Can you identify the language, and do you know where it’s spoken?
6 thoughts on “Language quiz”
The answer is Fataleka, a member of the Southeast Solomonic branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language family spoken in Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
The recording comes from YouTube:
You seem to be winning hands down at the moment, Simon. Where is the omniscient Sameer when you need him?
I don’t see it as a competition between me and you. If nobody guesses the language, then maybe it’s too obscure. Should I choose better-known languages?
Better-known languages are everywhere on the internet and not among the things Omniglot is unique for. Please don’t change anything Simon, I love this quiz the way it is.
P.S.
You wrote: “…between me and you.”
Did you know that German speakers might consider it rude to use wordings like „zwischen mir und dir/euch“ and prefer the reverse order „zwischen dir/euch und mir“?
The answer is Fataleka, a member of the Southeast Solomonic branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language family spoken in Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
The recording comes from YouTube:
You seem to be winning hands down at the moment, Simon. Where is the omniscient Sameer when you need him?
I don’t see it as a competition between me and you. If nobody guesses the language, then maybe it’s too obscure. Should I choose better-known languages?
Better-known languages are everywhere on the internet and not among the things Omniglot is unique for. Please don’t change anything Simon, I love this quiz the way it is.
P.S.
You wrote: “…between me and you.”
Did you know that German speakers might consider it rude to use wordings like „zwischen mir und dir/euch“ and prefer the reverse order „zwischen dir/euch und mir“?
For more information google “esel zuerst” or navigate to
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/der_Esel_nennt_sich_immer_zuerst
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/du-und-ich-vs-ich-und-du-discussion-in-english.2079127/
https://www.dw.com/de/der-esel-nennt-sich-immer-zuerst/l-19536504
and many more
I wonder if other languages have similar restrictions on polite word order.
Simon, I fully agree with Charlie: “Language Quiz” is great as it is, so don’t change it.
I just hope that Sameer’s absence is not significant; I miss his insights and analysis, even though much of it goes way over my head!