Language topic

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Near the island called Great Britain. Does that sound better?

Technically, you were correct the first time, from a geographical perspective!

 

[Forostar]

Play The Great Language Game!

http://greatlanguagegame.com/

Amongst the thousands of languages spoken across the world, here are just 78 (at the moment). How many can you distinguish between?

 

[The Flash]

I could distinguish between pretty much all European languages but I was woeful at the Asian ones.

 

[Forostar]

I haven't managed to get above 550 yet.

 

[Night Prowler]

First try: 650

 

[Forostar]

Very good. My wife had 800 once, but in many other attempts not higher than around 500.

 

[Ariana]

First try: 650

Same here.

 

[Perun]

700. I could tell Ukrainian apart from Russian and Macedonian from Bulgarian.

 

[Ariana]

Why didn't I get those? Mine were only weird Asian languages.

 

[Perun]

Tell me about it. In another go, I had the option between Kannada, Shona and Swahili. I guessed that Kannada, as a language spoken on the Indian subcontinent would lack aspirations, and that turned out to be correct - but damn me if I can distinguish a Dravidian two Bantu languages in writing... I didn't even know Shona was Bantu until I looked it up, I'd have put it in the Nilo-Saharic area.

Kurdish, Dari and Punjabi on the other hand... child's play.

 

[The Flash]

I somehow got 850 on my 2nd attempt.

 

[Forostar]

Very good.

Sometimes I had the same (correct) language twice in a row!

 

[Ariana]

Gah! 850 in my second attempt. But how I am supposed to distinguish between Burmese, Fijian, Korean and Sinhalese?

 

[Perun]

Burmese is Sino-Tibetan, Fijian is Austronesian, Korean is Koreanic and Sinhalese is Indo-European. They couldn't be more different.

 

[Ariana]

Are you trying to impress me, young man?

 

[Perun]

I'm just stating facts.

 

[Brigantium]

Accents

 

[LooseCannon]

Are you trying to impress me, young man?

More importantly, is it working! I know I'm impressed.

 

[Perun]

The world’s languages, in 7 maps and charts

 

[Ariana]

An interesting article.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703467304575383131592767868

I have no clue where east is but I use five different words for uncle and recognise quite a few shades of blue.