Language Quiz 24 May 202624 May 2026 By Simon Here’s a recording in a mystery language. http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz240526.mp3 Do you know, or can you guess, the language?
I agree that this has some kind of European touch to it but the sounds in the background remind me more of a tropical jungle than a Swiss forest. Reply
It sounds a lot like Bangla to me (lots of “ô” sounds), so I’m thinking it’s something like Chakma or Rajbongshi. Reply
I am going for Rajbanshi, also called Tajpuria, a Bengali-Assamese language spoken mainly in Nepal, according to Wikipedia. Reply
The mystery language is Rangpuri (অংপুরি), an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken in northern Bangladesh and northeastern India. Reply
That’s the one from last week …
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From his voice it sounds European. Maybe something akin to Rumansch?
I agree that this has some kind of European touch to it but the sounds in the background remind me more of a tropical jungle than a Swiss forest.
It sounds a lot like Bangla to me (lots of “ô” sounds), so I’m thinking it’s something like Chakma or Rajbongshi.
I am going for Rajbanshi, also called Tajpuria, a Bengali-Assamese language spoken mainly in Nepal, according to Wikipedia.
The mystery language is Rangpuri (অংপুরি), an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken in northern Bangladesh and northeastern India.