Language quiz

Here’s a recording in a mystery language. Can you guess or do you know which language it is and where it’s spoken?

January 12th, 2008 in Language, Quiz questions

Comments (9)

hreJanuary 12th, 2008 at 9:29 pm

Is it Xhosa? It’s obviously an african click language.

anonymousJanuary 13th, 2008 at 12:46 am

it’s most definitely xhosa, i am sure.

BGJanuary 13th, 2008 at 5:08 am

I was guessing it might be Xhosa. Xhosa is spoken in South Africa, and also in Botswana and Lesotho.

d.m.falkJanuary 13th, 2008 at 10:02 am

There are other Bantu click languages, too (Zulu, for one), but I’ll follow the consensus.

d.m.f.

Giovanni 'Prestige'January 13th, 2008 at 1:36 pm

Zulu.

AndersJanuary 13th, 2008 at 4:27 pm

I guess !kung.

SimonJanuary 13th, 2008 at 6:04 pm

It is Xhosa, which is spoken mainly in South Africa, and also in Botswana and Lesotho.

The recording comes from YouTube – the video includes an English translation.

ARJanuary 14th, 2008 at 12:06 am

What a coincidence. I happened to be YouTubing yesterday and I found the same video!

SeumasJanuary 14th, 2008 at 11:06 am

I knew it was Xhosa right away too. I have a few friends who are Xhosa speakers, in fact I was speaking to one of them last night. Those clicks are amazing!