Language Quiz 15 September 2019 By Simon Here’s a recording in a mystery language. Can you identify the language, and do you know where it’s spoken?
I thought I heard the word “Taiwan” at the first. Is it perhaps an indigenous language from Taiwan? Reply
It is an indigenous language from Taiwan. I recognise the clip so it would be a bit of cheat to give the answer. Reply
Yes, I also heard the word Taiwan and I think it’s an Austronesian language of Formosa, or Taiwan…Atayal, Seediq…I don’t know which of them. Reply
The answer is Babuza / Taokas, a Formosan language spoken in Changhua county in the northwest of Taiwan. The recording comes from YouTube: Reply
I thought I heard the word “Taiwan” at the first. Is it perhaps an indigenous language from Taiwan?
It is an indigenous language from Taiwan. I recognise the clip so it would be a bit of cheat to give the answer.
Yes, I also heard the word Taiwan and I think it’s an Austronesian language of Formosa, or Taiwan…Atayal, Seediq…I don’t know which of them.
I think it’s Taokas language.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taokas_people
The answer is Babuza / Taokas, a Formosan language spoken in Changhua county in the northwest of Taiwan.
The recording comes from YouTube: