Language Quiz 14 September 202514 September 2025 By Simon Here’s a recording in a mystery language. http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz140925.mp3 Do you know, or can you guess, the language?
Something about the sounds makes me think it is a non-tonal language from south east Asia (what used to be called Indo-China) Reply
Interesting! Sounds like a poem for sure, and reminds me of South-East Asian languages like Indonesian. Reply
The mystery language is Liangmai (Lianglad), a Kuki-Chin-Naga language spoken in Nagaland and Manipur in the northeast of India. Reply
Something about the sounds makes me think it is a non-tonal language from south east Asia (what used to be called Indo-China)
This sounds like a poem in end rhymes … SE-Asia is possible in my opinion.
Interesting! Sounds like a poem for sure, and reminds me of South-East Asian languages like Indonesian.
The mystery language is Liangmai (Lianglad), a Kuki-Chin-Naga language spoken in Nagaland and Manipur in the northeast of India.