Guess The Language!!!

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protondonor wrote:
Aya, fagwalakw wende aka. A ba ujek a damaw a ya. Aaw! Wala anta tuwah deydey. Amba ɗala a nda ara mbe ca a ɓaw heje. A ɓaw heje delele. Ca bay a ŋgaya: « Kay! Ma dekey wala fagwalakw ŋgha vayay? » a ya. A, heje a ŋgaya: « Bay hwa han ata wala ca, sa kula. » a ya.
Is this the official orthography or did you replace <ə>'s with <e>'s for easier typing?
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My source says that this is the official alphabet, insofar as there is one. The <e> is original. <ə> appears in the official orthography, just not in the selected portion of the sample text.
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Would you post another sample with <ə>?
Edit: Also is it North (Gravina 2014)?
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Re: Guess The Language!!!

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Sure, here:
A nda, fətar a fətar aza. Mbaŋ, a razl aza ra anta. A nda, kətek, a caza ara ŋ bakatar leŋ ŋhwa wese fat a fataw, nah kəɗa ŋ kəva matakan.
And no, it isn't.
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South?
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Yep.
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Daba (A.7)?
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Yes.
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Okay, now I think it's Buwal.
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It sure is!
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Astomo nhan kelvaanet, syepetkeskangkek peya’. Askelhkenmehe’, lhemneya; astomo neyalvata’. Eseksek anlheeneeka’aak, astengkeskangkek kata’a yaakelasma, askeengko apetek. Kelhtengkaskek kelvaanet, skempeskaakhek kata yamet — mang masete ma’ lhemneya; yamet nentekpama pqatek lhemneya.
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Formosan?
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Is is spoken in Paraguay?
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Konungr wrote:Is is spoken in Paraguay?
Yes. [tick]
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I'm certain, after a bit of research, that it's one of the Mascoian languages. I found this PDF on Wikipedia.

I can already narrow it down to one of Sanapaná, Guaná or Toba based on example 12 in it, which has verb + peya', a construction that clearly occurs in your text.

I'm quite certain it's one of those three, but I can only guess haphazardly which of them. The only thing I found was that the word ma', which occurs in the text only shows up in the PDF for the Guaná (Kaskihá) language. So that's my guess.
At kveldi skal dag lęyfa,
Konu es bręnnd es,
Mæki es ręyndr es,
Męy es gefin es,
Ís es yfir kømr,
Ǫl es drukkit es.
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And you're right!
You won! [tick] [tick] [tick]

Here's where I got the sample from.
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o spútaʔ sc̒al, o spútaʔ sc̒al
anqʷílcn qʷin cx̌əstmistm
o spútaʔ sc̒al, o spútaʔ sc̒al
anqʷílcn qʷin cx̌əstmistm

t̒iʔ qʷin iwá l̒‿scʔaqʷm
t̒iʔ qʷin l̒‿sʔistk smik̒ʷt tiʔ‿piq
o spútaʔ sc̒al, o spútaʔ sc̒al
anqʷílcn qʷin cx̌əstmistm
Bonus points for recognising the song
At kveldi skal dag lęyfa,
Konu es bręnnd es,
Mæki es ręyndr es,
Męy es gefin es,
Ís es yfir kømr,
Ǫl es drukkit es.
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Re: Guess The Language!!!

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Colville-Okanagan. I'm sure I heard this song, it's called something like "Over the house".
EDIT: I found the song I meant. It's called "Up on the housetop". I'm still not sure if the sample is from it.
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At kveldi skal dag lęyfa,
Konu es bręnnd es,
Mæki es ręyndr es,
Męy es gefin es,
Ís es yfir kømr,
Ǫl es drukkit es.
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Re: Guess The Language!!!

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I'll post a sample today.
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