Do you know or can you guess the language, and do you know where it’s spoken?
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There is something in the voice that suggests to me an influence of Spanish so I am guessing either a language spoken in the Philippines or a native language from Central or South America.
After having seen and listened to the clip on Kawesqar from YouTube they sound similar but I don’t think there are as man “clicks” in this as I heard on Kawesqar. Could they be kin to each other though?
The language is indeed Yaghan (yámanakutu), a language isolate spoken on Navarino Island in the Antártica Chilena Province of the Magallanes region of southern Chile.
There is something in the voice that suggests to me an influence of Spanish so I am guessing either a language spoken in the Philippines or a native language from Central or South America.
Perhaps it’s a language from the Harakambut (Amarakaeri) family in the area of Madre de Dios river…
After having seen and listened to the clip on Kawesqar from YouTube they sound similar but I don’t think there are as man “clicks” in this as I heard on Kawesqar. Could they be kin to each other though?
Is it Yaghan?
Yes, Hank, Yaghan it is! Well done!
I had no idea, by the way, other than native American …
The language is indeed Yaghan (yámanakutu), a language isolate spoken on Navarino Island in the Antártica Chilena Province of the Magallanes region of southern Chile.
The recording comes from YouTube
I listened to the yaghan language but it didn’t seem like it to me