Can you identify the language, and do you know where it’s spoken?
10 thoughts on “Language quiz”
My best guess is something Tibeto-Burmese.
It sounds like a Turkic language, though not one of the western or Central Asian ones. Perhaps Yakut?
It doesn’t sound Turkic to me – I can’t hear anything that sounds like vowel harmony in there. The frequent glottal stops (if that’s what they are) make me think of some North American languages. But what I assume to be a version of the name ‘Eve’, [‘e:va] (vs. English [i:v]) suggests that it is not from somewhere where English is the dominant language. The pronunciation of ‘L’ – and what sounds like ‘Allah’ for ‘God’ – suggests that it is from within the Arabic speaking world or, at least, from somewhere where the dominant religion is Islam. I could be way off here, but I am going to guess that it is a semitic language spoken somewhere in W. Asia.
Certainly not Semitic, nor Turkic. I’d place it in North America. The sound of “Allah” is just a coincidence (like how German “alle” also sounds like “Allah” as well).
If not something from N. America, then a second best guess would be “Fon” which was added lately; and it’s spoken in Benin, in W. Africa.
Something Iranian I think, maybe Balochi?
Interesting guesses! Here’s a clue – this is a language spoken in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay.
Then this has to be Toba
Then I didn’t go far away hehe.
I would guess Quechua. Though I don’t think it is likely.
I’ll put my money on Guaraní. Although clearly not Spanish it does have one or two Spanish-sounding words, like paraíso.
The answer is Toba Qom, a Guaicuruan language spoken in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay.
My best guess is something Tibeto-Burmese.
It sounds like a Turkic language, though not one of the western or Central Asian ones. Perhaps Yakut?
It doesn’t sound Turkic to me – I can’t hear anything that sounds like vowel harmony in there. The frequent glottal stops (if that’s what they are) make me think of some North American languages. But what I assume to be a version of the name ‘Eve’, [‘e:va] (vs. English [i:v]) suggests that it is not from somewhere where English is the dominant language. The pronunciation of ‘L’ – and what sounds like ‘Allah’ for ‘God’ – suggests that it is from within the Arabic speaking world or, at least, from somewhere where the dominant religion is Islam. I could be way off here, but I am going to guess that it is a semitic language spoken somewhere in W. Asia.
Certainly not Semitic, nor Turkic. I’d place it in North America. The sound of “Allah” is just a coincidence (like how German “alle” also sounds like “Allah” as well).
If not something from N. America, then a second best guess would be “Fon” which was added lately; and it’s spoken in Benin, in W. Africa.
Something Iranian I think, maybe Balochi?
Interesting guesses! Here’s a clue – this is a language spoken in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay.
Then this has to be Toba
Then I didn’t go far away hehe.
I would guess Quechua. Though I don’t think it is likely.
I’ll put my money on Guaraní. Although clearly not Spanish it does have one or two Spanish-sounding words, like paraíso.
The answer is Toba Qom, a Guaicuruan language spoken in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay.
The recording comes from the GRN.