8 thoughts on “Language Quiz

  1. Tough one. Some sounds suggest a Spanish/Portuguese-based language. Maybe an indigenous language spoken in Latin America with borrowings from Spanish. I also heard “questa” which suggests Italian. The music sounds Hispanic. I also find the noise in the background hard to take. I doubt I am right and will not be surprised at ANY answer! Lol

  2. I can’t come up with anything, but I’m guessing that the “tz” sounds I hear will be useful in narrowing it down, for someone else.

  3. I agree with Hank on the indigenous language spoken in Latin America with borrowings from Spanish because I think I hear a “pero” at 0:12. The tz-sounds are quite prominent as are some ejective or implosive stops and affricates. Maybe something in the Maya, Quechua or Aymara families?

  4. WELL, i see that Zapotec is listed in the Oto-Manguean family and I listened to every one on that list but can’t find it. I will leave it to my betters to see what they can do. Very interesting though!

  5. The language is Otomi (Hñähñu), an Oto-Manguean language spoken in central Mexico.

    The recording comes from YouTube