Language quiz
Here is a recording of a mystery language which is spoken in a number of countries in Africa. Can you work out what language it is?
April 21st, 2007 in
Language, Quiz questions
Here is a recording of a mystery language which is spoken in a number of countries in Africa. Can you work out what language it is?
very interesting recording…
5 vowels, didn’t hear any NC clusters, didn’t hear any “special” things like clicks or ejectives…
it sounded like a passage of the bible.
I’m gonna “very tentatively” say Igbo, but I’ll need to hear it more…
I have no idea what the language is or where it is from, but I’m going to guess that is from Africa…..
It sounded like a sermon. I heard Christo several times, I think. I thought I heard some Latin-based words.
My guess:Berber (wild guess. shot in the dark)
Random guess….Hausa? It sounded tonal to me….
The answers is Kirundi, a Bantu language spoken mainly in Burundi.
I love the page about Kirundi: “4.5 speakers”.
Wow. Four and a half people speak it. Sounds awesome :-)