Language Quiz 24 December 202323 December 2023 By Simon Here’s a recording in a mystery language. http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz241223.mp3 Do you know or can you guess the language?
The language is indeed Udege (Удиэ), a Tungusic language spoken in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. The recording comes from YouTube
Sounds like either something from Africa or a Polynesian/Oceanic language.
I’d rule out Polynesian on phonological and lexical grounds.
It is Udege, a critically endangered Tungusic language of the Russian Far East.
The language is indeed Udege (Удиэ), a Tungusic language spoken in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia.
The recording comes from YouTube