I must agree with Emanuel that it is probably from the Tai-Kadai family. Whatever it is I think it is of a religious nature, having heard some music near the end of the passage.
This is a tough one – what about a little clue, Simon?
I can confirm that it’s a Tai-kadai language. You hear “Thai” at 0:09, “Lao” at 0:20 and “Isan” at 0:22
Isan is pretty much the same as Lao, but spoken in northeast Thailand, so I guess it’ll be one of those.
Update: I’ve just found out that there is another Tai language called Khün (just before 0:02) so we have four options now!
In that case,Karl, I would assume the language to be the first one mentioned, Khün. Just an assumption …
The language is Isan (ภาษาอีสาน), a Lao-Phutai language spoken in the Isan region in northeastern Thailand.
SE Asian, tonal, perhaps Tai-Kadai?
I must agree with Emanuel that it is probably from the Tai-Kadai family. Whatever it is I think it is of a religious nature, having heard some music near the end of the passage.
This is a tough one – what about a little clue, Simon?
I can confirm that it’s a Tai-kadai language. You hear “Thai” at 0:09, “Lao” at 0:20 and “Isan” at 0:22
Isan is pretty much the same as Lao, but spoken in northeast Thailand, so I guess it’ll be one of those.
Update: I’ve just found out that there is another Tai language called Khün (just before 0:02) so we have four options now!
In that case,Karl, I would assume the language to be the first one mentioned, Khün. Just an assumption …
The language is Isan (ภาษาอีสาน), a Lao-Phutai language spoken in the Isan region in northeastern Thailand.
The recording comes from YouTube
Well I guess not. I really want to go find an Isan speaker so they can tell me if that even was Khün that we heard at the beginning