# Which language is spoken in this video? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 11, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161 "2011-01-11T00:20:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161/1 "2011-01-11T00:20:48Z")
[http://www.break.com/index/little-girl-smacks-sister-on-webcam-1980408](http://www.break.com/index/little-girl-smacks-sister-on-webcam-1980408) The reason I’m curious is I was distractedly watching it, and it took me a while before I could tell they weren’t speaking English instead of the audio quality just being bad. I can’t place it. ---
**Author:** ![automagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@automagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/automagic)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161/2 "2011-01-11T00:31:16Z")
I have no idea what that language was but it was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161/3 "2011-01-11T01:09:25Z")
They’re really difficult to understand. I thought the little girl’s song began with “a la,” and I thought I heard a “tanto,” and “o,” and a lot of “sh” sounds, so I’ll guess Portuguese. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161/4 "2011-01-11T01:27:50Z")
WAG: Pretty sure it’s Portuguese. It sounds close to Spanish (I think the first girl starts off saying “mumblemumble te gustas” or something close to that) but isn’t quite it, and the amount of “sh” sounds at the end of words is a tell-tale sign. I don’t speak Portuguese though, so… ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161/5 "2011-01-11T01:34:10Z")
I’m thinking Russian. Mr. Panda thinks some kinda Middle Eastern language. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161/6 "2011-01-11T01:43:09Z")
A couple of the comments on that website indicate the girls are Turkish, but they don’t exactly say how they know that. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161/7 "2011-01-11T03:17:34Z")
Sounds eastern European (yeah, I know. That covers a lot of territory…) ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161/8 "2011-01-11T03:21:18Z")
That is not a Slavic language, and certainly no Russian, so most of Eastern Europe is ruled out. The first bit made me think Portuguese too but overall I think it might be Turkish, perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161/9 "2011-01-11T03:39:53Z")
My gut reaction was Romanian. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161/10 "2011-01-11T03:59:58Z")
It’s not Portuguese. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161/11 "2011-01-11T04:08:33Z")
My first thought was Farsi, or possibly Turkish. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161/12 "2011-01-11T04:46:09Z")
My WAG is Romanian. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161/13 "2011-01-11T13:43:00Z")
Is anyone else getting flashbacks to “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161/14 "2011-01-11T13:54:40Z")
That’s an awfully girly orang utan, then. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_ch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@Dan\_ch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_ch)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161/15 "2011-01-11T14:00:32Z")
> [@MikeG](#): > > My gut reaction was Romanian. > [@even\_sven](#): > > My WAG is Romanian. Definitely not Romanian. At first I thought it’s a slavic language (mostly due to their accent), but at some point it started sounding like Turkish. Maybe some language from Caucasus (Georgia, Azerbaidjan, …)? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161/16 "2011-01-11T15:55:21Z")
> [@Dan\_ch](#): > > Definitely not Romanian. At first I thought it’s a slavic language (mostly due to their accent), but at some point it started sounding like Turkish. Maybe some language from Caucasus (Georgia, Azerbaidjan, …)? I’m 99% certain it’s not any Slavic language, and you can definitely rule out Hungarian, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161/17 "2011-01-11T20:50:52Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I’m 99% certain it’s not any Slavic language, and you can definitely rule out Hungarian, as well. You do know, of course, that Roumanian is not a Slavic language; it is a Romance language like Spanish, French, etc. And Roumanian was in fact my first guess. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161/18 "2011-01-11T21:03:45Z")
> [@Ronald\_C.Semone](#): > > You do know, of course, that Roumanian is not a Slavic language; it is a Romance language like Spanish, French, etc. I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that since he/she speaks Hungarian/Magyar, that he/she knows it’s not Slavic or even Indo-European. ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161/19 "2011-01-11T21:39:38Z")
I am surprised, usually on the SDMB people positively identify “what language is this?” posts within 3-4 replies. If you held a gun to my head I would guess Farsi, but I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161/20 "2011-01-11T21:51:39Z")
Not Farsi (Persian), and I don’t think it’s Urdu or Pashto either. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-language-is-spoken-in-this-video/567161.md?page=2)