or six languages would you learn if you had all the time in the world?
[/quote]
I'm on my way out the door and can't answer so fast. Hmm... You go first. :-D

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='18 May 2010 - 02:53 PM' timestamp='1274212394' post='2112994']
I'm on my way out the door and can't answer so fast. Hmm... You go first. :-D
[/quote]
Lawl, k. I'll try.

Japanese and either Mandarin or Cantonese, then some language useful for Biblical studies, like ancient Greek, or maybe Latin, then something like Hindi and Afrikaans just for the fun of it.

[Ed Normile]

OK BRAINIACS TRANSLATE THIS ... Eep opp ork ah ahh .


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