Can you identify the language, and do you know where it’s spoken?
12 thoughts on “Language quiz”
Ah, I have no idea!
It reminds me of Portuguese… Maybe Galician?
A language close to Galician-Portuguese group, but few nasal vowels… Asturian, perhaps?
A Brazilian Portuguese dialect.
Very close to (or a version of) Portuguese. The Galician I’ve heard spoken has sounded much closer to Castilian in its rhythm and intonation (although it is lexically closer to Portuguese) – but that could be because I’ve not heard it spoken as a mother tongue.
Just a guess, but could this be a non-European version of Portuguese? Perhaps S. American but not Brazilian? From Venezuela?
Sorry, Prase. Cross posted.
This definitely sounds like a Portuguese-based creole, and not a variety of Portuguese itself (and definitely not Galician or Asturian). Perhaps Cape Verde creole, to hazard a guess?
If it’s a creole, it’s a high-register creole. Can anyone make out ATR verb structures?
My first thought was Galician, Asturian is closer to Catalan, I like the Cape Verde idea and wonder about something from Madeira.
defo something related to Portuguese, but not Portuguese. And I don’t think it is Galician and especially not Asturian.
Maybe Fala
The answer is Cape Verdean Creole (Kriolu), a Portuguese-based creole spoken mainly in Cape Verde.
Ah, I have no idea!
It reminds me of Portuguese… Maybe Galician?
A language close to Galician-Portuguese group, but few nasal vowels… Asturian, perhaps?
A Brazilian Portuguese dialect.
Very close to (or a version of) Portuguese. The Galician I’ve heard spoken has sounded much closer to Castilian in its rhythm and intonation (although it is lexically closer to Portuguese) – but that could be because I’ve not heard it spoken as a mother tongue.
Just a guess, but could this be a non-European version of Portuguese? Perhaps S. American but not Brazilian? From Venezuela?
Sorry, Prase. Cross posted.
This definitely sounds like a Portuguese-based creole, and not a variety of Portuguese itself (and definitely not Galician or Asturian). Perhaps Cape Verde creole, to hazard a guess?
If it’s a creole, it’s a high-register creole. Can anyone make out ATR verb structures?
My first thought was Galician, Asturian is closer to Catalan, I like the Cape Verde idea and wonder about something from Madeira.
defo something related to Portuguese, but not Portuguese. And I don’t think it is Galician and especially not Asturian.
Maybe Fala
The answer is Cape Verdean Creole (Kriolu), a Portuguese-based creole spoken mainly in Cape Verde.
The recording comes from the GRN.
This is Portuguese spoken by a non native speaker, mixed up with another language unknown to me.