Name the language
Here’s a recording in a mystery language. Do you know or can you guess which language it is?
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Prietpraatprinses on 22 Mar 2008 at 7:54 pm #
Luxembourgish!
For sure for sure for sure.
Alan Coady on 22 Mar 2008 at 7:55 pm #
It sounds very French and it also sounds more like a European than, say, an African voice, so I’m guessing Corsican.
Marco A. Cruz on 22 Mar 2008 at 8:41 pm #
All I can tell it is a germanic language, sounds like German, may ba a dialect of it, probably from Switzerland.
michael on 22 Mar 2008 at 8:44 pm #
Definitely a Germanic language. I will join Prietpraatprinses in guessing Luxembourg.
S Shelby on 22 Mar 2008 at 9:15 pm #
Definitely a German dialect with French influence, probably from Western Germany, Luxembourg, or France. I’m going to guess Elsässerdeutsch.
Halabund on 22 Mar 2008 at 11:38 pm #
Something close to Dutch maybe? There was a Luxembourgish recording on a quiz last year, and it sounded different.
harris e. on 23 Mar 2008 at 1:17 am #
afrikaans?
Juliette on 23 Mar 2008 at 2:09 am #
Sure has nothing to do with either Dutch or Afrikaans.
The start sounds very French to me, the middle very germanic, the end is a mystery to me. I haven’t got a clue therefore, though I guess Luxembourgish will either be it or very close.
BG on 23 Mar 2008 at 5:11 am #
Without looking, it sounds like German with a French accent. I’ll guess Alsatian or maybe Luxembourgish.
Aidan on 23 Mar 2008 at 5:11 pm #
I don’t think that it’s Luxembourgish as it’s not German enough to my ears. It is definitely a mix of French and German so Alsatian sounds like a very strong possibility. Another guess would be one of the German dialects spoken in eastern Belgium (around Eupen). They must have a strong French influence.
tazgo on 23 Mar 2008 at 6:29 pm #
It’s definitely a German dialect with a strong French influence, so I’m gonna go with Luxembourgish too.
Colm on 23 Mar 2008 at 6:41 pm #
I’d go with Luxembourgish here.
Simon on 24 Mar 2008 at 12:56 pm #
The answer is Luxembourgish (Lëtzebuergesch), and the recording comes from RTL.