Language quiz

Here’s a recording in a mystery language.

Can you identify the language and where it’s spoken?

Comments (11)

Christopher MillerOctober 10th, 2010 at 10:09 am

Wikang Tagalog.

bennieOctober 10th, 2010 at 10:12 am

Either Tagalog or one of the other languages of the Philippines.

RandyOctober 10th, 2010 at 1:05 pm

definitely Filipino

JanOctober 10th, 2010 at 1:35 pm

Hahaha…

It’s definitely Tagalog, one dialect of Filipino…

:D

EeeOctober 10th, 2010 at 1:52 pm

This is Tagalog. I wish I was good enough to translate. I know “balikbayan” is the word for overseas Filipinos, usually used in the context of sending money or goods back to the Philippines.

JurčíkOctober 10th, 2010 at 5:54 pm

Is this an Austronesian language?

Christopher MillerOctober 10th, 2010 at 7:33 pm

By the way, the language is spoken in Winnipeg (Manitoba), Montreal (Quebec), southern California, Saudi Arabia among other places, as well as its home territory in southern Luzon in the Philippines (and the Philippines in general under its guise as the national second language, Filipino.

formikoOctober 10th, 2010 at 9:58 pm

This is definitely a Filipino language. Whether it’s Cebuano, Waray-Waray or just plain Tagalog, I can’t tell.

stormboyOctober 10th, 2010 at 9:58 pm

There are many Filipinos (mostly Filipinas, in fact) working in Hong Kong. Many speak Ilocano and other languages of (northern) Luzon in addition to Tagalog, and the Visayas are quite well represented too. Here in London I live around the corner from an Iglesia ni Cristo, which attracts many Filipinos every week. When I pass them on the street I mostly hear them speaking Tagalog and Ilocano, although I would have some difficulty in identifying any of the other languages spoken.

joe mockOctober 10th, 2010 at 10:05 pm

Tagalog – speaker is thanking balikbayans, among others, for helping fix up the school – just been painted.

SimonOctober 11th, 2010 at 12:34 pm

The answer is Tagalog, which is spoken mainly in the Philippines, and in a number of other countries.

The recording comes from Radyo San Guilmo.