Where in the world?
Here’s a photo from another mystery city. Can you identify the city and tell us which languages are spoken there?
This city is apparently one of the oldest in Central Asia.
7 Responses to “Where in the world?”
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Red on 16 Apr 2007 at 1:32 am #
I’ll be first and venture the guess of Samarkand. It’s is located in Uzbekistan, so I would logically conclude that the languages spoken there would be predominantly Uzbek and Russian.
BG on 16 Apr 2007 at 1:40 am #
I agree.
Jonathan on 16 Apr 2007 at 3:57 am #
I’ll actually say Tashkent, and the languages would be Russian and Uzbek.
Stephen on 16 Apr 2007 at 3:21 pm #
According to Wikipedia, the most spoken language in Samarkand is actually Tajik. So as for all the languages spoken in the city, I’ll say Tajik, Uzbek, and Russian.
Chris on 16 Apr 2007 at 4:07 pm #
I also say Samarkand, but I’ll go with Uzbek, Russian, and Persian.
Simon on 16 Apr 2007 at 4:55 pm #
It’s Tashkent (Uzbek: Тошкент, Russian: Ташкент) - well guessed Jonathan. The main languages spoken there are Uzbek and Russian. The building in the photo is the Prince Romanov Palace, which is currently used as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
T-Moor on 19 Apr 2007 at 1:25 pm #
What a great surprise to see pictures of my city. Well as for Tashkent, we speak here Uzbek and Russian, and in Samarkand, people predominantly speak Tajik, but their Tajik is somewhat different from the official language of Tajikistan.