Language Quiz 9 June 20248 June 2024 By Simon Here’s a recording in a mystery language. http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz090624.mp3 Do you know, or can you guess, the language?
Based on the intonation and the phonology I’d say that this is spoken on the Indian subcontinent and that it is possibly Indo-Aryan. Reply
I fully agree with Emanuel. The problem becomes just how many languages there are to choose from! This one will take a while. Reply
The mystery language is indeed Angika (अंगिका), a Bihari language spoken mainly in the states of Bihar and Jharkhand in northern India, and also in eastern Nepal. The recording comes from YouTube: Reply
Based on the intonation and the phonology I’d say that this is spoken on the Indian subcontinent and that it is possibly Indo-Aryan.
I fully agree with Emanuel. The problem becomes just how many languages there are to choose from! This one will take a while.
Here’s a clue – this is a Bihari language.
Is it Angika?
The mystery language is indeed Angika (अंगिका), a Bihari language spoken mainly in the states of Bihar and Jharkhand in northern India, and also in eastern Nepal.
The recording comes from YouTube: