Can you identify the language, and do you know where it’s spoken?
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Hmmm, pretty sure it’s a language of insular Southeast Asia… but can’t get more specific.
Definitely a regional/minority Malayo-Polynesian language of Indonesia or Malaysia.
These could be false friends but I think I can recognise quite a few words from standard Indonesian/Malay like ‘ini’, ‘baru’, ‘Allah’, ‘anda’, ‘tuhan’, ‘mengantau’.
I also heard “Allah,” so Indonesia or Malysia, being predominantly Muslim countries, seem likely.
The answer is Kelabit, a North Sarawakan language spoken in Sarawak in Borneo in Malaysia.
Hmmm, pretty sure it’s a language of insular Southeast Asia… but can’t get more specific.
Definitely a regional/minority Malayo-Polynesian language of Indonesia or Malaysia.
These could be false friends but I think I can recognise quite a few words from standard Indonesian/Malay like ‘ini’, ‘baru’, ‘Allah’, ‘anda’, ‘tuhan’, ‘mengantau’.
I also heard “Allah,” so Indonesia or Malysia, being predominantly Muslim countries, seem likely.
The answer is Kelabit, a North Sarawakan language spoken in Sarawak in Borneo in Malaysia.
The recording comes from the the GRN.