Do you know or can you guess the language, and do you know where it’s spoken?
9 thoughts on “Language Quiz”
Wow! Here’s a guess. Either something from Indonesia or the Philippines. Oddly enough, though, with the mention of Grafton, (which I can only take as a place name perhaps in Britain) it sounds like a language spoken by folks who learned it as a second language ( but I am not sure if I am in any way even close to being right!) A real poser if ever there was one.
Other than the fact that both speakers sound as if they have been using banned substances, I have no idea!
Here’s a clue – I think the Grafton mentioned is a city in New South Wales.
I heard the name Bundjalung which is an aboriginal language from the Gold Coast area in Australia
Shenn,
What a riot your answer is! Thanks! Great laugh!
Based on phonemic inventory, I’d agree that it’s probably from Australia.
I don’t have a language guess, but contra Sheyn, my bet is that this is from a video intended to instruct young kids in the language. No-one over the age of twelve wants to hear that much sustained high-emotional-energy speaking.
After some searching I found it is Bundjalung.
Yes, the language is Bundjalung, a Pama-Nyungan language spoke in parts of New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.
Wow! Here’s a guess. Either something from Indonesia or the Philippines. Oddly enough, though, with the mention of Grafton, (which I can only take as a place name perhaps in Britain) it sounds like a language spoken by folks who learned it as a second language ( but I am not sure if I am in any way even close to being right!) A real poser if ever there was one.
Other than the fact that both speakers sound as if they have been using banned substances, I have no idea!
Here’s a clue – I think the Grafton mentioned is a city in New South Wales.
I heard the name Bundjalung which is an aboriginal language from the Gold Coast area in Australia
Shenn,
What a riot your answer is! Thanks! Great laugh!
Based on phonemic inventory, I’d agree that it’s probably from Australia.
I don’t have a language guess, but contra Sheyn, my bet is that this is from a video intended to instruct young kids in the language. No-one over the age of twelve wants to hear that much sustained high-emotional-energy speaking.
After some searching I found it is Bundjalung.
Yes, the language is Bundjalung, a Pama-Nyungan language spoke in parts of New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.
The recording comes from YouTube: