As yesterday’s quiz question was too easy, I’ve decided to give you an extra one that’s a bit harder today. Here’s a recording of a different mystery language. Can you identify the language?

No clues this time.

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

Clues: this language is spoken in Europe by a small number of people in a mountainous area.

For this week’s quiz we have a song in a mystery language. Can you identify the language? If you can identify the singer as well, I’d be very impressed.

Clues: this was originally a Hungarian song, which was translated in English, then into the language of this recording. The title of this song is also the title of the first full-length feature film to be made in this language, which is currently only spoken by a few hundred people. This singer, who also plays the harp, sings in a number of different languages, including English.

Can you work out what dialect of English this is, and what it means? Can you also name the transcription system used here?

Clue: the transcription system was invented during the 1880s.

Here’s a question from gee – can you identify and decipher the following script?

Some clues
– the script was designed solely for one language
– normally another script is used to write that language

Today we have a quiz question sent in by TJ – can you identify the style of calligraphy of the piece below, and also the writing, language and what it says?

Where might you see a sign like this and what does it forbid you from doing?

Where might you see the following sign, and what does it mean?

Clues: the sign needs to be rotated to see the writing the right way up (this is how it was sent to me). This alphabet is used to write quite a few of the languages spoken in South Asia

In case you’re wondering why I’m posting this week’s quiz question today rather than yesterday, it’s because I was unable to access this blog yesterday for unknown technical reasons.

Do you know what writing system this is and where you might see it?

A few clues: this writing system does not currently appear on Omniglot (I’ll add it when I’ve found enough information about it). It was invented during the 1950s and is logo-syllabic, i.e. each symbol represents a syllable in the spoken language, and also means something.

Can you identify the language in this recorded snippet?

Here are a few clues: this language is spoken mainly on one continent by about 40 million people. It is generally written with the Latin alphabet these days, but used to written with the Arabic alphabet. The recording comes from the BBC World Service.