Can you identify the language, and do you know where it’s spoken?
7 thoughts on “Language quiz”
Ha! Did I hear ‘abogado?’ Is this South American?
Not South America, but it is spoken in a mainly Spanish-speaking country.
Interesting – I thought I could hear Portuguese influence (nasalised vowels) and would have guessed it was from Brazil. But, if it’s not from South America (and it’s definitely not from Spain), then it’s presumably North or Central America. Mexico? (That would narrow it down to 62 possibilities – and maybe a few more.)
Is it, perhaps, one of Equatorial Guinea languages? Say, Benga?
David is closest so far – it’s actually spoken in southern Mexico.
The tones and nasalized vowels suggest another Oto-Manguean language.
Is it from the Mixtec branch?
Sameer got it – the language is Mixtec (Tu’un Sávi / Dà’àn Dávi) , an Oto-Manguean language spoken in the states of Oaxaca, Puebla and Guerrero in Mexico, and in California in the USA.
Ha! Did I hear ‘abogado?’ Is this South American?
Not South America, but it is spoken in a mainly Spanish-speaking country.
Interesting – I thought I could hear Portuguese influence (nasalised vowels) and would have guessed it was from Brazil. But, if it’s not from South America (and it’s definitely not from Spain), then it’s presumably North or Central America. Mexico? (That would narrow it down to 62 possibilities – and maybe a few more.)
Is it, perhaps, one of Equatorial Guinea languages? Say, Benga?
David is closest so far – it’s actually spoken in southern Mexico.
The tones and nasalized vowels suggest another Oto-Manguean language.
Is it from the Mixtec branch?
Sameer got it – the language is Mixtec (Tu’un Sávi / Dà’àn Dávi) , an Oto-Manguean language spoken in the states of Oaxaca, Puebla and Guerrero in Mexico, and in California in the USA.
The recording comes from YouTube.