Language Quiz 12 November 202311 November 2023 By Simon Here’s a recording in a mystery language. http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz121123.mp3 Do you know or can you guess the language?
This one is hard. Some sounds reminded me of Korean and Tagalog… maybe something from South East Asia?
I can’t help it but I hear some French stuff: ce jour … content … pecher … bateau … A French-based creole?
The language is Kurtöp, an East Bodish language spoken in the Lhunste District in the northeast of Bhutan. The recording comes from YouTube
This one is hard. Some sounds reminded me of Korean and Tagalog… maybe something from South East Asia?
I thought I heard , which suggests a Christian culture.
Sorry. That was supposed to say that I thought I heard .
Let’s try that again: THe word was jɛ ‘ʆu: a.
I think it sounds like a dialect of Korean or perhaps an indigenous language of Taiwan.
I can’t help it but I hear some French stuff: ce jour … content … pecher … bateau … A French-based creole?
Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in Bhutan.
Is it Tshangla?
No, not Tshangla.
The language is Kurtöp, an East Bodish language spoken in the Lhunste District in the northeast of Bhutan.
The recording comes from YouTube