Name the language
Here’s a recording of a mystery language.
Any ideas which language it is and where it’s spoken?
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Chris on 19 Jan 2008 at 6:31 pm #
Bulgarian? Macedonian?
Aeetlrcreejl on 19 Jan 2008 at 7:45 pm #
Serbian?
jake on 20 Jan 2008 at 1:17 am #
Sounded Hispanic (did you hear the music). Part of the middle sounded like it had some French influence. Perhaps French Guiana?
Lyydie on 20 Jan 2008 at 4:18 am #
Croatian?
Romanian?
Hungarian?
Podolsky on 20 Jan 2008 at 6:14 am #
Armenian?
TJ on 20 Jan 2008 at 7:57 am #
I would say it has some turkic influence.
renato figueiredo on 20 Jan 2008 at 10:29 am #
Bosnian, I guess!
AR on 20 Jan 2008 at 5:12 pm #
I agree with Podolsky. It is Armenian.
Talib on 20 Jan 2008 at 5:28 pm #
I think I heard some retroflex fricatives in there … so maybe Slavic, but maybe something a little more exotic.
Also a lot of alveolar taps/flaps, not that it helps…
My guess is Kurdish.
Simon on 20 Jan 2008 at 5:56 pm #
Here’s a clue - this language has its own alphabet.
Daniel on 20 Jan 2008 at 6:55 pm #
Well then, I don’t think this is right, but . . . Greek?
Mike on 20 Jan 2008 at 9:14 pm #
Georgian?
Daydreamer on 20 Jan 2008 at 10:06 pm #
I agree with Mike: it must be Georgian spoken almost exclusively in Georgia (not the US state).
d.m.falk on 21 Jan 2008 at 12:12 am #
I’m inclined to say Georgian, as well. (Both Georgian and Armenian have unique alphabets, rather than using a non-native script.)
d.m.f.
d.m.falk on 21 Jan 2008 at 12:14 am #
Oh, and… I’ve seen dubbed cartoons in Georgian, and this sounds exactly like one. Yet another YouTube catch, I see. :)
d.m.f.
Simon on 21 Jan 2008 at 10:27 am #
The language is Armenian, which is spoken in Armenia and quite a few other countries.
The recording comes from an Armenian version of The Family Guy on YouTube.
V. Vandian on 22 Jan 2008 at 2:34 am #
I’d like to add, it’s Armenian slang spoken in Yerevan (the capital city), predominantly - by the working class people.