Linguistics Olympiad

[big_ass]

@big_ass

not understanding the language but understanding the nuances of the promotion rules of the game

This is the hint

[Nyte]

ah well

since it really could go either way, there's not much to argue

[Nyte]

oh ok i see it
real smug

actually i'm not confident
but i think i get it

[huber]

Basque:

Summary

So the blanks in order from left to right, top to bottom, is:

1. Ines, Felix, Andres, Kontxi
2. Kontxi is female.
3. a. Kontxi Monikaren ahizpa da.
   b. Inma eta Manu Iboneren seme-alabak dira.
   c. Ibone Andresen arreba da.
   d. Manu Inmaren neba da.
   e. Kontxi Mikelen alaba da.
   f. Emilio Mirenen senarra da.

Work from my notepad. I was lucky to know a couple things about Basque before this.

[huber]

Okay so my Japanese keyboard auto completes the words into the kanji for me when I get it right. I'm gunna switch to my English keyboard when filling in the spaces because that's cheating.

[huber]

Japanese Shogi one

I got a bit cocky and went fast toward the end so I may have made a few small mistakes, and the Dashing-animal shit sucks

Summary

I denoted long vowels the way true weebs do: long "o" is "ou" and long "u" is "uu"

1. souroku "Running Stag" -> honroku "Dashing Stag"
2. touhei "Sword Soldier" -> toushou "Sword General"
3. gyuuhei "Ox Soldier" -> sougyuu "Running Ox"
4. ushou "Right General" -> ugun "Right Army"
5. gyuushou "Ox General" -> hongyuu "Dashing Ox"
6. kyuuhei "Bow Soldier" -> kyuushou "Bow General"
7. kishou "Wood General" -> hakuzou "White Elephant"
8. dohei "Crossbow Soldier" -> doshou "Crossbow General"
9. bashou "Horse General" -> honba "Dashing Horse"
10. sasha "Left Chariot" -> satessha "Left Iron Chariot"
11. bahei "Horse Soldier" -> souba "Running Horse"
12. souyuu "Running Bear" -> honyuu "Dashing Bear"
13. tonshou "Pig General" -> honton "Dashing Pig"
14. tesshou "Iron General" -> hakuzou "White Elephant"
15. sashou "Left General" -> sagun "Left Army"
16. usha "Right Chariot" -> utessha "Right Iron Chariot"
17. sourou "Running Wolf" -> honrou "Dashing Wolf"
18. sekishou "Stone General" -> hakuzou "White Elephant"

[huber]

9pm is my bedtime. I'll get to the other one tomorrow.

[bug]

@huber

I know you thought we were intellectually "colonizing" Yoruba because your lack reading comprehension. Yoruba is already a well documented language by people all over the world including the Yoruba themselves. If you thought the class of grad students were documenting it, you misunderstood. A fieldwork class is just an exercise.

Do you even know how to document a language that is no longer spoken by anyone? Something that is completely dead? You seem rather mediocre at your field.

[Vanilla_Town]

next linguistics olympiad problem: coptic

[bug]

Yoruba is well documented -- just people in here solving these problems and inherently anglocizing them -- lol

[Vanilla_Town]

I bet you wish your people had a cool secret undocumented language like Coptic.

[bug]

I do -- it's called proto Indo European.

[Vanilla_Town]

grow up

[Vanilla_Town]

proto indo european: *in indian accent* yes sir i am european sir

[Vanilla_Town]

@thesimplepleasuresofthepoor has been telling me a lot about the proto indo europeans in dublin

[bug]

not believing in weak sapir whorf is a tell for being a marching orders libtard.

[Nyte]

why dont you go sort more of your feelings out with chatgpt jesus fucking christ

[bug]

Get a job.

[big_ass]

Huber's Japanese Chess is correct.

The distinction with the animals:

Taikyoku Shogi

Promotion Rules:

Full solution:

2 points to Huber, 1 to Nyte and 1 to me.

[Nyte]

huber should not get two points just because his fancy u and clear reading of the prompt