6 thoughts on “Language Quiz

  1. Some sounds in this recording – pharyngeals, for example – are reminiscent of an Afro-Asiatic language.

  2. I would agree with Emanuel. The acoustics make it a bit hard to tell much though but maybe my hearing is going!

  3. Apart from ‘kilometer’ there are also some Arabic words, e.g. ‘sawaareekh’ (missiles), or so I think … But it’s not Arabic in my opinion, rather some North African Berber language perhaps.

  4. I think it’s a Modern South Arabian language. Most likely it’s Mehri, or maybe Shehri.

  5. The mystery language is Ghomara (žamaεa / ⵖⵓⵎⴰⵔⴰ), a Northern Berber language spoken in Chefchaouen Province in northern Morocco.

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