Can you identify the language, and do you know where it’s spoken?
8 thoughts on “Language quiz”
Is this spoken in Vanuatu? It has that general Austronesian sound, plus a good number of voiced fricatives, making me think it’s something in Vanuatu or another part of Melanesia (esp. given the number of [v] sounds).
I heard the same a similar Austronesian sound as Sameer, but thought there was some Spanish influence so I’m thinking somewhere with a Spanish colonial past, say something spoken around the Philippines.
Mwotlap.
Mongolian…ie in Chinese province Mongolia?
I thought I heard a few Portuguese words, which made me think of the creoles of East Timor, Macau, and other places, but I’m sure I’m way off.
The language is Mwotlap, a Southern Oceanic language spoken mainly on Mota Lava island in Vanuatu.
I would never be able to guess the language but I’m glad I finally correctly guessed “Vanuatu” as a possible location! I keep wanting every language to be from there…
(Also, I take it you must have the email addresses of these language-identifying bots…)
The language-identifying bots use a different email each time.
Is this spoken in Vanuatu? It has that general Austronesian sound, plus a good number of voiced fricatives, making me think it’s something in Vanuatu or another part of Melanesia (esp. given the number of [v] sounds).
I heard the same a similar Austronesian sound as Sameer, but thought there was some Spanish influence so I’m thinking somewhere with a Spanish colonial past, say something spoken around the Philippines.
Mwotlap.
Mongolian…ie in Chinese province Mongolia?
I thought I heard a few Portuguese words, which made me think of the creoles of East Timor, Macau, and other places, but I’m sure I’m way off.
The language is Mwotlap, a Southern Oceanic language spoken mainly on Mota Lava island in Vanuatu.
The recording comes from YouTube.
I would never be able to guess the language but I’m glad I finally correctly guessed “Vanuatu” as a possible location! I keep wanting every language to be from there…
(Also, I take it you must have the email addresses of these language-identifying bots…)
The language-identifying bots use a different email each time.