Language Quiz 18 January 202618 January 2026 By Simon Here’s a recording in a mystery language. http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz180126.mp3 Do you know, or can you guess, the language?
Gives me southern Ethiopia vibes maybe? I’d pick Dawro just because it kind of sounded like he said that at some point. Reply
The mystery language is Gumuz (ŋgiša baha), a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in northwestern Ethiopia and southeastern Sudan. Reply
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It’s definitely African and sounds as if it might be poetry.
Gives me southern Ethiopia vibes maybe? I’d pick Dawro just because it kind of sounded like he said that at some point.
The mystery language is Gumuz (ŋgiša baha), a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in northwestern Ethiopia and southeastern Sudan.