Comments on: Name the language http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/01/26/name-the-language-27/ language-related musings - one language is never enough / Jedan jezik nikad nije dovoljan Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:14:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: d.m.falk http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/01/26/name-the-language-27/#comment-67690 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:24:20 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/01/26/name-the-language-27/#comment-67690 Oh, come on- I can't be the last, here... :) d.m.f. Oh, come on- I can’t be the last, here… :)

d.m.f.

]]> by: d.m.falk http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/01/26/name-the-language-27/#comment-67454 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:01:47 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/01/26/name-the-language-27/#comment-67454 No, it's definitely north African, and I specicifcally discounted Berber because of the large Berber community in France. I first thought Amharic, too- One of the several languages variously spolen in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia- but as there is a sizable community of Ethiopians outside Ethiopia- mainly here in the US- I'm also discounting that. I'll stick with either Chadian or Sudanese, given the recent UN deployment of troops in southern Sudan and the border clashes drawing Chad and Sudan closer to an all-out war. Of course, I could be wrong, and it may be one of the languages of one of the top teams in the Africa Cup football (soccer) touney in Ghana, perhaps even Ghanian itself. :) d.m.f. No, it’s definitely north African, and I specicifcally discounted Berber because of the large Berber community in France.

I first thought Amharic, too- One of the several languages variously spolen in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia- but as there is a sizable community of Ethiopians outside Ethiopia- mainly here in the US- I’m also discounting that.

I’ll stick with either Chadian or Sudanese, given the recent UN deployment of troops in southern Sudan and the border clashes drawing Chad and Sudan closer to an all-out war.

Of course, I could be wrong, and it may be one of the languages of one of the top teams in the Africa Cup football (soccer) touney in Ghana, perhaps even Ghanian itself. :)

d.m.f.

]]> by: Simon http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/01/26/name-the-language-27/#comment-67453 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:56:10 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/01/26/name-the-language-27/#comment-67453 The language is <a href="http://www.omniglot.com/writing/amharic.htm" rel="nofollow">Amharic</a> and is spoken mainly in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The recording comes from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkDdBMxTaxw&feature=related" rel="nofollow">YouTube</a>. The language is Amharic and is spoken mainly in Ethiopia and Eritrea.

The recording comes from YouTube.

]]> by: Daydreamer http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/01/26/name-the-language-27/#comment-67409 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:56:08 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/01/26/name-the-language-27/#comment-67409 My first impression was that it could be a Dravidian or New Indo-Arian language. Then I saw Simon's clue that it's spoken mainly in Africa. So I make a weird guess: Bhojpuri, spoken on the island of Mauritius (Africa) and in India. My first impression was that it could be a Dravidian or New Indo-Arian language. Then I saw Simon’s clue that it’s spoken mainly in Africa.
So I make a weird guess: Bhojpuri, spoken on the island of Mauritius (Africa) and in India.

]]> by: Colin http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/01/26/name-the-language-27/#comment-67392 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:17:35 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/01/26/name-the-language-27/#comment-67392 I'm guessing Amharic. There are a lot of Ethiopian and Somali immigrants around here (tens of thousands and rapidly increasing), and in addition to English, Hmong, and Spanish, the languages I'm most likely to hear on the bus are Arabic and Ethiopian Amharic, which sounds a lot like this. I’m guessing Amharic. There are a lot of Ethiopian and Somali immigrants around here (tens of thousands and rapidly increasing), and in addition to English, Hmong, and Spanish, the languages I’m most likely to hear on the bus are Arabic and Ethiopian Amharic, which sounds a lot like this.

]]> by: Ben http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/01/26/name-the-language-27/#comment-67386 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:03:23 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/01/26/name-the-language-27/#comment-67386 Could be Amharic - but I speak a bit and I couldn't understand any of it. Granted, it was really fast and fuzzy. Could be Amharic - but I speak a bit and I couldn’t understand any of it. Granted, it was really fast and fuzzy.

]]> by: Podolsky http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/01/26/name-the-language-27/#comment-67367 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:21:30 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/01/26/name-the-language-27/#comment-67367 Amharic, spoken mainly in Ethiopia. Also used by thousands in Israel. Amharic, spoken mainly in Ethiopia. Also used by thousands in Israel.

]]> by: d.m.falk http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/01/26/name-the-language-27/#comment-67361 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:17:25 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/01/26/name-the-language-27/#comment-67361 Chadian? Sudanese? Chadian? Sudanese?

]]> by: michael http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/01/26/name-the-language-27/#comment-67335 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:32:50 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/01/26/name-the-language-27/#comment-67335 Berber? Berber?

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