Yes, I agree with both Hank and Daniel. As this language is spoken in the NE of India, roughly the area of the ‘Seven Sisters’ (states), a stronghold of Christianity in that country, I checked on Mizo (Mizoram) and Manipuri but they don’t sound much like our recording. Still searching!
I think it is Asiatic and must be a story fromthe Bible as I heard Jesus and Jericho I thought. Stay tuned!
I concur with Hank. I’d say more likely a CHfistian or Christian-influenced culture.
The most notable phonological features I heard are /d̠ʒ/ as the initial consonant in Jesus and Jericho and either /t̠ʃʰ/ or /t̠ʃʼ/.
Yes, I agree with both Hank and Daniel. As this language is spoken in the NE of India, roughly the area of the ‘Seven Sisters’ (states), a stronghold of Christianity in that country, I checked on Mizo (Mizoram) and Manipuri but they don’t sound much like our recording. Still searching!
The language is Khasi (Ka Ktien Khasi / ক ক্ত্যেন খসি), an Austroasiatic language spoken mainly in Meghalaya state in northeastern India.
The recording comes from YouTube