Where in the world?

Here’s a photo of a mystery city. Do you know where it is and which languages are spoken there?

Mystery city

Comments (7)

JulietteMay 27th, 2007 at 3:41 pm

Been there !

Hmm.. in doubt now whether or not to spoil it for other people…
better not…

For the record, the people who speak ‘the other language’ call themselves “tangata whenua” ;-)

Guido R.May 27th, 2007 at 4:37 pm

Thank you, Juliette!
To give a further hint: the “tangata whenua” call the others “pakeha”. They are also known as “Kiwis”.

TJMay 27th, 2007 at 7:25 pm

hehehe kiwis?
i think it’s somethin in Maori
but anyway the tower here looks similar to one we have here in Kuwait!! hehehe

jenniMay 27th, 2007 at 9:13 pm

based on the “kiwi” clue, i have to guess wellington.

DavidMay 28th, 2007 at 9:18 am

Kiwi is a nickname for the people of New Zealand, that us Australians use all the time! I’m going to say Auckland and the languages spoken there are English and Maori.

DavidMay 28th, 2007 at 9:20 am

….and is that the Sky Tower in the background?

SimonMay 28th, 2007 at 7:07 pm

It is indeed Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand, and that is the Sky Tower, the highest tower in the Southern Hemisphere, in the background.

Languages spoken in Auckland include English, Maori, Samoan, Tongan, Niuean, Hindi, Mandarin and Cantonese. Samoan is in fact the second most commonly spoken language there after English, according to this site.