Onen tonsa kerisa ...

[Christopher Sundita]

When I saw the subject, I thought Finnish.  But now that I've seen it, all the "ne" look like Albanian to me, but I don't think it is.

Other guesses.. somewhere in South or South East Asia.

Sorry I couldn't have been of any more help!  But what is the context of the text?

--Chris Sundita


On Fri, 29 Jan 2010, David Mead wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a friend who teaches linguistics at Dartmouth University.  He has been 
> asked to help identify the language of a 1911 document.  Does the excerpt below 
> look familiar to anyone out there?
>
> If you have a "hit" or a suggestion, I'd be happy to pass it on.  This fits in 
> the "Oh, so you're a linguist. Can you ... ?" category of request, but maybe we 
> can do our profession proud for the Norwich Historical Society.  :-)
>
> Thanks much,  David
>
>
>> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:46:38 -0800 (PST)
>> From: Tim Pulju <pulju at yahoo.com>
>> 
>> As it happens, I now have a passage for you.  Just this morning, someone 
>> gave me a transcript of a document found in the archives of the Norwich 
>> Historical society, dated 1911.  (Norwich is a small town near Dartmouth). 
>> The transcript reads:
>> 
>> "Onen tonsa kerisa serako ne tisa tia ta karha thon tsi te sepiaton ni sa 
>> tis la kamon ne kina sa hi ni senkinenne..."
>> 
>> They're wondering what language it is.  To me, it looks like it could be 
>> Austronesian.  Any thoughts?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>


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