Here’s a recording of a mystery language. Can you guess which language it is?
This language is a member of a very widely-distributed language family.
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Here’s a recording of a mystery language. Can you guess which language it is?
This language is a member of a very widely-distributed language family.
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“very widely-distributed” – must be indo-european. Sounds Indian to me. I guess Hindi.
Definitely not Hindi. The phonology does not at all support it. If Indian at all, it might have been Tamil, but I doubt it. Besides the Dravidian languages are not widely distributed.
My guess is Kiswahili. It is part of the widely distributed Niger-Congo language family.
It’s a west-African tonal language of the Xhosa family, perhaps Xhosa itself.
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….Now having heard it and thought about it….I’m in the mood for some cora music… 😉
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I think I’ve heard a bilabial “f” sound in the recording. That makes me believe it’s an African language, but one that can do without a final vowel in every word. Maybe Wolof?
Wolof is a possibility, and it is a member of the Xhosa family (as is Yoruba and a few others).
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The answer is Malagasy, the main language of Madagascar. The recording comes from this site.
Well, the Austronesian family is very widely-distributed.
I knew it was an austronesian language when I heard it but I was going to guess Tagalog.