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Language quiz

Simon on 17 Jun 2007

Language and Quiz questions | Comments (6)

6 Responses to “Language quiz”

1. Daydreamer on 17 Jun 2007 at 9:09 am #

   It’s obviously a Slavonic language and belongs probably to its Southern branch. Slovene?

2. Halabund on 17 Jun 2007 at 9:45 am #

   Is it Croatian?

3. James K on 17 Jun 2007 at 1:15 pm #

   My guess is Slovene, too — I think I heard a modified “Ljubljana”.

4. pittmirg on 17 Jun 2007 at 2:04 pm #

   I think it is a Sorbian language: I heard something like “Chośebuzu” (Cottbus) and a German word about the 22nd second. Also I heard something like uvular R which can be a German influence.

5. David on 17 Jun 2007 at 3:12 pm #

   Simon has asked me to tell the answer if he has not been able to today. The answer is Lower Sorbian. It is part of the west-slavic subgroup and has about 55000 speakers in Upper and Lower Lusatia in the German Länder of Saxony and Brandenburg.

6. Jangari on 17 Jun 2007 at 11:09 pm #

   Aw, I missed out on account of my timezone!

   I was thinking something Southern Slavonic, I’d never have guessed Sorbian, certainly. The prevalent /s/ versus the relatively infrequent /š/ and so on, (mis)lead me away from Western Slavonic languages.