Language Quiz 10 December 20239 December 2023 By Simon Here’s a recording in a mystery language. http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz101223.mp3 Do you know or can you guess the language?
Ainu or Okinawan? Sounds similar to Japanese but not quite (allowing for the age of the speaker); some consonant sounds differ. Reply
While I also received some Japonic vibes, there are too many sibilants in this for any of those languages, in my opinion … Native American is a possibility. Reply
There are sounds that make me think it is spoken by the Innu in Labrador. Not an Aleut-Eslkimo language but from some other family. Reply
The language is Naskapi (ᓇᔅᑲᐱ), a Cree-Montagnais language spoken in northern Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. The recording comes from YouTube Reply
Ainu or Okinawan? Sounds similar to Japanese but not quite (allowing for the age of the speaker); some consonant sounds differ.
My first guess is an North American indigenous language but I wouldn’t bet the rent on it!
While I also received some Japonic vibes, there are too many sibilants in this for any of those languages, in my opinion … Native American is a possibility.
Here’s a clue – this language is spoken in Canada.
There are sounds that make me think it is spoken by the Innu in Labrador. Not an Aleut-Eslkimo language but from some other family.
The language is Naskapi (ᓇᔅᑲᐱ), a Cree-Montagnais language spoken in northern Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada.
The recording comes from YouTube