Can you identify the language, and do you know where it’s spoken?
8 thoughts on “Language quiz”
Sounds like something Persian related to me, but what do I know…
I kept hearing Slavic sounding”tko, bili, ona, etc.” But I also agree with Zeke and it sounds Persian like to me, so I am going to take a guess and go with Azerbaijani.
I was thinking Georgian….
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d.m.falk – right language family, wrong language.
Compared to other Caucasian languages there seems to be only a narrow consonantal inventory. So, I’m pointing at Laz, related to Georgian and spoken in the US-state of Georgia, hehe.
It’s definitely something heavily influenced by Turkish. That much I am sure of. I hear Turkish words all over the place (“tanışma,” “gibi,” “ama,”…), and I might have even thought it was Turkish if I hadn’t heard those voiced uvular fricatives and [q]’s.
Sounds like something Persian related to me, but what do I know…
I kept hearing Slavic sounding”tko, bili, ona, etc.” But I also agree with Zeke and it sounds Persian like to me, so I am going to take a guess and go with Azerbaijani.
I was thinking Georgian….
d.m.f.
d.m.falk – right language family, wrong language.
Compared to other Caucasian languages there seems to be only a narrow consonantal inventory. So, I’m pointing at Laz, related to Georgian and spoken in the US-state of Georgia, hehe.
It’s definitely something heavily influenced by Turkish. That much I am sure of. I hear Turkish words all over the place (“tanışma,” “gibi,” “ama,”…), and I might have even thought it was Turkish if I hadn’t heard those voiced uvular fricatives and [q]’s.
So yeah, Daydreamer is right. It’s Laz. See 2:00 of Side A on http://globalrecordings.net/en/program/C17401.
@Simon – That’s the closest I’ve been in quite a while, it seems….
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Daydreamer is indeed right – the answer is Laz (Lazuri nena / ლაზური ნენა), a South Caucasian language spoken in parts of Turkey and Georgia.
The recording comes from the GRN