Language Quiz 27 August 202326 August 2023 By Simon Here’s a recording in a mystery language. http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz270823.mp3 Do you know or can you guess the language?
I find it almost impossible to tell anything about a language when it is in a song but judging from the tempo and type of music I am going to guess either an African language or even a North American indigenous language put to a modern beat. Reply
Yes, it is a tricky one. This language is neither from North America nor Africa, and is currently being revived. Reply
The language is Wemba Wemba, a Pama-Nyungan language formerly spoken in Victoria in Australia, that is being revived. The recording comes from YouTube Reply
I find it almost impossible to tell anything about a language when it is in a song but judging from the tempo and type of music I am going to guess either an African language or even a North American indigenous language put to a modern beat.
Yes, it is a tricky one. This language is neither from North America nor Africa, and is currently being revived.
Could it be Polynesian or at least Austronesian?
The music reminds me of Te Waka and sounds somewhat Polynesian to me.
The language is Wemba Wemba, a Pama-Nyungan language formerly spoken in Victoria in Australia, that is being revived.
The recording comes from YouTube