2006-10-07 02:06:17 · 11 answers · asked by dan o 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Contact a university famous for either its linguistics department or specialization in archeology. They may be willing or curious and able to help you.
2006-10-07 02:10:44 · answer #1 · answered by LL 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
play the recording to a linguist, failing that play it to people of different ethnicities and ask them if they see any familiarity with their mother tongue - that will be a clue
I can tell the rough origin of most common languages by the sound, even if I don't understand what is being said
Go to your library and get out language tapes
begining spanish, begining indonesian, begining arabic etc
you don't need to learn every language but just to familiarise yourself with the sounds
2006-10-07 09:10:30 · answer #2 · answered by angle_of_deat_69 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could transcribe a few lines of the recording and post them here in Yahoo! Answers. I am sure you would get a few people to recognize what language it is.
2006-10-08 13:32:32 · answer #3 · answered by Dennis J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey good question.
i`m not so good at pheripherals but i must say that if you have any object that can transfer that recording into computer,then you can load over it and search for a site which takes recordings and recognises them.i hope it works!
2006-10-07 09:20:47 · answer #4 · answered by awesome_roshi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you live near a foreign language institute then take it to them and see if they can help you.
2006-10-07 09:10:32 · answer #5 · answered by metwo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe u can check out a language book from the library and look it up
2006-10-07 10:10:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
play like 3 seconds of it and it should be recognised. long enough to be known but not long enough to know the contents. you can then ask someone for help about it.
2006-10-07 09:09:20 · answer #7 · answered by Just Me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We can't help you because you haven't put a recording or any lyrics up. Do that and then we can help you.
2006-10-07 13:20:05 · answer #8 · answered by the Politics of Pikachu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
type some of the words on the cassette/tape packaging into google and then you should get an answer
2006-10-07 09:13:58 · answer #9 · answered by Lady_Darkness 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go around the neighbourhood and ask if any knows what language it is
2006-10-07 10:06:14 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋