Omniglot forum • View topic - Dialetical Pronounciation + Language Family + IPA game

adelgado · Joined:Sat 18 Apr 2009 11:16 pm Posts:35

I had this idea a while ago. It's a game:

Somebody posts the IPA transcription of a sentence in some language in a non-standard pronunciation, or a heavily dialectical one, something understandable but challenging, mentionnigthe language's family.
Then the others try to guess what language it is and what's stated. The one who gets it sets a new challenge.

Let me start:

[tɦajla]?
[th\ajla]?

It's a Romance language.

ILuvEire · **Posted:** Tue 01 Sep 2009 9:04 am

I'm going to guess Galician or Portuguese.

adelgado · Joined:Sat 18 Apr 2009 11:16 pm Posts:35

ILuvEire wrote:

I'm going to guess Galician or Portuguese.

It is indeed one of these two. What does it says, though? :-)

Vortex · Joined:Thu 30 Apr 2009 4:16 pm Posts:9

I say Portuguese