Language Quiz 17 September 202316 September 2023 By Simon Here’s a recording in a mystery language. http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz170923.mp3 Do you know or can you guess the language?
The timbre of the vice is definitely a North American indigenous language. I think it is from the Na-Dene language family an the subgroup would be Athabaskan-Eyak. Reply
I hear , several ejective stops, and the occasional voiced stop, but no ejective fricatives or glottalized nasals. A look at inventories of Na-Dene languages suggests it might be Ahtna, Dena\’ina, or Carrier. Reply
Emanuel is right, it is Liq’wala (Liq̓ʷala), a Northern Wakashan language spoken in British Columbia in Canada. The recording comes from YouTube Reply
The timbre of the vice is definitely a North American indigenous language. I think it is from the Na-Dene language family an the subgroup would be Athabaskan-Eyak.
I hear , several ejective stops, and the occasional voiced stop, but no ejective fricatives or glottalized nasals.
A look at inventories of Na-Dene languages suggests it might be Ahtna, Dena\’ina, or Carrier.
I say this is the Lord’s prayer in Liq’wala, a language spoken in British Columbia, Canada.
Going out on a limb here and saying the language is Nuu-chah-nulth.
Emanuel is right, it is Liq’wala (Liq̓ʷala), a Northern Wakashan language spoken in British Columbia in Canada.
The recording comes from YouTube