Language Quiz 26 October 202526 October 2025 By Simon Here’s a recording in a mystery language. http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz261025.mp3 Do you know, or can you guess, the language?
sounds like theres tones, and prenasalization. maybe a subsaharan, non-afroasiatic language. could turn out to be wrong, though Reply
Well, it sounds African to me but not sure if it’s Bantu or something from the Sahara or the Horn of Africa. Reply
I;d agree, probably sub-Saharan Africa. I think I detected descending tones. It’s probably a Christian text I hear /’jɛ su/ at 0:05. Reply
The mystery language is Makaa (mǝ́kaá), a Bantu language spoken in the East Region of Cameroon. Reply
sounds like theres tones, and prenasalization. maybe a subsaharan, non-afroasiatic language. could turn out to be wrong, though
Well, it sounds African to me but not sure if it’s Bantu or something from the Sahara or the Horn of Africa.
I;d agree, probably sub-Saharan Africa. I think I detected descending tones.
It’s probably a Christian text I hear /’jɛ su/ at 0:05.
The mystery language is Makaa (mǝ́kaá), a Bantu language spoken in the East Region of Cameroon.