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Here’s a recording of a number of phrases in a mystery language. Do you know of can you guess which language it is and where it’s spoken?

This is a song that I learnt this week at one of the choirs I go to. Does anyone know what language it’s in and what it means? We were told that it’s a “gypsy song from Czechoslovakia” and that it’s a counting song. The words look like a mixture of Romany and Spanish - possibly Caló.

Dui, duj, duj, dui desu duj,
Te comida, te comida,
Par no muj

O kalo muj na kamar,
Dere kostat kikana,
Saj Iago, say Iago,
Romnake

I don’t know the answers this time. All I’ve been able to find out is that there are recordings of the song on some albums of Hungarian gypsy songs, or at least a song with the same first line, and that the final word, Romnake, appears to be associated with the Hungarian-Carpathian gypsies.

Here’s a photo of a mystery city. Do you know or can you guess where it is and which language is spoken there?

Can you work out which language the following words are in, what they mean, and/or which is the odd one out?

Here’s a recording in a mystery language. Any ideas which language it is and in which countries it’s spoken?

Clue: This language is spoken mainly in Africa.

Here’s a recording of a mystery language.

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

Here’s a photo of a mystery city. Any ideas where it is and which languages are spoken there?

Here’s a recording in a mystery language. Can you guess or do you know which language it is and where it’s spoken?

Here’s a recording of someone speaking a mystery language. Can you guess or do you know which language it is and where it’s spoken?

Here’s a photo of the capital city of a country in Europe. Do you know where it is and which languages are spoken there?