Comments on: Language quiz http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/07/19/language_quiz-2/ language-related musings - one language is never enough / Jedan jezik nikad nije dovoljan Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:53:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: garance http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/07/19/language_quiz-2/#comment-93177 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:23:39 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/07/19/language_quiz-2/#comment-93177 Well done guys! I was off by a thousand miles! I remember reading that persian was the most beautiful language on earth, I think that it was in the memoirs of the pirate Trelawney, who was a friend of Shelley. Well done guys! I was off by a thousand miles! I remember reading that persian was the most beautiful language on earth, I think that it was in the memoirs of the pirate Trelawney, who was a friend of Shelley.

]]> by: pavel http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/07/19/language_quiz-2/#comment-93139 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:49:24 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/07/19/language_quiz-2/#comment-93139 Taymuraz Zaseev was in the "artist name" tag... Taymuraz Zaseev was in the “artist name” tag…

]]> by: Simon http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/07/19/language_quiz-2/#comment-93124 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:10:49 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/07/19/language_quiz-2/#comment-93124 Adam - nid iaith Celtaidd ydy hi. AR got it -the language is indeed <a href="http://www.omniglot.com/writing/ossetian.htm" rel="nofollow">Ossetianian</a> (ирон æвзаг / дигорон æвзаг), an Iranian langauge spoken mainly in Ossetia, a region that is partly in Russia and partly in Georgia. The recording is of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and was made by Taymuraz Zaseev. Here's the Ossetian text: Адӕймӕгтӕ се 'ппӕт дӕр райгуырынц сӕрибарӕй ӕмӕ ӕмхуызонӕй сӕ барты. Уыдон ӕххӕст сты зонд ӕмӕ намысӕй, ӕмӕ кӕрӕдзийӕн хъуамӕ уой ӕфсымӕрты хуызӕн. Adam - nid iaith Celtaidd ydy hi.

AR got it -the language is indeed Ossetianian (ирон æвзаг / дигорон æвзаг), an Iranian langauge spoken mainly in Ossetia, a region that is partly in Russia and partly in Georgia.

The recording is of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and was made by Taymuraz Zaseev.

Here’s the Ossetian text:
Адӕймӕгтӕ се ‘ппӕт дӕр райгуырынц сӕрибарӕй ӕмӕ ӕмхуызонӕй сӕ барты. Уыдон ӕххӕст сты зонд ӕмӕ намысӕй, ӕмӕ кӕрӕдзийӕн хъуамӕ уой ӕфсымӕрты хуызӕн.

]]> by: Adam http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/07/19/language_quiz-2/#comment-93112 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:22:50 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/07/19/language_quiz-2/#comment-93112 Dwi'n credu Manaweg mae rhyw flas Gwyddelig arno fe rhyw sut, A'i iaith Goidel yw e neu beth? Manx? Dwi’n credu Manaweg mae rhyw flas Gwyddelig arno fe rhyw sut, A’i iaith Goidel yw e neu beth?

Manx?

]]> by: Podolsky http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/07/19/language_quiz-2/#comment-93093 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:32:49 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/07/19/language_quiz-2/#comment-93093 Circassian. Circassian.

]]> by: Ben http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/07/19/language_quiz-2/#comment-93073 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:16:36 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/07/19/language_quiz-2/#comment-93073 I'm gonna go one further and say it's Sorani Kurdish. I’m gonna go one further and say it’s Sorani Kurdish.

]]> by: Polly http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/07/19/language_quiz-2/#comment-93069 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:49:50 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/07/19/language_quiz-2/#comment-93069 Kurdish? Kurdish?

]]> by: AR http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/07/19/language_quiz-2/#comment-93067 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:51:01 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/07/19/language_quiz-2/#comment-93067 Ossetian? Ossetian?

]]> by: Greg http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/07/19/language_quiz-2/#comment-93054 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:57:37 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/07/19/language_quiz-2/#comment-93054 I would guess that it's Kurdish, mostly spoken in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. Could be another Iranic language however; such as Dari, Tajik, Pashto or even something more obscure like Luri. I would guess that it’s Kurdish, mostly spoken in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. Could be another Iranic language however; such as Dari, Tajik, Pashto or even something more obscure like Luri.

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