Language quiz 22 January 2012 By Simon Here’s a recording of a song in a mystery language Can you identify the language, and do you know where it’s spoken?
I’m pretty sure it’s Karelian: it sounds like Finnish but it’s not, and I heard the words “Karjala”. Reply
I agree with Aregnorti and Mut that its a finnic language with russian infuence, but I think it’s veps. Reply
The answer is Karelian (Karjalan kieli), a Finno-Ugric language spoken mainly in the Russian Republic of Karelia, and also in Finland. Reply
A Finn-Ugric tongue with strong Russian influence. It is likely Karelian.
I’m pretty sure it’s Karelian: it sounds like Finnish but it’s not, and I heard the words “Karjala”.
I agree with Aregnorti and Mut that its a finnic language with russian infuence, but I think it’s veps.
“Terveh, Karjal”, in Karelian, by ensemble “Kantele”, Petrozavodsk.
I agree. Looks like case closed.
Metoo. But they make it sound almost Russian.
The answer is Karelian (Karjalan kieli), a Finno-Ugric language spoken mainly in the Russian Republic of Karelia, and also in Finland.