Language Quiz 25 February 202424 February 2024 By Simon Here’s a recording in a mystery language. http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz250224.mp3 Do you know, or can you guess, the language?
I think it’s tonal, basically monosyllabic but with compounds, possibly Sino-Tibetic or maybe some other family in that region. I also hear some syllabic nasal consonants carrying tone … Reply
With al those tones I think it could be something from Myanmar (the Hill Tribes? e.g. Akha,Karen,Lahu, Lisu, etc.) Reply
The language is Xong (Dut Xonb), a Hmong-Mien language spoken in southern China. The recording comes from YouTube Reply
I think it’s tonal, basically monosyllabic but with compounds, possibly Sino-Tibetic or maybe some other family in that region. I also hear some syllabic nasal consonants carrying tone …
With al those tones I think it could be something from Myanmar (the Hill Tribes? e.g. Akha,Karen,Lahu, Lisu, etc.)
The language is Xong (Dut Xonb), a Hmong-Mien language spoken in southern China.
The recording comes from YouTube