My first guess if an Australian indigenous language but I need to listen again. Maybe something from the Philippines?
I don’t recall many indigenous Australian languages having /e/ in their vowel inventory , so that suggests somewhere else to me.
It could be Austronesian, the phonology and frequent reduplications point in that direction.
I based my guess on the reduplications immediately since I know there is a place in Australia called Wagga Wagga. Of course, however, it’s always just a guess.
To me, Hank, it sounds more like ‘warawara’. But I wouldn’t rule out Australia entirely because I can’t recognise a lot of Austronesian roots in this recording.
It’s Paicî (Austronesian, Oceanic), spoken in New Caledonia. However, I only found it because I read Simon’s hint in ‘Omniglot News’ (03/03/2024).
Well, at least I was in the same hemisphere! Lol
That was quick. Well done Emanuel. The language is indeed Paicî, a New Caledonian language spoken in the North Province of New Caledonia.
I feel that this is a Dravidian language, because I heard multiple times.
I feel that this is a Semetic language-I thought I heard some glottal phonemes that resemble Arabic in my opinion.
I feel that this is a Bantu language, maybe Swahili-I heard “wewe” at least once.
Maybe it’s an Australian language-I haven’t heard any before, and it can’t be all at the same time.
My first guess if an Australian indigenous language but I need to listen again. Maybe something from the Philippines?
I don’t recall many indigenous Australian languages having /e/ in their vowel inventory , so that suggests somewhere else to me.
It could be Austronesian, the phonology and frequent reduplications point in that direction.
I based my guess on the reduplications immediately since I know there is a place in Australia called Wagga Wagga. Of course, however, it’s always just a guess.
To me, Hank, it sounds more like ‘warawara’. But I wouldn’t rule out Australia entirely because I can’t recognise a lot of Austronesian roots in this recording.
It’s Paicî (Austronesian, Oceanic), spoken in New Caledonia. However, I only found it because I read Simon’s hint in ‘Omniglot News’ (03/03/2024).
Well, at least I was in the same hemisphere! Lol
That was quick. Well done Emanuel. The language is indeed Paicî, a New Caledonian language spoken in the North Province of New Caledonia.
The recording comes from YouTube
Thank you, Simon!
I feel that this is a Dravidian language, because I heard multiple times.
I feel that this is a Semetic language-I thought I heard some glottal phonemes that resemble Arabic in my opinion.
I feel that this is a Bantu language, maybe Swahili-I heard “wewe” at least once.
Maybe it’s an Australian language-I haven’t heard any before, and it can’t be all at the same time.