Language quiz
Can you identify the language in this recorded snippet?
Here are a few clues: this language is spoken mainly on one continent by about 40 million people. It is generally written with the Latin alphabet these days, but used to written with the Arabic alphabet. The recording comes from the BBC World Service.
4 Responses to “Language quiz”
vector on 02 Sep 2006 at 3:45 pm #
hausa?
Simon on 02 Sep 2006 at 5:03 pm #
Yes, it is Hausa. Was that a lucky guess, or do you speak it?
vector on 02 Sep 2006 at 5:04 pm #
don’t speak it unfortunately. just remember hearing something about it on the radio a while back.
TJ on 02 Sep 2006 at 5:51 pm #
aaaaaa ………. ^_^
ok …. I think it’s Hausa :)