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Language quiz

19 May 2013 By Simon

Here’s a recording in a mystery language.

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

By the way, this was recorded by a non-native speaker of this language. I couldn’t find any recordings of native speakers, probably because there are so few.

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Language quiz

12 May 2013 By Simon

Here’s a recording in a mystery language.

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

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Language quiz

5 May 2013 By Simon

Here’s a recording in a mystery language.

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

Posted in Language, Quiz questions18 Comments

Language quiz

28 April 2013 By Simon

Here’s a recording in a mystery language.

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

Posted in Language, Quiz questions6 Comments

Language quiz

21 April 2013 By Simon

Here’s a recording in a mystery language.

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

Posted in Language, Quiz questions13 Comments

Language quiz

14 April 2013 By Simon

Here’s a recording in a mystery language.

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

Posted in Language, Quiz questions4 Comments

Language quiz

7 April 2013 By Simon

Here’s a recording in a mystery language.

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

Posted in Language, Quiz questions6 Comments

Language quiz

31 March 2013 By Simon

Here’s a recording in a mystery language.

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

Posted in Language, Quiz questions6 Comments

Language quiz

24 March 2013 By Simon

Here’s a recording in a mystery language.

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

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Language quiz

17 March 2013 By Simon

Your challenge this week is to identify the con-scripts on these signs, all of which appear on Omniglot, and to decipher each one. Do you also know what the original texts were on these signs? Or can you suggest amusing alternatives?

Signs with con-scripts on them

Three of the signs are in English, the other one is in Chinese.

Posted in Language, Quiz questions, Writing, fonts & typography14 Comments

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