Language Quiz 1 February 202631 January 2026 By Simon Here’s a recording in a mystery language. http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz010226.mp3 Do you know, or can you guess, the language?
Hmmm. Something sounds like a Spanish influence and yet I also think I hear some Asian as well, maybe from somewhere in Siberia. Maybe even from the Philippines? ANYONE’S guess! Reply
I was thinking something Algic, but reading the other comments I might have to jump on the Siberian train too. Chukchi? Reply
The mystery language is Negidal (Неғида хэсэнин), a Northern Tungusic language spoken in Khabarovskij Kraj in the Russian Far East. Reply
Hmmm. Something sounds like a Spanish influence and yet I also think I hear some Asian as well, maybe from somewhere in Siberia. Maybe even from the Philippines? ANYONE’S guess!
sounds kinda siberian to me, potentially ainu as well?
based on the clue i’m guessing nivkh
It feels like it’s from the Philippines since the Spanish colonized my country for 333 years.
I was thinking something Algic, but reading the other comments I might have to jump on the Siberian train too. Chukchi?
The mystery language is Negidal (Неғида хэсэнин), a Northern Tungusic language spoken in Khabarovskij Kraj in the Russian Far East.