Comments on: Language quiz http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/ language-related musings - one language is never enough / no n'hi ha prou amb una llengua Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:28:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Aeetlrcreejl http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/#comment-81373 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:46:45 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/#comment-81373 It sounds super-cool. It sounds super-cool.

]]> by: Simon http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/#comment-78993 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:08:42 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/#comment-78993 d.m.falk got it - it is <a href="http://www.omniglot.com/writing/mongolian.htm" rel="nofollow">, which is spoken in Mongolia, China, Afghanistan and Russia. You can watch the whole report <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2Uvq3IZvW0" rel="nofollow">here</a>. d.m.falk got it - it is , which is spoken in Mongolia, China, Afghanistan and Russia.

You can watch the whole report here.

]]> by: Giovanni 'Prestige' http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/#comment-78891 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:25:59 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/#comment-78891 A Slavonic language? A Slavonic language?

]]> by: d.m.falk http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/#comment-78883 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:42:15 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/#comment-78883 Yaghtz: This is why I went for Mongolian as my guesds. It certainly isn't Korean, which doesn't have the hard "r" that can be found in other Mongolic languages. Besides, not once did I hear an "-seo" or "-imnida", which are common verbal endings. (The latter being similar to the Japanese "desu"- the verb "to be".) d.m.f. Yaghtz: This is why I went for Mongolian as my guesds. It certainly isn’t Korean, which doesn’t have the hard “r” that can be found in other Mongolic languages. Besides, not once did I hear an “-seo” or “-imnida”, which are common verbal endings. (The latter being similar to the Japanese “desu”- the verb “to be”.)

d.m.f.

]]> by: Yaghz http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/#comment-78860 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:07:41 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/#comment-78860 I'm gonna go ahead and guess korean or a dialect thereof. I’m gonna go ahead and guess korean or a dialect thereof.

]]> by: michael http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/#comment-78772 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:39:53 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/#comment-78772 I didn't hear a single [θ] in there, what I heard were voiceless laterals. And plenty of uvulars. I am guessing a Caucasian language. I didn’t hear a single [θ] in there, what I heard were voiceless laterals. And plenty of uvulars. I am guessing a Caucasian language.

]]> by: Mike http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/#comment-78718 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:21:40 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/#comment-78718 I'm going to agree with Ben and Jeremy. I’m going to agree with Ben and Jeremy.

]]> by: Jeremy http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/#comment-78653 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:51:36 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/#comment-78653 turkish? some Turkic language? i know it's definitely not japanese. turkish? some Turkic language? i know it’s definitely not japanese.

]]> by: Ben http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/#comment-78621 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:22:15 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/#comment-78621 Heard the θ's (as featured) so I can assume it's either Albanian or Turkmen, which would be spoken in Albania and Kosovo, or Turkmenistan. -Ben Heard the θ’s (as featured) so I can assume it’s either Albanian or Turkmen, which would be spoken in Albania and Kosovo, or Turkmenistan.

-Ben

]]> by: PP http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/#comment-78618 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:17:24 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/29/language-quiz-60/#comment-78618 Some dravidian language. Some dravidian language.

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