Language quiz

Here’s a recording of part of song in a mystery language. Do you know or can you guess what language it’s in and where it’s spoken?

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tazgoFebruary 24th, 2008 at 3:24 pm

Sounds like Spanish, but i’m guessing that would be too easy…
The music sounds kinda Caribbean-ish… could it be Papiamento? spoken in Curacao if I remember correctly.

tazgoFebruary 24th, 2008 at 3:25 pm

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Alan CoadyFebruary 24th, 2008 at 3:41 pm

A wild shot in the dark – Yoruba.

harrisFebruary 24th, 2008 at 6:36 pm

definately very carribean sounding… portuguese?

renato figueiredoFebruary 24th, 2008 at 8:34 pm

It is a creole Spanish base language, it can be Caribbean or SouthEast Asiatic

JavierFebruary 24th, 2008 at 11:47 pm

I asked my mother (she’s fluent in spanish) and she said she thinks it’s what they speak in Brazil (Portuguese). So, I’m going with that.

DaydreamerFebruary 25th, 2008 at 12:46 am

Since the Spanish phrases “mi corazón” and “mi amor” can be identified in the recording, I’d go with tazgo and say it’s Papiamento. But then, the Dutch influence of that language is missing.
Alternatively could it be Garifuna, spoken mainly in Honduras? The people down there are reported to play some exciting music, too.

ChrisFebruary 25th, 2008 at 3:19 am

I think it might be Media Lengua, a Spanish-Quechua mixed language spoken in Ecuador.

vautourFebruary 25th, 2008 at 9:48 am

Papiamentu.

SimonFebruary 25th, 2008 at 4:21 pm

It is indeed Papiamento, a creole language spoken in the Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao, Bonaire and Aruba). The song comes from YouTube.

BGFebruary 26th, 2008 at 6:12 am

So it’s the sample text in Papiamento.