Language Quiz 1 June 202531 May 2025 By Simon Here’s a recording in a mystery language. http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz010625.mp3 Do you know, or can you guess, the language?
The mystery language is Wik-Mungkan, a Pama-Nyungan language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland in the northeast of Australia. Reply
My first guess is something from French Polynesia.
Yes, Hank, the music is sweet – but no …
It has nasal vowels and an initial velar nasal. I think it’s from West Africa.
Or from Aussie …
The mystery language is Wik-Mungkan, a Pama-Nyungan language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland in the northeast of Australia.