Languages whose existence is uncertain Languages whose existence is uncertain The Adamic language is a term for the hypothetical proto-language believed spoken by Adam and Eve in paradise, either identical with the language used by God to address Adam, or invented by Adam as nomothete (name-giver, Genesis 2:19). It is unclear whether the Bible assumes that this language was preserved by Adam's descendents until the confusion of tongues (Genesis 11:1-9), or that it began to evolve naturally as a consequence of Original sin (Genesis 10:5). ...more on Wikipedia about "Adamic language"
The Imraguen language is allegedly spoken by the tiny (thousand-strong) Imraguen fishing tribe of the Banc d'Arguin National Park on the Atlantic coast of Mauritania. According to Gerteiny (1967), it is "a strange version of Hassaniyya restructured on an Azêr base", Azer being a Soninke dialect. The Ethnologue's description of their language appears to be based solely on this source, although they have now rejected his claim that the Nemadi had a separate Nemadi language. According to Fortier, "they speak the same language, Hassaniyya." ...more on Wikipedia about "Imraguen language"
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Ech Chinguetti's Kitab El Wasit says that "The Nmadi speak the dialect common to all the Moors (i.e. Hassaniyya). However, they do not pronounce the final m of the affixed second person plural pronoun, so they say: as-Salam alayku ("peace be upon you") for alaikum, and kayfa haluku ("how are you?") for halukum." (note: two translations given differ significantly; needs checking against source.) ...more on Wikipedia about "Nemadi language"
Oropom (or Oworopom, Oyoropom, Oropoi) is an almost certainly extinct African language, once spoken in northeastern Uganda and northwestern Kenya between the Turkwel River, Chemorongit Mountains, and Mount Elgon, by the Oropom ethnic group. It is very little-known; there appears to be only one article containing any original research on the language (Wilson 1970), which only a handful of other articles discuss. The Wilson article furnishes only a short word list (though it says that "the process of collection is still going on"), and it was written at a time when the language was nearly extinct. It was based mainly on the limited memories of two very old women, one "a child of one of the residual Oropom families that had remained after the break-up of the Oropom here ( Matheniko county)" who "remembered a few words of the language", the other an old lady called Akol "descended from the prisoners taken by the Karimojong on the Turkwel" who was "able to furnish many Oropom words." Under the circumstances, it goes without saying that only the barest details of the language could be ascertained, and indeed some linguists have expressed scepticism as to whether it ever even existed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Oropom language"
The Book of Mormon (a sacred text of Mormonism) states that it was written with "reformed Egyptian" (Mormon 9:32) characters on plates of ore (1 Nephi 19:1) by Messianic Israelite prophets between 600 B.C. and A.D. 421. Joseph Smith, Jr. (the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement which includes Mormonism) said that the last of those prophets appeared to him on September 21, 1823 in resurrected form, told him gold plates were deposited near his home, and commanded him to translate them. Smith published the Book of Mormon in 1830 as that translation. There is no consensus outside Mormonism that the Book of Mormon is a translated ancient record, but Latter Day Saints generally believe that the book was translated from ancient gold plates inscribed with reformed Egyptian characters. ...more on Wikipedia about "Reformed Egyptian"
The Rer Bare (or Rerebere, Adona) are a tribe in Ethiopia's eastern Ogaden region on the Shabele River, near Somalia, who currently speak Somali. According to the Ethnologue, "it is uncertain if they spoke a different language earlier"; if so, it is extinct. It seems to have been first mentioned in print by Lionel Bender in 1975: ...more on Wikipedia about "Rer Bare"
The hypothetical Wutana language was mentioned in early editions of the Ethnologue, but has now been removed. The inclusion of Watuna in the Ethnologue is based on two sentences in Temple (1922): ...more on Wikipedia about "Wutana language"
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