Name the language
Here’s a recording of a song (2.7MB) in a mystery language. Do you know or can you guess which language it is and where it’s spoken?
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Aeetlrcreejl on 03 Nov 2007 at 7:49 pm #
Wild guess: Azeri or Arabic.
Aeetlrcreejl on 03 Nov 2007 at 7:53 pm #
Definitely something Semitic or Turkic.
ٍAbdul-Rahman on 03 Nov 2007 at 10:19 pm #
It’s not Arabic.
David Thin on 03 Nov 2007 at 10:33 pm #
Nor is Hungarian. :)
Daydreamer on 03 Nov 2007 at 11:25 pm #
Considering the prevailing occurence of the vowel “a” in the lyrics, I guess it’s some Caucasian language. Maybe Abkhaz?
urubu on 03 Nov 2007 at 11:59 pm #
Probably one of the more obscure scions of the Turkic family.
prase on 04 Nov 2007 at 12:21 am #
Romanian?
Jerry on 04 Nov 2007 at 1:12 am #
Could it be Basque?
BG on 04 Nov 2007 at 5:21 am #
I don’t think its Indo-European or Basque. Probably Turkic or Caucasian.
Podolsky on 04 Nov 2007 at 5:40 am #
One of the Turkic languages of Central Asia.
Simon on 04 Nov 2007 at 9:37 am #
Here’s a clue - it is a Turkic language.
Aeetlrcreejl on 04 Nov 2007 at 6:11 pm #
Bashkir?
Daydreamer on 04 Nov 2007 at 7:01 pm #
Hmm…
If it was a Turkic language spoken in Central Asia, the music would sound quite differently, wouldn’t it? With the pan-flute pointing to the Balkans, I guess it’s Gagauz.
renato figueiredo on 04 Nov 2007 at 9:35 pm #
I heard some Turkmen words. I’ll stay with this Turkic language
Jonathan Katz on 05 Nov 2007 at 2:55 am #
How about ordinary Turkish?
Simon on 05 Nov 2007 at 12:17 pm #
It doesn’t look like anyone is going to get this one, so here’s the answer: the language is Kazakh, which is spoken in Kazakhstan, Russian and China.
The song is called Asil ajem and comes from YouTube. The singer is called Qarakat and accompanies herself on an instrument called the dombra.
karin on 12 Nov 2007 at 3:50 pm #
I was going to say that it sounded turkish - chinese but then you had given away the answer and Kazakhstan is situated inbetween. It was fun guessing. I am happy to have found your blog. I’m from Sweden, I speak Swedish, English, French, Spanish, a little German and a little Italian too. I can understand some phrases in Finnish and of course I understand Norvegian and Danish since I’m Swedish. I am really fond of languages so I enjoyed your blog.
yuni hallden on 24 Nov 2007 at 4:45 pm #
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Doodee on 01 Feb 2008 at 9:38 pm #
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