Language Quiz 21 September 202521 September 2025 By Simon Here’s a recording in a mystery language. http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz210925.mp3 Do you know, or can you guess, the language?
Wild guess: Could this be an indigenous language of Peru (featuring a lot of retroflexed sibilants)? Reply
It certainly has a very Spanish-sounding “take” on the voice so I suspect it is, as Emanuel says, an indigenous language of South America. Not sure if it’s Peru but then, why not?! Reply
The mystery language is Awa Pit (Cuaiquer), a Barbacoan language spoken in southern Colombia and northern Ecuador. Reply
Wild guess: Could this be an indigenous language of Peru (featuring a lot of retroflexed sibilants)?
It certainly has a very Spanish-sounding “take” on the voice so I suspect it is, as Emanuel says, an indigenous language of South America. Not sure if it’s Peru but then, why not?!
It is spoken in South America, but not in Peru.
The mystery language is Awa Pit (Cuaiquer), a Barbacoan language spoken in southern Colombia and northern Ecuador.