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Name the language

Here’s a text in a mystery language. Any ideas which language it is?

Fy vor or er i Chimeri.
Halaght vara nam dit.
La Konungdum din cumma.
La vill din vera guerde
i vrildin sin da er i chimeri.
Gav vus dagh u dagloght brau.
Forgive sindorwara sin vi forgiva gem ao sinda gainst wus.
Lia wus ikè o vera tempa, but delivra wus fro adlu idlu.
For do i ir Kongungdum, u puri, u glori, Amen

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?

Name the language

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?

Language quiz

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.

Where in the world?

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

Mystery city

Language quiz

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

Language quiz 02/02/08

Name the language

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.

Name the language

Here’s a recording of a mystery language.

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

Where in the world?

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

Mystery city

Language quiz

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

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