Can you identify the language, and do you know where it’s spoken?
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I think the language he use is Chinese. He is talking in his phone.
It isn’t Chinese. The sound quality was poor, but I’ve found a way to improve it now.
With the tones, syllabic [n̩], labial-velar [k͡p], and fairly-average-sounding vowel system, I’m guessing it’s a language of West Africa. My random guess from that region will be Igbo. Am I close?
It is spoken in West Africa, but belongs to a different branch of the Niger-Congo language family.
The language is Vai (ꕙꔤ), a Mande language spoken in parts of Liberia and Sierra Leone.
I think the language he use is Chinese. He is talking in his phone.
It isn’t Chinese. The sound quality was poor, but I’ve found a way to improve it now.
With the tones, syllabic [n̩], labial-velar [k͡p], and fairly-average-sounding vowel system, I’m guessing it’s a language of West Africa. My random guess from that region will be Igbo. Am I close?
It is spoken in West Africa, but belongs to a different branch of the Niger-Congo language family.
The language is Vai (ꕙꔤ), a Mande language spoken in parts of Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The recording comes from YouTube.