14 thoughts on “Name the language

  1. All I can tell for the moment is that we’re definitely in the Caucasus: some way in I hear “kavkazëm” (ë for schwa), lots of clear ejectives, and .Russian loans pronounced with Russian phonology.

  2. Yup, there’s all sorts of Russian sounding phrasing, soft vowels, etc., w/out it actually being a Slavic language. I’d guess greater Caucasus area too.

  3. Caucasian … isn’t that -m(a) an ergative ending in Georgian? Doesn’t sound like Georgian though.

  4. Something from the former USSR around the Caucasian area is about as close as I’m gonna get without extensive searching. I’ll guess Avar.

  5. Simply because it sounds like one of my old gymnastics coaches, I’m gonna say Georgian.

  6. Lezgian? (since it’s also spoken in Azerbaijan, a place mentioned toward the end IINM).

  7. The answer is Kabardian (къэбэрдеибзэ), a.k.a Circassian, which is spoken mainly in the Kabardian-Balkar and Karachay-Circassian Republics of Russia.

    The recording comes from Adygeya TV news via YouTube.

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