Language Quiz 20 December 202020 December 2020 By Simon Here’s a recording in a mystery language. Do you know or can you guess the language, and do you know where it’s spoken?
Hearing [e:] as the second word suggested that if it was SVO, that might be a copula. On the other hand, if it’s spoken in the Phillipines, it’s probably not SVO. Reply
Pretty sure it’s an Indonesian language, and I’d guess from Sumatra, closer to Malay, rather than points farther east. Reply
The answer is Mamuju, a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia. The recording comes from YouTube: Reply
Sounds like something from the Philippines . So many there it’s hard to be more specific!
Hearing [e:] as the second word suggested that if it was SVO, that might be a copula. On the other hand, if it’s spoken in the Phillipines, it’s probably not SVO.
Pretty sure it’s an Indonesian language, and I’d guess from Sumatra, closer to Malay, rather than points farther east.
Sounds almost a little like Waama which was just added as a new language here.
The answer is Mamuju, a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The recording comes from YouTube: