Name the language

Here’s a recording of a mystery language.

Any ideas which language it is and where it’s spoken?

January 19th, 2008 in Language, Quiz questions

Comments (17)

ChrisJanuary 19th, 2008 at 6:31 pm

Bulgarian? Macedonian?

AeetlrcreejlJanuary 19th, 2008 at 7:45 pm

Serbian?

jakeJanuary 20th, 2008 at 1:17 am

Sounded Hispanic (did you hear the music). Part of the middle sounded like it had some French influence. Perhaps French Guiana?

LyydieJanuary 20th, 2008 at 4:18 am

Croatian?

Romanian?

Hungarian?

PodolskyJanuary 20th, 2008 at 6:14 am

Armenian?

TJJanuary 20th, 2008 at 7:57 am

I would say it has some turkic influence.

renato figueiredoJanuary 20th, 2008 at 10:29 am

Bosnian, I guess!

ARJanuary 20th, 2008 at 5:12 pm

I agree with Podolsky. It is Armenian.

TalibJanuary 20th, 2008 at 5:28 pm

I think I heard some retroflex fricatives in there … so maybe Slavic, but maybe something a little more exotic.

Also a lot of alveolar taps/flaps, not that it helps…

My guess is Kurdish.

SimonJanuary 20th, 2008 at 5:56 pm

Here’s a clue – this language has its own alphabet.

DanielJanuary 20th, 2008 at 6:55 pm

Well then, I don’t think this is right, but . . . Greek?

MikeJanuary 20th, 2008 at 9:14 pm

Georgian?

DaydreamerJanuary 20th, 2008 at 10:06 pm

I agree with Mike: it must be Georgian spoken almost exclusively in Georgia (not the US state).

d.m.falkJanuary 21st, 2008 at 12:12 am

I’m inclined to say Georgian, as well. (Both Georgian and Armenian have unique alphabets, rather than using a non-native script.)

d.m.f.

d.m.falkJanuary 21st, 2008 at 12:14 am

Oh, and… I’ve seen dubbed cartoons in Georgian, and this sounds exactly like one. Yet another YouTube catch, I see. :)

d.m.f.

SimonJanuary 21st, 2008 at 10:27 am

The language is Armenian, which is spoken in Armenia and quite a few other countries.

The recording comes from an Armenian version of The Family Guy on YouTube.

V. VandianJanuary 22nd, 2008 at 2:34 am

I’d like to add, it’s Armenian slang spoken in Yerevan (the capital city), predominantly – by the working class people.