Languages

[Gangerolf]

maybe it's because of all those multi-language instruction manuals and shampoo bottles, but many people can recognise a language even if they have no idea what the text means. Same goes for spoken language - the other day I heard some french people talking and I figured they were french even though I don't speak a word of french myself.

funny isn't it

can you recognise any of these languages: (randomly pasted from the net )



A

Pro vybrané kandidáty nabízíme perspektivní práci, odpovídající financní ohodnocení, moznost osobního rozvoje, firemní výhody a sociální jistoty.

B

A fim alcançar a área de membros, você deve primeiramente tornar-se um membro.

C

En almal wat rondom hulle was, het hul hande versterk met silwervoorwerpe, met goud, met goed en vee en kosbare geskenke, behalwe alles wat hulle as vrywillige gawe aangebring het.

D

Du treng ikkje tenkja på alt dette kvar gong du skriv eit dikt. Heller ikkje ein forfattar tenkjer så mykje over slikt når han skriv som best: Det er noko ein har i seg når ein har skrive lenge. Men det er viktig å vita om det den dagen du treng det. Sjå nøye på dikt du kjem over, og spør diktarar du møter korleis dei arbeider.

E

Des cercetat de pãdureti
În pat de râu si-în humã unsã,
Împãrãtea peste bureti
Crai Crypto, inimã ascunsã,

F

Ukhahlamba yaziwa njengendawo egcine ubuhle bemvelo ngendlela obuyiyo. Lena yindawo eziqhayisa ngobuhle bemvelo nokugcina izilwane eseziyingcosana kakhulu kanye nezinye izinto ezifana namatshe abaziweyo.

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[Sava]

A. Some Scandinavian language?

B. Italian?

C. German?

D. Another Scandinavian?

E. No Idea

F. Slavic language?

I'm not too good at this, I'm an ignorant American

[Messer Niccolò]

A - Russian / Polish
B - Portuguese / Brazilian
C - ... Netherlandeese (?)
D - Scandinavian
E - Romanian / Bulgarian
F - some from Africa (Swahili?)


I want the answers!!!!!

[Bas]

Re: Languages

A. Some slavic language... Czech?

B. Portuguese

C. Afrikaans

D. It's scandinavian. I'd say Norwegian.

E. Romanian

F. Swahili??

[Gangerolf]

I'd never recognise the last one though, I just included it to see if anyone else would.

[Laertes]

I think my guesses look like Bas':

Czech
Portuguese
Dutch
Danish
Turkish
Swahili/Xhosa

[Urban Ranger]

A - Russian
B - Spanish
C - German
D - Norwegian
E - Italian
F - ?

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
I'd never recognise the last one though, I just included it to see if anyone else would.

The last one is Gibberish.

[Gangerolf]

they're all gibberish in many ways

[Paul Hanson]

C is, as Bas says, probably Afrikaans (based on the fact that I know that it's not quite Dutch, and that Bas is Dutch and should know what his language looks like.)

[Gangerolf]

yep, Bas got many of them right

[Pekka]

A could be czech..

B is either Spanish or Portugese.. I'd go with Portugese.

C is Dutch

D is either Norwegian or Danish, I'd go with Norwegian

E .. I have no idea

F wtf? Some African language maybe.

[Locutus]

C is very similar to Dutch but not quite normal Dutch. Either it's Medieval Dutch or Afrikaans, but those are basically the same thing

For the other languages I agree with Bas on all accounts, except that the Scandinavian language looks more like Danish to me.

[Datajack Franit]

A Hungarian
B Spanish/Portoguese
C Dutch
D Norwegian/Icelandic
E Romanian
F Swahili

[Bas]

C is definitely Afrikaans, close to Dutch but not quite the same.