Yeah, sounds very much like Russian. If it isn’t, it’s some closely related language.
JamesJune 15th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
I´m not able to go any further really than the others…
It started with a “menya zavut…”, but I heard a few words that could have been romance (but I expect everything I hear to have romance words, incluyding when people speak English). I doubt it´s a western slavonic language.
I think it’s still a slavonic language, but I have no idea… Serbian?
BobbyJune 15th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
To the best, of my knowledge, it sounded like a southern Slavonic language so since I have a Croat friend I’m going to go with Croatian.
LauJune 15th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
I think it is Belarussian. I heard “mianie zavut” (my name is) and “Savietski Sajuz” (The Soviet Union).
I can’t completely rule out that it is Russian, but I think I heard a soft g (h), and Russian doesn’t have this.
praseJune 15th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
It sounds like it has Polish distribution of consonants, but I doesn’t seem to me Polish, even if I can’t rule that out because of poor quality of the sound. I’d guess Belarussian or Kashubian.
xarxaJune 15th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
eastern european is all i can say, nothing more specific than that
harris e.June 15th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
just for fun… Sorbian
pittmirgJune 15th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Definitely neither Polish nor a West Slavic language. It sounded to me like Russian with the reduction of /o/ to something like [ʌ]. It could also be Belarusian, though I haven’t had much contact with that language.
pavelJune 15th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
U guess Rusyn.
d.m.falkJune 15th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
I was thinking Belarussian or Ukrainian.
d.m.f.
Nareg SeferianJune 15th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
I’ll go for Belarussian, because he’s saying he was born in Minsk.
My first thought was Belarussian but I wouldn’t be suprrised if it’s ukrainian or something in between, anyway I’d be really surprised if it’s not East Slavic something.
I guess I’m late but for what it’s worth at least I guessed it correctly! I’m Russian and for a moment I actually thought it was Russian – that’s how similar the languages are. Then I heard the man say he was from Minsk, so that’s what gave it away. Now I’ve learnt that the two languages are indeed very similar!
wordloverJune 21st, 2008 at 11:54 pm
This is a shot in the dark, but sounds like a relative of Russian. I would venture Croatian, but I’m almost certainly wrong. The differentiation between hard and soft vowels is there, so I’m pretty sure it’s not Polish.
Sounds like Russian.
Yeah, sounds very much like Russian. If it isn’t, it’s some closely related language.
I´m not able to go any further really than the others…
It started with a “menya zavut…”, but I heard a few words that could have been romance (but I expect everything I hear to have romance words, incluyding when people speak English). I doubt it´s a western slavonic language.
I think it’s still a slavonic language, but I have no idea… Serbian?
To the best, of my knowledge, it sounded like a southern Slavonic language so since I have a Croat friend I’m going to go with Croatian.
I think it is Belarussian. I heard “mianie zavut” (my name is) and “Savietski Sajuz” (The Soviet Union).
I can’t completely rule out that it is Russian, but I think I heard a soft g (h), and Russian doesn’t have this.
It sounds like it has Polish distribution of consonants, but I doesn’t seem to me Polish, even if I can’t rule that out because of poor quality of the sound. I’d guess Belarussian or Kashubian.
eastern european is all i can say, nothing more specific than that
just for fun… Sorbian
Definitely neither Polish nor a West Slavic language. It sounded to me like Russian with the reduction of /o/ to something like [ʌ]. It could also be Belarusian, though I haven’t had much contact with that language.
U guess Rusyn.
I was thinking Belarussian or Ukrainian.
d.m.f.
I’ll go for Belarussian, because he’s saying he was born in Minsk.
It’s Belarusian. It’s from the documentary “A Lesson Belarusian” YouTube video http://youtube.com/watch?v=GV2PV99WnQI
My first thought was Belarussian but I wouldn’t be suprrised if it’s ukrainian or something in between, anyway I’d be really surprised if it’s not East Slavic something.
The language is indeed Belarusian (Беларуская мова/Bielaruskaja mova).
The recording comes from YouTube.
I guess I’m late but for what it’s worth at least I guessed it correctly! I’m Russian and for a moment I actually thought it was Russian – that’s how similar the languages are. Then I heard the man say he was from Minsk, so that’s what gave it away. Now I’ve learnt that the two languages are indeed very similar!
This is a shot in the dark, but sounds like a relative of Russian. I would venture Croatian, but I’m almost certainly wrong. The differentiation between hard and soft vowels is there, so I’m pretty sure it’s not Polish.