Language quiz

Here’s a recording in a mystery language.

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

April 10th, 2011 in Language, Quiz questions

Comments (6)

bennieApril 10th, 2011 at 9:28 am

I’m from Burma, and this is definitely a minority Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Burma and neighbouring parts of north-west Thailand, but it’s NOT Burmese. More specifically, this is a language belonging to the Karennic sub-branch.

My best guess would be “Pwo Karen”

MikeApril 10th, 2011 at 1:38 pm

My guess would be Dai.
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jonathanApril 10th, 2011 at 4:06 pm

I was going to guess “South Asian”, i.e. around Thailand and Vietnam. So, what Bennie said, only less specific.

Korean TranslatorApril 11th, 2011 at 4:52 pm

My guess is “Mon Khmer” languages of Southeast Asia.

RauliApril 11th, 2011 at 5:50 pm

I sounds Southeast Asian to me as well.

SimonApril 11th, 2011 at 7:42 pm

Bennie is right – the answer is Pwo Karen, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken mainly in Burma and Thailand.

The recording comes from the Global Recordings Network.