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Use this tag for questions about the process, techniques, and methodology of identification of unknown languages. Don't use this tag for questions asking to identify a language or a script based on specific samples or inscriptions as such questions are explicitly defined off-topic.

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Can anyone identify the language from this book?

The language is Biblical Hebrew. That text is from Bible, Isaiah 7:14. לָכֵן יִתֵּן אֲדֹנָי הוּא לָכֶם אוֹת; הִנֵּה הָעַלְמָה, הָרָה וְיֹלֶדֶת בֵּן, וְקָרָאת שְׁמוֹ עִמָּנוּ אֵל In the King Jame …
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can anyone translate this language please? what Language is it?

The language is Kazakh. It's a fragment of a poem by Шал (Тілеуке) Құлекеұлы aka Шал ақын (1748 – 1819): Бұл дүниенің мысалы Ұшып өткен құспен тең. Өмірде көрген жақсылық Ұйықтап өткен түспен тең. Ат …
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Please help me identify this language (w/ image)

It is Russian, the pre-1918 orthography. It says that in the village of Brodowe Łąki on the 11th (23rd) of June 1895 came Walenty Miecznikowski, aged 45, a worker from Blenda, and in the presence of …
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What language is this and what does it mean in English?

Yes, it's English written in Tolkien's Tengwar, and the text is written with lots of mistakes and discrepancies, still it's obvious it is intended to be read as: My heart is not whole, for you hol …
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What languages are these?

Leftmost: Belarusian. 1st panel: Bulgarian, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Macedonian, Mongolian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Armenian. 2nd panel: Hebrew, Uyghur, Urdu, Arabic, Pashto, Farsi, Tigrinya, …
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