Language Quiz 11 May 202510 May 2025 By Simon Here’s a recording in a mystery language. http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz110525.mp3 Do you know, or can you guess, the language?
The opening is in Arabic (as-Salamu aleykum wa rahmat ullahi …), so I guess we are in a Muslim area of the southern Philippines or in Indonesia.
The mystery language is Batak Mandailing (Saro Mandailing), a Southern Batak language spoken mainly in North Sumatra Province in Indonesia.
Sounds kind of Austronesian to me, possibly Philippine.
The opening is in Arabic (as-Salamu aleykum wa rahmat ullahi …), so I guess we are in a Muslim area of the southern Philippines or in Indonesia.
I agree wholeheartedly with BOTH of Emanuel’s observations.
Is it Maguindanao?
Here’s a clue – this is a Batak language.
The mystery language is Batak Mandailing (Saro Mandailing), a Southern Batak language spoken mainly in North Sumatra Province in Indonesia.