This feels South American to me- there’s a lot of “y” sounds and glottal stops that you’d hear in Guarani. I don’t really know many South American language families so I’ll just guess that it’s something Tupian.
When I first heard this recording I had a vague Austronesian impression. Correctly so, because according to Simon, the language is spoken in New Caledonia. This doesn’t significantly narrow it down, though.
Based on the New Caledonia clue i’m guessing Iaai, I know it has retroflex consonants, and that’s definitely the most famous New Caledonian language (it’s the only one I know off the top of my head) because of it’s phonemic inventory
Because of what I seem think are a lot of nasal vowels I wonder if it isn’t a Portuguese creole
from Africa.
sounds very australian aboriginal or potentially papuan, not hearing any fricatives and a lot of retroflex consonants going on
This feels South American to me- there’s a lot of “y” sounds and glottal stops that you’d hear in Guarani. I don’t really know many South American language families so I’ll just guess that it’s something Tupian.
When I first heard this recording I had a vague Austronesian impression. Correctly so, because according to Simon, the language is spoken in New Caledonia. This doesn’t significantly narrow it down, though.
Based on the New Caledonia clue i’m guessing Iaai, I know it has retroflex consonants, and that’s definitely the most famous New Caledonian language (it’s the only one I know off the top of my head) because of it’s phonemic inventory
The mystery language is Ajië (Waawilûû), a New Caledonian language spoken on the east coast of New Caledonia.