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Which Language Is This? (Transferred from the HTLAL)

Postby Speakeasy » Thu Jul 20, 2017 1:47 pm

With the decline of activity on the HTLAL, during my increasingly infrequent visits to the site, I rarely take the time to "scroll down" to the very bottom of list of sub-forums. Nevertheless, I did so this morning and came across the following post to which someone on this forum might have the answer:

HTLAL Philological Room "Which language is this?" 20 June 2017
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=41169&PN=1
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Re: Which Language Is This? (Transferred from the HTLAL)

Postby DaveBee » Thu Jul 20, 2017 2:13 pm

Speakeasy wrote:With the decline of activity on the HTLAL, during my increasingly infrequent visits to the site, I rarely take the time to "scroll down" to the very bottom of list of sub-forums. Nevertheless, I did so this morning and came across the following post to which someone on this forum might have the answer:

HTLAL Philological Room "Which language is this?" 20 June 2017
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=41169&PN=1

https://opsporingverzocht.avrotros.nl/z ... in-woning/

1. Not English.
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Re: Which Language Is This? (Transferred from the HTLAL)

Postby Speakeasy » Thu Jul 20, 2017 3:13 pm

DaveBee wrote: 1. Not English.
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Re: Which Language Is This? (Transferred from the HTLAL)

Postby Cainntear » Fri Jul 21, 2017 7:58 am

Sounds kind of Scandinavian. I heard something like "anything" from one and "what do you <unknown>?" from the other.
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Re: Which Language Is This? (Transferred from the HTLAL)

Postby jeff_lindqvist » Fri Jul 21, 2017 11:25 am

It just sounded "foreign".
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Re: Which Language Is This? (Transferred from the HTLAL)

Postby Tillumadoguenirurm » Fri Jul 21, 2017 1:52 pm

Cainntear wrote:Sounds kind of Scandinavian. I heard something like "anything" from one and "what do you <unknown>?" from the other.


I can't hear that at all. They don't have a Scandinavian accent imo either, but the sound clip is quite noisy.
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Re: Which Language Is This? (Transferred from the HTLAL)

Postby Gomorrita » Fri Jul 21, 2017 3:09 pm

A secret burglar conlang, duh. :D
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Re: Which Language Is This? (Transferred from the HTLAL)

Postby NIKOLIĆ » Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:22 pm

DaveBee wrote:
Speakeasy wrote:With the decline of activity on the HTLAL, during my increasingly infrequent visits to the site, I rarely take the time to "scroll down" to the very bottom of list of sub-forums. Nevertheless, I did so this morning and came across the following post to which someone on this forum might have the answer:

HTLAL Philological Room "Which language is this?" 20 June 2017
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=41169&PN=1

https://opsporingverzocht.avrotros.nl/z ... in-woning/

1. Not English.


Possibly an Arabic dialect, maybe Moroccan?

I hear something like this: Ghesh korel/korol/koron/ Martin? is2alo (اسأله)!

"Martin" is maybe a name and "is2alo!" means "Ask him!" in Arabic.

I could be wrong of course.
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Re: Which Language Is This? (Transferred from the HTLAL)

Postby Speakeasy » Fri Jul 21, 2017 7:55 pm

For what it's worth, I have replied to the OP on the HTLAL with a link to this forum. In any case, the bad guys are long gone!

HTLAL Philological Room "Which language is this?" 20 June 2017
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=41169&PN=1

Link-link, link-link, link-link
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Re: Which Language Is This? (Transferred from the HTLAL)

Postby Tillumadoguenirurm » Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:55 pm

To me it sounds like some kind of Slavic.

This was fun btw :D
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