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Quique
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 Message 193 of 254
28 December 2012 at 11:56am | IP Logged 
Iversen wrote:

But the following excerpt is not written in a Romance language:

Aw еn lаtј аilönј mаdе önј e gränsslüütј Wiidоu lаit е üülје krоuf önjt niimеnslönј.
On a small island in the middle of the border stream Wiidоu lies the old inn right in the nomansland

To me it sounds something between Low German (niimеn), Danish (krouf, gräns) and English (ailönj, üülje).
Jysk?
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Iversen
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 Message 194 of 254
28 December 2012 at 2:09pm | IP Logged 
Nope, but you are getting close. In Synnejysk it would look like this:

Å æ’n lille ø i æ grænseå Vidå liche æ gammel kro midt i æ ingenmandsland
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Luso
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 Message 195 of 254
28 December 2012 at 7:22pm | IP Logged 
Luso wrote:

Iversen wrote:
But the following excerpt is not written in a Romance language:

Aw еn lаtј аilönј mаdе önј e gränsslüütј Wiidоu lаit е üülје krоuf önjt niimеnslönј.
On a small island in the middle of the border stream Wiidоu lies the old inn right in the nomansland



Yes, it's clearly Germanic. Looks like a mix between English and Dutch. Maybe Frisian?


Iversen, when replying to Quique, perhaps you missed my guess (above). I don't mind being wrong, I just don't want other people not trying "Frisian" because they think you already dismissed it.

Edited by Luso on 28 December 2012 at 7:23pm

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 Message 196 of 254
28 December 2012 at 10:08pm | IP Logged 
My apologies to Luso - I just saw Quique's answer and overlooked that you already had given the correct solution in your message at the bottom of the preceding page. And yes - the language is Northern Frisian.

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Luso
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 Message 197 of 254
28 December 2012 at 10:26pm | IP Logged 
No problem at all.

Since it's up to me, and given that I don't know all that much about less known languages, I searched a bit about one of my favourites:

Nencióin súbatu siansa saul e nencióina troka siansa amáur.
A Saturday without sun is like a girl without love.

Edited by Luso on 29 December 2012 at 2:25am

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sammymcgoff
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 Message 198 of 254
29 December 2012 at 7:08pm | IP Logged 
Portuguese?

Jestem z Wielkiej Britanii (I'm from Great Britain)
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Luso
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 Message 199 of 254
29 December 2012 at 8:12pm | IP Logged 
sammymcgoff wrote:
Portuguese?

Jestem z Wielkiej Britanii (I'm from Great Britain)


It is not Portuguese. Maybe you'll want to:

a) guess again my phrase;

b) replace "Britanii" by "Brytanii" in yours. ;)


P.S.: I believe that, according to the rules of this game, you only get to ask a question after you've successfully answered the previous one. If you're sure you're right, you get to do it in the same post, of course.

Edited by Luso on 29 December 2012 at 8:22pm

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Chung
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 Message 200 of 254
29 December 2012 at 8:45pm | IP Logged 
Dalmatian (?)


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