Can you identify the language, and do you know where it’s spoken?
6 thoughts on “Language quiz”
Sounds very much like a Philippine language. Could it be Cebuano?
Yep, another vote for Cebuano.
I’d put it farther north if it is indeed a filipino language.
For a moment I thought the trills and central vowels hinted towards the Horn of Africa, but now seeing the comments and re-listening, I’m also more convinced that it’s more likely an Austronesian language.
The answer is Makura (Namakura / Namakir), an Oceanic Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the islands of Tongoa, Tongariki and Efate in Vanuatu.
Sounds very much like a Philippine language. Could it be Cebuano?
Yep, another vote for Cebuano.
I’d put it farther north if it is indeed a filipino language.
For a moment I thought the trills and central vowels hinted towards the Horn of Africa, but now seeing the comments and re-listening, I’m also more convinced that it’s more likely an Austronesian language.
The answer is Makura (Namakura / Namakir), an Oceanic Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the islands of Tongoa, Tongariki and Efate in Vanuatu.
The recording comes from the Global Recordings Network.
Ah, of course… as the old adage goes, if it’s Austronesian but still sounds un-Austronesian, go for a language of either Micronesia or Vanuatu!