The acoustics make it hard to hear what is being said whether you understand the language or not. I hear some Slavic sounds and also the Welsh “LL” which is also in Navajo and Nahuatl.
It gives me American Northwest or Caucasian vibes – I definitely agree with Hank that the “ll” sound seems like a defining feature. If she said the name of the language that I thought I heard, I think it’s დენაინა.
The mystery language is Dena’ina (Denaʼina Qenaga / Denaʼinaqʼ), a Northern Athabaskan language spoken on the Kenai Peninsula in southern Alaska in the USA.
The acoustics make it hard to hear what is being said whether you understand the language or not. I hear some Slavic sounds and also the Welsh “LL” which is also in Navajo and Nahuatl.
just to be a bit picky but it only exists in an affricate form in nahuatl, not as the lateral approximate itself
It gives me American Northwest or Caucasian vibes – I definitely agree with Hank that the “ll” sound seems like a defining feature. If she said the name of the language that I thought I heard, I think it’s დენაინა.
Joe is right.
Alaska
The mystery language is Dena’ina (Denaʼina Qenaga / Denaʼinaqʼ), a Northern Athabaskan language spoken on the Kenai Peninsula in southern Alaska in the USA.