Here is text in a mystery language. Can you work out which language and alphabet it’s written in?

This text was sent in by Andrew A. Clark.

If you have any texts in obscure scripts or languages that could be used for my language quiz, please send them to the usual address.

Here’s a recording of a mystery language. Can you work out which language it is?

This language is spoken in Asia and has its own alphabet.

In which country might you find the following dishes on the menu, and which of them is the odd one out?

Zupa ogórkowa
Śledź w śmietanie
Kurczak de volaille
Sztuka mięsa w sosie chrzanowym
Kasza gryczana z kwaśnym mlekiem
Księgarnia
Placki kartoflane
Makowiec

Bonus points if you can translate them into English as well.

Can you identify the mystery language in this recording?

It will probably sound familiar, though I doubt if many of you have heard it before.

Here is a recording of a number of phrases in a mystery language. Can you work out which language it is?

This language is spoken in Europe.

Today we have a song in a number of different languages. Can you work out what they are?

If you recognise the song, it’s not too difficult to find out the languages, but try to guess them first.

Please note, the audio file is quite large – 3MB – so may take a while to download.

Not sure what happened yesterday, but for some unknown technical reason, this blog was inaccessible. Fortunately it’s working again today.

Anyway, today’s mystery language is a Native American one spoken mainly in Oklahoma and North Carolina.

Here’s a recording of part of a news bulletin from the BBC World Service. Can you identify the language?

Here’s a recording of language which is broadcast for just one hour a week on a radio station in Boston. Can you work out which language it is?

This will probably be quite an easy language to guess, so I won’t give you any other clues this time.