Language quiz

Here’s a recording in a mystery language.

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

March 18th, 2012 in Language, Quiz questions

Comments (5)

clMarch 18th, 2012 at 8:21 am

Judging from the accent, it must be one of those tonal African languages, but it also sounds a bit Asian.

SimonMarch 18th, 2012 at 11:45 am

It is a tonal language, but not one from Africa.

SathyarthiMarch 18th, 2012 at 3:05 pm

- The indigenous language of Taiwan, perhaps?? References to ‘Yeshua’ and the ‘Amen’ at the end point to the fact that this passage is some sort of Biblical account.

Vijay JohnMarch 18th, 2012 at 5:14 pm

Wow, I figured this one out unexpectedly fast! It’s Akha. See http://globalrecordings.net/en/program/C06760.

SimonMarch 19th, 2012 at 2:50 pm

Vijay John is right – the answer is Akha, a Lolo-Burmese language spoken in Burma, China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.