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[@MatthewBofenkamp]

HELLO IT’S ME FROM THE VIDEO here’s a link to the playlist I mentioned, which currently has 370 languages now, since so many people are asking: kzbin.info/aero/PL-ClEBppfwRjAUJhVHH1Xar7zGWglMaEj link in the description to the Spotify version and a spreadsheet saying which song is in which language. I hope y’all can use this to learn more about cultures from very different parts of the world from your own. And big thanks to Cut for having me back!

[@cut]

a true king!!

[@MatthewBofenkamp]

@@cut AND YOU! Only Monarchs on the Cut staff! Y’all are too nice to me 😭

[@kencarsula3307]

Omg you are so amazing

[@fa6534]

You are a genius Love from Nigeria

[@kkkkkkkkkkk9973]

Omg your shirt has the word that means "world" in albanian!!🥰🇦🇱

[@lobaetoile8440]

This is impressive, considering he's not fluent in many languages himself. He has amazing logic. He's so cool.

[@yukiandkanamekuran]

To be fair, you can pick out dialect and words pretty well if you've heard it before. Some languages just sound different.

[@lobaetoile8440]

@@yukiandkanamekuran There are languages that sound similar, and not all dialects are as distinctive. Also, not everyone has a good ear or a good memory.

[@yukiandkanamekuran]

@@lobaetoile8440 true but hey, maybe it comes from some place similar.

[@lobaetoile8440]

@@yukiandkanamekuran To be honest, I don't understand your point? You disagree with me saying his logic is great? Are you trying to say anyone can make these deductions? I speak multiple languages and I couldn't guess all these. It's not just about auditory memory, he has good geography and culture knowledge. Idk, I was just praising his thought process. I can for instance recognize various languages, but specific accents and dialects? That's another thing. I find accents and slang very confusing, because I learn by association so they all sort of blend to me. I mean, I speak fluent french and I know a little creole and yet I wouldn't be able to tell you exactly from which country is the creole. And that Haitian guy has a different sound (softer, less pronounced) than my Haitian friends, I would never had guessed that.

[@yukiandkanamekuran]

@@lobaetoile8440 oh, I couldn't guess them either. But I think they each sound distinct. Like they each have a cadence/rhythm and sounds of words associated with that rhythm. Like to be honest, the haitian creole guy sounded pretty similar to japanese to me, but I knew I couldn't understand it so it wasn't. I wonder if they have similar influences/sources of the two languages. Which is crazy. I can't speak many languages, but I could tell the difference, especially in music.

[@peace4111]

he absolutely bodied that challenge! At the end saying “I thought they’d be more obscure” lol, I think you’re just knowledgeable!

[@trakstr1170]

Haha right? I would not have guessed any of them!

[@channy6995]

I think he means a lot of languages have lots of resources but for instance a lot of African languages don't have lots of resources for learning and the one African language they chose is the one everyone knows bc of lion king-- Ie Swahili

[@LifeOfLiana]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIiqZWZurd16opI vlog :D

[@sdgoza]

@@channy6995 I would have still gotten it wrong, but that’s a perfect explanation. Thank you!

[@mooselove]

What does bodied mean?

[@intreoo]

I love how everyone goes “😳😮” when Matthew starts immediately analyzing the languages accurately.

[@wanjanjama]

Incredible. As a Kenyan myself, hearing him identify Swahili so quickly and share that he even knew local Kenyan musicians such as Bensoul (who is soooo good btw - you should definitely check his music out wherever you stream music) really warmed my heart. It's so nice when people take the time to educate themselves on the diversity of the world around them because it really makes someone feel seen, and all the difference in developing authentic, genuine, human connection(s) 🧡

[@WangoAlfred]

Exact same feeling😂💯

[@ThePathOfEudaimonia]

I am dying to visit Kenya someday. Hopefully my comprehension of Swahili will be a bit basic then. Thanks for the music recommendations. Do you have more favourite artists you'd recommend?! :-)

[@alexandrabrinker1167]

I picked up that he was speaking Swahili due to working with Congolese refugees who speak Swahili here in the U.S. I was really happy to see I still recognized it! lol. Asante sana for the music recommendation!

[@gurururuwarararara8164]

Please tell me; what is Kenya like?

[@ThePathOfEudaimonia]

@@kenyanlolita I didn't receive a notification of your reply. Thanks for your response, and all the recommendations! I am planning my trip to Kenya concretely. And I am even looking to stay there for a longer period with work as a medical doctor. Probably in one of the major cities. Full immersion sounds great! :-)

[@Leena79]

I had a brain glitch when I suddenly fully understood one language, and then realized it was my own native language, Finnish. 🤣

[@simona9533]

Same thing happened to me 😭😂

[@lentonoki]

I was just so tuned out and had to do a double take like "wait what, what did I just hear??" XD

[@aktasluna]

My native language is Turkish. When I was staying at a hotel in Berlin, we were speaking half German half English with the housekeeping lady. One day I could not remember a word and she said "İstersen Türkçe de konuşabiliriz" which means "We can also speak Turkish if you like". I couldn't understand that at first and I was like, what? I guess this is the same brain glitch you had with Finnish lol. I still don't know how she knew I knew Turkish though.

[@mariane3146]

HELPPHFBSEKHF same but with my own language, istg i wasn't prepared for it to pop up like that lmfao

[@mahieddineup3273]

I'm learning Finnish and i only got terve 😭😭😭

[@kmms4720]

Not only is he knowledgeable but also humble in a way that’s confident but not overbearing in his skill. Good for him!

[@2258fran]

Perfect way of explaining!!!

[@meeaningless2]

Yeah doesn’t come off as bragging at all even though he sounds incredibly educated and informed, such a charming quality for him.

[@katleach2382]

fr so inspiring to me

[@nillavachakraborty4481]

If knowledge doesn't make you humble,then that's not knowledge.

[@Paleolillith]

Such is the way with music teachers

[@ashleigh7914]

Even the person whose language he got wrong was thrilled by how close he was! The surprise and smile on the Macedonian guy’s face was priceless when he knew what he was saying while not even speaking the language

[@C2k785]

IKRRRR

[@seandavila835]

How similar are Bulgarian and Macedonian?

[@nekojtamu6065]

@@seandavila835 pretty similar but still different

[@polonijj]

@@seandavila835 I'm from Croatia and listening to Sasha talk I instantly thought Macedonian or Bulgarian because they are really really similar, at least to me. I can understand them but sometimes it's hard to tell the difference

[@seandavila835]

@@polonijj Ok thank you. Would you say that Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian are the same language or not?

[@ComedyGlor]

He's the definition of cultured. He's also just very intelligent to be able to put all that knowledge together

[@ccyalater404]

I loved the happiness of everyone's faces when he started getting close to their region. All of them instantly smiled because they felt seen. Loved this one - he did so well on this challenge!

[@mona-2527]

As an immigrant, I can understand their excitement 😂❤️

[@julianakarasawa315]

The Macedonian guy going :O to the camera

[@isbpbmugb2ygaglzigv5zxmgcm92]

Baptiste from overwatch speaks Haitian Creole

[@michellereyes270]

@@mona-2527 why do we have to be seen ? Lol

[@theway280]

everyone loves a cunning linguist

[@demirnur]

Finally! You chose someone who’s actually interested in languages to do this kind of challenge. It was so fun to watch. All the participants were so kind. Loved it!

[@esined2386]

Right??? The genuine surprise on their faces when this professional actually went for it. It's just nice to see someone experienced in this field actually try to guess and guess most of them right

[@oxey_]

yea this video was a treat

[@oxey_]

watching this is like watching a really good geoguesser player guess the correct road in the middle of nowhere going off only a blurry sign, the position of the sun and the colour of the brushes lol

[@siukong]

Yeah most of these challenges are pretty sad to watch. Like, speaker: Bonjour, comment ca va? Guesser: I don't know, Spanish? (and they guess that every time)

[@solus8685]

I don't know much about languages and guessed 2 correctly lol

[@MarcovecchioTV]

the way he celebrated every time he guessed correct

[@nickorange4881]

I would too.

[@magnetomaggy2662]

Like he wanted a hug 😅

[@saramarcia1937]

​@@magnetomaggy2662Yessss 😂 made me want to hug him

[@heironic8547]

can we all agree that this is way more entertaining when someone who is knowledgeable tries this challenge and they explain their thought process as well?

[@JuliaStern1248]

Yes!

[@Tyler-cm6vk]

There’s rarely anything that’s better to watch than a person showcasing their talent in a healthy level of confidence. This entire video made me smile.

[@Platoqp]

Well said. A good level of knowledge without being arrogant

[@borko883]

Talent? Where? Common sense, and Basic education.

[@ellie8272]

@@borko883 No need to be a dick. Let people be happy. I certainly wouldn't have gotten as many of these as he did

[@MayMay-xh1ro]

@@borko883 It’s talent, especially in his process of deduction.

[@iii1429]

@@MayMay-xh1ro no

[@alexandrashank]

We need more people to make even a fraction of the effort he has at understanding different languages and cultures. This was really amazing to watch!

[@dasanii2467]

not everyone has the time, nor the resources, nor the money. thank you!

[@o_o-lj1ym]

@@dasanii2467 “a fraction” aka an attempt. As long as you try. The point is that most people will not even try to understand the experiences of others.

[@stuart4341]

Languages are skills, some people use them and need them and some don't. There's countless amounts of fields and areas of knowledge you likely know nothing or very little about. Perhaps neurology, biology, astronomy, gun smithing, archery, writing, boating, history, literature, IT just to name a few. Have you put a "fraction of the effort" into learning about these? If not, then tell me why the language skills are more important than what I listed? We all have our areas of expertise, no need to belittle those for not being knowledgeable on languages when you might be equally ignorant about maritime law or real estate. When you're done you should learn about distilling, tanning, fishing, blacksmithing, locksmithing, geology, engineering, pottery, architecture, leather working, mining, religion, dancing etc.

[@aamahoney99]

@@stuart4341 hmmm I think since they said "languages and cultures" and not just languages, that their implication was more about understanding different peoples that we share the world with. Being less selfish and narrow minded from knowing just our own language, country, and viewpoint and expanding our understanding of the rest of the world to help us be more selfless and compassionate. Learning about different cultures of course is a certain field but you gain more from learning about it than you would from archery. I could be wrong in my assumption from the OP but this is just my 2 cents

[@stuart4341]

@@aamahoney99 being able to recognise a language from a few sentences doesn't show any understanding of another culture. We shouldn't be expected to understand other cultures, there's too many of them. As long as people aren't bigoted and get a long it's fine. I know plenty of people who are extremely ignorant about other countries cultures and languages but aren't at all bigoted and would never mistreat someone because of their ethnic religious cultural whatever background. My point still stands there's an infinite amount of areas of knowledge, whose to say this area is more valid than any field of science ?

[@ATheoryInPractice]

Can we talk about how adorable and wholesome this man is? He seems like he could vibe with anyone.

[@thesanasi]

I read a research paper once, that said when you speak or understand a language it’s easier to mirror behavior.

[@toophoot2757]

check out the 6 virgins vs one non virgin video he got 8+ BODIES!!!

[@Charlie-yt2iy]

@SA that makes sense, bilinguals have more grey matter (i think) so they'd probably connect with more people socially and be able to mimic things better

[@jessek4081]

hes a geek

[@dc5_foo]

@@jessek4081that's exactly what I thought😭

[@Alex111-z5l]

Bro has like savant syndrome when it comes to languages. This is beyond impressive. He was able to deduct this from songs he heard and to be able to tell different dialects. It's easier if you know the languages, I can tell french, from Italian, Portuguese and from different Spanish accents but that's cause I know Spanish. He doesn't speak those languages, gets it just from songs he has heard pretty cool

[@JordanBenson-zh3yv]

Led me to think

[@Hobyosultana]

It's not that hard if you're a knowledge person with an interest in different cultures. I was able to guess all these languages too, except Finnish (forgot they existed, said Hungarian) and Macedonian (all Balkans sound similar).

[@thenameizzaaron]

@@Hobyosultana then you only guess 4/6 lmao not all

[@antiquatedideas1107]

​@@thenameizzaaron they literally said they were able to guess all EXCEPT Finnish and Macedonian. They weren't saying they guessed every one correctly including the ones they got wrong. They're saying they guessed all of the remainder languages correct, which they did

[@helixxia9320]

@satansoo7806 well duh of course it is not that hard if you have a lot if knowledge on languages, but most people doesnt have alot of knowledge on languages, so it is hard for most people. lmao dont belittle his skill it takes time and effort it isnt easy

[@juliemaheu]

So impressive!!! The way he just constantly was making connections with different sounds and words etc. so awesome to see!!! Great job!

[@LifeOfLiana]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIiqZWZurd16opI vlog :)

[@lordclancharlie1325]

no offense but only Americans are impressed, plus the guy only speaks two languages...

[@issaposter]

@@lordclancharlie1325 as if you could've done that, comparing speaking three languages and recognising 20 is apples and oranges

[@lordclancharlie1325]

@@issaposter I said "plus", not "because". Of course I recognize all these languages, like any European would

[@AdaSaarinen]

@@lordclancharlie1325 I'm a European who has friends from over 10 different European countries but I maybe know one or two people who could have guessed the dialects as well as he did. So no, European are not all language connoisseurs, even though many of us like to think so because we speak two or more languages.

[@TheJerseyNinja]

This is extremely impressive for someone that doesn’t speak all those languages. He must really listen to a LOT of foreign music to be able to be that good at picking up on languages when he doesn’t know what 99% of the words mean

[@Zevanix]

Definitely! I watch a lot of polyglot videos on youtube because I find them entertaining (like polyglots surprising people by speaking their native language) and I didn't even realize how well I've picked up a few things. I don't know any words whatsoever, but I can identify Cantonese because of it. I also knew that the Canadian French was an offshoot of French but didn't know which, and that the Finnish one wasn't Swedish, but around the same area. People learn a lot passively through stuff like that! It's crazy

[@vinicius5648]

Including the damn accents

[@ellenolsson3703]

@@Zevanix Finnish is a non indoeuropean language so it's very different from Swedish and most other European languages. Unless you have heard Finnish you will probably not be able to guess it. Finnish, Hungarian and Estonian are part of the finno-ugric languages.

[@Zevanix]

@@ellenolsson3703 Oh cool! I didn't know that. All I meant is that I knew the Finnish one wasn't Swedish, which I've heard people compare the two. I couldn't pinpoint it though

[@ellenolsson3703]

@@Zevanix ok :)

[@mlilejay8698]

The most interesting thing is that his knowledge is music based. He learned all this by listening to and studying lyrics and picking the commonalities and acute differences between and within languages, and is thus able to pick out even different dialects…

[@darkflighter100]

That's how my cousin learned her french.

[@BambuuucaCZ]

dude learned how to guess a language when hearing it by listening to the languages wow who would've guessed that's like the least interesting thing...

[@highviewbarbell]

@@BambuuucaCZ how is that NOT interesting? It's a highly useful skill, being able to go anywhere on earth and at least occasionally understand some things. You'll often get the gist of a conversation without ever having done more than listen to music or watch movies in the language

[@laosvegas7494]

my dad moved from thailand into the states after vietnam and fell i love with american music. he learned english through michael jackson, the beegees, earth with and fire, led zep, etc. met my mom who was in the same boat as him and then taught her through music also. pretty nuts.

[@zzodysseuszz]

@@highviewbarbell it’s really not that useful unless you want to go to that country

[@nr1linostan]

I love his Pullover that says BOTË on it that means world/earth in Albanian it’s great how he actually guessed all of those languages correctly and how he also takes interest in global/international places :))

[@katelyn4917]

I KNOW I WAS LOOKING FOR A COMMENT THAT MENTIONED THIS

[@Adri_Unsung]

NEED that sweater

[@rudygray6472]

I read it in Russian and thought it was “vote” 😭

[@Yeebes]

Ain’t no way this man should be this good at this. That was impressive

[@kevinsundelin8639]

Why not? He's clearly interested in languages.

[@jaredcalvert9207]

@@kevinsundelin8639 it’s just another way of complementing the guy. Re-read it as “any man” and it’ll make more sense. Same meaning tho, stop reaching for negativity

[@kevinsundelin8639]

@@jaredcalvert9207 lol you're funny

[@bonkbonkbonkbonkbonkbonk]

@@kevinsundelin8639 ?

[@karinvasu3005]

look at this, it's just as impressive if not more lol kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWSTcpetf7KJl5I

[@anthonydisney]

Bring him back for a part two!!

[@SofiaArthursxo]

I’d love to see a whole series of this LOL this is so entertaining

[@danielarodriguezoropeza9008]

Yees I'd love a part two

[@ally_roro1482]

Yes!

[@ally_roro1482]

@@SofiaArthursxo same! This is one of my favourite series

[@SandraMichelleGarcia]

this was the first cut video I immediately wanted to see in a long time. they need more of this

[@vinceb8041]

the swahili guess was absolutely insane, zero hesitation to match the single word ending he knew, that dude is awesome.

[@davidb8373]

He has great detective skills. Once he was able to roughly pick out the region of the world, he just began narrowing down the list based on tones, patterns, and finally individual words he picked up from songs. Very clever guy.

[@Banana_Pony]

Or also, if you know Star Trek trivia, you would know that Uhura was named for freedom in Swahili.

[@hascupbrayden3091]

I got Swahili from the lion king

[@CuriouslyWatching]

Dude mentioned Bensoul, the Kenyan musician, & my mind just exploded

[@s--h1584]

@@Banana_Pony Me, the Original Trek fan, literally scrolled down to look for someone saying this :P

[@SABIKASABIRA]

Matthew is very intelligent and his ear for the nuance in inflection is incredible. 👏🏿🙌🏿

[@BelaDesouza_]

Can you explain to me what people mean when they say nuance? Ik this is so stupid but google did not help me understand the word.. everytime I watch the middle ground debate videos they said it a lot and sometimes I think they misuse it which is throwing me off💀

[@SABIKASABIRA]

@BelaDesouza_ Pretty sure it means small differences.

[@ben_west]

It looked like all of them were so touched that he took the time to care and think about there culture or dialect. A few seemed like they almost wanted to hug him. Good reminder how important it is to pay more attention to the world outside our own communities. Good job ser.

[@Chadius_Thundercock]

Well, wasn’t he a language teacher in college or something? It was his job to know

[@bee4590]

@@Chadius_Thundercock there are plenty of teachers who know their stuff but dont have any passion behind it. he's educated _and_ invested, that's the difference

[@CharleyPlayGames]

@@Chadius_Thundercock he's a teacher in music, not language. But he listens to a lot of music in foreign languages therefore his database of knowledge. And there's probably a ton of interest in languages too 🙃

[@doodwithdude2699]

I'm a student of linguistics and the way Matthew sees and recognizes different languages is very interesting. He has a remarkable memory and it was really fun watching him in this video

[@alexandra.maree1]

Hi there, im going to study linguistics soon, would you say its worth doing? Im transferring to a school that specialises in linguistic and international studies, but i dont want to make the wrong choice lol

[@doodwithdude2699]

@@alexandra.maree1 hello, i would say it's very much worth it if you are literally in love with languages and can't get enough of them. It's not an easy major but if you like it, it's gonna be worth it. Hope this helps

[@alexandra.maree1]

@@doodwithdude2699 Thankyou ! :)

[@majidMouzin]

If you have any interest in languages, you will like this course. At the very least, you'll know most things about language you're currently fascinated about. You'll definitely adopt a newer way of thinking about the world and it's people. I'd agree about it being worth it. I'm coming to the end of the my linguistic masters course

[@MonkeyDLuffy-rr3wl]

This guy is amazing! I was sceptical about his confidence, but he has a reason to be proud!

[@LifeOfLiana]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIiqZWZurd16opI vlog ;D

[@ciqalajeahnj.ranera1714]

@@LifeOfLiana ???

[@zetzu6460]

LUFFYYYYYY

[@MonkeyDLuffy-rr3wl]

@@zetzu6460 ZETZUUUU!

[@zetzu6460]

@@MonkeyDLuffy-rr3wl ONE PIECE BEST ANIME

[@podgy5]

His reaction every time he was right was so adorable 🥰 Also, he doesn't actually know the langauages but so fully appreciates the language that he can recognise it so fast?!? Impressive

[@MarBeanTrees]

4:07 the Cantonese woman makes me so happy! So her analogy to describe the Chinese in written form as universal vs the Chinese dialect is like ‘duck & chicken talking’ is an actual Cantonese saying (Kai Toong Ngap Gong), which makes me even more happy!

[@night-ave]

she has a ted talk if you’re interested in watching it! it’s about her experience & has to do with language!

[@jtct.joanna]

@@night-ave I would love to watch it, would you mind putting a link in here?

[@ohhkarenn]

Hi!! I am Karen, and I’ve added my Ted Talk in the main comments!

[@aguyonasiteontheinternet]

is it 雞同鴨講？

[@cal5601]

@@aguyonasiteontheinternet yeap.

[@bringmetheh0riz0n1]

Honestly, it's just so cool to watch a "specialist" in a specific field dissect his thinking process to come up with an answer to these types of challenges. Cut, please make more of these types of videos with people who actually know what they're talking about, in different fields!! Eg: doctors and trying to match the medication to the patient ; linguistic experts guessing languages ; music with instruments ; idk, there are thousands of things that can be done lol make it happennnn !!!

[@user-hh4vp9jl7g]

ikr.. rather than some random people that would be a lot more interesting like this one.

[@melissacuesta4961]

They have a great video of a dating coach trying to guess who’s a couple and I love that video. It’s so cool to see them point out body language and things like that to clue you in to who’s slept with who.

[@bringmetheh0riz0n1]

@@melissacuesta4961 Yep!! Ive seen that too, and its great!

[@greenmatius]

From my understanding he isn't a specialist right? He is a music teacher who listen to different music in different languages. I'm not sure does that count as him being a linguistic expert

[@bringmetheh0riz0n1]

@@greenmatius yes, hence why I quoted specialist and then suggested a linguistic expert to guess languages.

[@42Fern42]

I loved the expression of "a duck and a chicken talking". And also this guy is very impressive and I really enjoyed the people being impressed and happy!

[@StevePringle]

Quack 🦆 Cluck 🐥

[@RixMorales]

In my language a duck would sound "kwak kwak" and a chicken would sound "tiktilaok". Great analogy

[@xxxian5088]

There's a saying in Mandarin called"雞同鴨講" which literally means "a chicken talking to a duck", so I guess there's something similar in Cantonese as well!

[@StevePringle]

@@xxxian5088 Cool.

[@ml8911]

@@xxxian5088 exactly! we have the same expression in cantonese so it really surprised me when the girl mentioned it.

[@desipaz93]

This video gave me chills multiple times. It's just so beautiful how different we are as people. I love when he taught him the song meant dance!

[@mahadevovnl]

Jeez that's impressive! At the first sounds of French I'd go "FRENCH!" but you basically pinpoint the exact hospital AND ROOM where the person was born in. Amazing :)

[@kolkoki]

I'm french and didn't even guess this was Quebecois at the beginning.

[@despe666]

@@kolkoki I’m Québécois and I can confirm that a lot of French people have a hard time understanding us. We can usually understand French people better as long as they don’t use too much argot.

[@emikonagasawa-pijoan1148]

@@despe666 As a native Swiss francophone, to me Quebecois is sort of like the french equivalent of a Scottish brogue, I can understand it but can sometimes be a bit tricky because it's very different than what I'm used to :).

[@T-_R-_E-_Y]

🤣🤣🤣

[@livier3970]

@@kolkoki yeah she don't have that much of the quebec accent.

[@tergitadibra9711]

Can we appreciate him wearing a sweater saying „botë“ which means „world“ in Albanian 🥺🌍

[@jokl89]

That is so cool! Thank you for letting us know 🙏

[@dejnimuka4785]

Edhe po prisja nje koment te tille, ja ku te gjeta

[@edonshatri6446]

Was just gonna write this

[@user-zv7yb4yp9g]

u çudita kur e pashë

[@stephw5825]

I was so excited to see this!

[@Chiggianya]

can you just keep this series going with just him and you guys give him more and more obscure languages?

[@sleepynights2677]

id love to see him figure out the differences between conlangs and actual languages

[@6thgraderfriends]

Finnish is pretty obscure.

[@pongangelo2048]

Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemuhwem Ossas

[@kay-my2fk]

omg please yes

[@siwihshdf8586]

yeah fr plss

[@RhymesWithCarbon]

When he said "Say 'freedom'" and I heard "uhuru" it was a slam dunk, that and Macedonian (I would have said Bosnian too) were tough. The level of deduction he used was fantastic. The only one I knew immediately was Finnish.

[@Zambicus]

the Finnish girl's face when he mentioned Russian, dude almost got himself in some hot water there lol

[@BobbyFischer0000]

Finnish sounds nothing like Russian.

[@Ragedaonenlonely]

@@BobbyFischer0000 He didn't say it sounded like Russian, he said it has some russian influence. Which isn't really wrong since it's relatively close (as far as anything is) to Finnish in terms of its language group.

[@iliilili310]

@@Ragedaonenlonely No it really is just wrong. Finnish is nowhere near russian, nor is there any noticeable russian influence. The only "russian" language linguistically close to Finnish is from the Karelia region, because it used to belong to Finland.

[@Javlafan]

@@Ragedaonenlonely Finnish is Baltic Finnic as is Estonian, Livonian, Ingrian, Karelian and others. All being a part of Finno-Ugric language group. Russian is an East Slavic language and is a part of Indo-European language group, together with almost all of the European languages, including English. Which means that English is much more closer to Russian, than Finnish or Estonian are.

[@LizaAgapova]

@@iliilili310 although it’s generally true russian north-western dialects were quite influenced by finno-ugric ones, but difference is still very distinctive

[@Marcusiri]

This was not random guessing. This man has a very good ear for languages... He a also very intelligent. Welldone

[@kevinsundelin8639]

No kidding...He clearly expressed that he's interested in languages so it's not that surprising

[@shaqutus]

I wish you will bring Matthew back quessing languages, he's so talented and has so much knowledge!

[@maeganlozano7058]

Yes. Please bring Matthew back. It’s interesting to see how much more he knows. This is just 6 languages so imagine all the connections he knows. That would be an exciting watch.

[@tiaraariel1]

I personally wished the video was much longer! It was so interesting

[@aris9518]

I love his shirt is says “world” in Albanian. I’m always waiting for someone guessing Albanian. Id love to participate 😂💜

[@lidiaclaire]

a flet shqip? 😂

[@aris9518]

@@lidiaclaire po :D

[@lidiaclaire]

@@aris9518 shume mire!! jam nga shqipri :)

[@renisgourmet.offical]

A thanë disa... SHQIPTAR

[@cx3622]

Kosovo je Srbija

[@irisforlife4953]

His shirt says “Botë” which in Albanian means world. Cool guy.

[@anisas3205]

I thought I was the only one who noticed that 🤣

[@kleliagjoncari3794]

Was looking for this comment 🤗

[@nodebate1]

I noticed too lol BOTË🇦🇱🇽🇰

[@EnKanella]

Aaayyy

[@teichiboy]

This is actually a common joke in linguistic circles. #Albanianjokes.

[@ArcusLibri]

Wow that was impressive. I'd love to see him guess more languages!

[@nashrah831]

Me too.

[@tobybartlett]

Ditto!

[@Marco-hb3ge]

I wish to be as cultured as this guy

[@sleepynights2677]

i know right, i want to know as much as him

[@booknerdjebbi5037]

Start listening to that Playlist, it might take you there

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

No need to wish, it's something you can just choose to do.

[@robespierrey]

So go study.

[@kleshayer3751]

@adum50 what else can I do?

[@jaytaskinen]

I'm Finnish and it was really cool to her my native language in "CUT" for the first time. "Suomi mainittu, torille!" (="Finland mentioned, let's go to the squaremarket!" That's what we Finns say when Finland is mentioned abroad)

[@lamppuu1]

The girls face when mentioning Russia.. 🙈😂

[@elinao]

TORILLE!

[@Kierranh2704]

I'm not finnish (french) but I'm equally happy that finnish was involved here. I continue thinking that finnish is the most beautiful language ever, at least to my ears, even if I can't understand a word of it. Wish I lived there as well. Cheers !

[@user-bw2lm6sg6h]

ei vittu, torille

[@ellioni5883]

Juu se oli tosi kiva, tuntuu sellanen lämpeys kun kuulee oman kielen jossain :p Torille heti!

[@misschanandlerbong92]

Their expressions of surprise when he was placing them was so heartwarming to see! You can tell their languages arn’t often recognized and they looked so happy he knew

[@Chiggianya]

it's refreshing to see cultured americans.

[@exotik22]

He says in the video that he is Norwegian

[@Ho_Lii_Fuk]

Didn't he say that he's norwegian

[@fey9915]

@@exotik22 Most Americans have different ethnic backgrounds. He could be 10th generation Norwegian lol

[@alfdlgnaat]

hes more cultured than like 99.9 percent of the world

[@joco8700]

@@exotik22 he said he speaks a little Norwegian. He’s American.

[@poopymcface9792]

This guys has impressive deductive skills based solely on the words he’s exposed to through music!

[@evemessenger9132]

Matthew has a linguistic superpower! For a language nerd like me, this was a blast to watch. I totally wouldn't have gotten any right, but it sure was fun to see him do it.

[@sasha5462]

I know right, I'm into languages as well but this dude actually nails it. I'd be like, ah okay this is definitely a tonal language, fuck if I know what kind of Chinese it is though, might as well be Thai lol.

[@nicotinedealer7653]

i guessed Quebecois French as a Portuguese Creole hahahaha

[@helixxia9320]

only ones i got right were the finnish and cantonese. i did hear that the french ones were some type of different french but could never guessed exactly where.

[@Swissswoosher]

Now THAT is an educated guess! He made so many of those people proud.

[@mikeoxbig1978]

It's a relief to know there are young people out there who are this logical, rational, deductive and intelligent.

[@diegoscb]

- Mike Oxbig

[@spilledsalt]

It’s not like old people would do well in this game.

[@UniversalLumen]

@@spilledsalt ???

[@spilledsalt]

@@UniversalLumen he said it’s a relief to see young people do well in this challenge. I think it’s nice to see anybody do well in this challenge because old people wouldn’t do any better

[@howdy88]

there’s plenty in the world, it’s just that the stupid ones get the most attention

[@EmergentStardust]

I would LOVE to hear your international playlist Matthew! I actually recognized most of these languages and was blown away at how much you got. Please share a playlist or comment if you see this!

[@nothingiseverperfect]

There’s something so positive about him acknowledging just the sheer existence of these regions and languages and it makes everyone happy. This is what I think the United States of America should be

[@zazi5305]

The Southern States are pretty good about that, perhaps ironically. Northern states tend to cast a lot of assumptions, whereas the South come from experiences. I'd say an exception would be New York, and New Jersey, though.

[@TheReck12]

It is, go outside your neighborhood

[@siukong]

This type of thing tends to flow pretty naturally out of the combination of good education and openmindedness/curiosity about being exposed to new things. So, pretty much the opposite of those people who scoff about educated "elites" and who feel no desire to leave their own county/state, let alone go outside of their country.

[@IHYC678]

I want to be Matthew’s friend so bad! People who appreciate different languages and music are normally incredibly empathetic.

[@logan1769]

This was so challenging. Knowing the group or category of a language can be easy. Like, creole or Balkan or Chinese, but knowing the exact one and identifying the specific language is insanely impressive.

[@kirstenkobor8760]

I'd really like to see him guess North American indigenous languages! He did an amazing job!

[@rachelle_c]

I am so glad they gave Matthew his own episode! Now we need four more!

[@kylebricky6419]

she literally said “a duck and a chicken talking” 😭😭😭😭😭 (context: in cantonese there is a idiom called 雞同鴨講, which translates directly into that.)

[@snes09]

I like how Matthew didn't feel it was a challenge, but everyone else was surprised he could guess which language they were speaking. Pretty cute

[@maraomg5309]

This is one of the videos I find myself rewatching from time to time, it's very interesting and fascinating and bringing knowledgeable people on the show makes it worth the rewatch. ❤️

[@alefiyajamali6604]

I love how he was combining his knowledge with geography and historical influences ( like French invasion) He's so freaking knowledgeable, what the heck??

[@god_y148]

Yeah definitely but I feel like in Europe it’s a lot more Common to have this „basic“ knowledge

[@mk-sb8fc]

@@god_y148 true

[@duoduos9221]

Isn't that quite basic knowledge, though, when studying linguistics-- or even just commonly known in itself?

[@alefiyajamali6604]

@@duoduos9221 as a comment before mentioned, i guess it's common to have this basic knowledge in Europe not elsewhere. I mean, I definitely didn't know half the things he spoke about

[@duoduos9221]

@@alefiyajamali6604 that's fair

[@BlaXXXima]

That was legit one of the best episodes of Cut I've seen. Just so impressive on Matthew's part. Well thought out. Great memory for songs he's heard and his ability to recall where they are from. Well done. That was hype!

[@michelinesejour9927]

Wow! He guessed Haitian Creole. He's really knowledgeable 👏🏿

[@withastone]

Honestly it seemed like the easiest one. It sounds French but if you speak even crappy high school French it's obviously not that.

[@michelinesejour9927]

@@withastone it's not really easy, because there's other countries that speak creole also

[@plotoyadnaya_rossiyanka]

It’s such a cool and strange feeling to understand sentences in another language that is similar to yours. I’m Russian and I understood Macedonian guy perfectly even without subs, I also understand like 95% percent of Ukrainian and Belorussian words, ~60-70% of Polish (if they’re speaking slowly and without the accent) and ~60-70% of Southern Slavic languages with and without the accent. Thanks to my relatively good knowledge of English, I sometimes can understand Spanish and French, and yet the Canadian girl was hard to understand. Seems like the accent makes a huge difference 😅

[@bringbackdislikes3195]

As a native french speaker, even I had a very hard time understanding the woman was speaking Quebec french. I suck haha.

[@kostas3011]

@енџи SORRY TO BOTHER YOU BUT YOU ARE SLAVIC NOT MACEDONIAN

[@user-uk1bi4fp4z]

Macedonian is a Bulgarian dialect, just like Russian so it's normal you understand it. ;-)

[@lilianikolova7685]

I was amazed abou Kenyan Swahili

[@bonkbonkbonkbonkbonkbonk]

this guy is amazing, have him more on here!

[@taestea4747]

HAHAHAH when the macedonian guy said “You know balkan countries?!?!” I felt that as a balkan omfg.

[@lidiaclaire]

same omg!! no one ever knows the balkans.

[@yougottarelax]

@@lidiaclaire he's wearing an albanian shirt 😂 Im pretty sure he knew about balkans

[@MLB021285]

Being from Germany I am familiar with the sound of many Western European languages like French, Spanish or Greek. These where definitely on the more obscure side for me. And I’m also super impressed by his geographical knowledge. Well done

[@ragazoub]

I didn't understand french until he said it and i'm french so i think it's pretty normal for you not to guess these

[@mantaren]

Greece is in the South-East of Europe & Greek is definitely not a Western European language.

[@g1u2y345]

@@mantaren regionally sure, but culturally/influentially far closer to western Europe.

[@jamesw288]

Es sirum em

[@mantaren]

@@g1u2y345 Greece has been influenced by the west a lot but it's still a Balkan extension so it's a mix of various backgrounds culturally, depending on what region we're talking. Also the original comment stated Greek is a Western European Language, so regardless of cultural influence the language itself has absolutely nothing to do with Western Europe. It's the modern and simplified version of our ancient language which had, once again, received alphabet origin / influence from another language to its south-east.

[@Blacklat58]

Where is Matthew’s channel?!? I’d watch it all day!

[@veedeotron]

as a french canadien, it feels SO weird to hear another quebecer in these types of video, but i’m happy to hear it!

[@MilouMx]

I was like "I wonder if there's gonna be some Québécois this time" AND IT WAS THE FIRST ONE! I was shocked ahah

[@aa-xi8bc]

Yeah same, I was not expecting it I almost didn't realize it was french at first

[@and.ily_]

When I heard her I was like : THATS QUEBECQUOIS NO WAY IN HELL ITS FRENCH FROM FRANCE and I was so shock/happy when he said quebecquois

[@Icykrissy]

LETS GO CALISSSSS!!!! YESSS SIR

[@andreamichaud3226]

this! I totally agree

[@Sour.Vanity]

“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” Knowing someone put the time in to understand and appreciate YOUR tongue is blissful

[@derekmills5394]

I'd love to see him tackle people from the highlands of Scotland, Polynesia/Micronesia and a speaker of Esperanto.

[@welelea1367]

Melanesia

[@derekmills5394]

@@welelea1367 yep there too

[@vladmirgolobovic518]

Not Esperanto though, let's keep fake artificial languages out of this

[@mabumarnauen7318]

@@vladmirgolobovic518 also i think he would INSTANTLY know its esperanto cause everybody who is a language nerd like him kinda has at least heard it

[@kuroe-chan5190]

Lol that would be interesting. I hope they bring him back soon

[@SingingSpock]

Hearing him analyze aloud and watching them react was great. Solid video, good idea and entertaining execution

[@toria7242]

I have no idea how obscure they would need to go for him not to be able to guess. He’s a linguist genius. I guess a language that isn’t featured on Spotify??

[@adriannavangeli4631]

trick him with a conlang like Klingon

[@doaa7941]

I think he meant something like Pirahã or Rukai. But it's very hard to find speakers for these languages, even though most of the world's languages are very obscure

[@Quzga]

I suppose the more niche ones would be hard. Catalan, bokmål, Swedish Finnish

[@overgrownkudzu]

@@Quzga bokmål is just standard norwegian though

[@Quzga]

@@overgrownkudzu nynorsk then xd

[@Fed-np9ez]

I love how this guy's talent and passion is just basically to understand and vibe with as many people in the world as possible. So wholesome!

[@Paint57NoBlue]

I could watch this guy guess people's languages all day.

[@Freundinnen100]

This is so satisfying to watch because he knows so much about tmdifferent languages, they influences and cultures. Also he is so respectful! Please more of this!

[@xenonnati]

This was very enjoyable and i loved his process, “i know a song in a language that sounds like this let me ask them to say the song title” What a novel (at least for me) way to learn languages

[@wolfzmusic9706]

That's not learning languages though. He just listened to music so much he became familiar with the sounds.

[@MadarasRightHand7150]

​@@wolfzmusic9706 Hi, I know I'm a year late, but I would argue that music is an excellent way to learn languages, given that both music and language have a lot in common, especially in terms of how they both influence each other speech-wise (as in rhythm, intonation, intensity, etc.), phonology-wise (as in phonological awareness) and some research that suggests that several neural modules are similarly involved in both speech and music. It's quite interesting, really :^) .

[@wolfzmusic9706]

@@MadarasRightHand7150 I think it really depends on what you listen to. A lot of music I listen to in English, as a native English speaker, I simply do not know the lyrics or only some of them. Then there's also lyrics I think I know but I don't because I mishear the words. Then imagine that for a foreign language. So I think you need to be careful in what you choose.

[@evancamus3322]

0:56 her accent is so intense i'm a french native speaker and it took me 10 seconds to figure out it was french

[@TheEternalProduction]

Oh my god, I thought the same! I’m French Canadian and even I barely understood what she was saying until her third sentence. She spoke so fast that she was barely finishing her words. She did NOT make it easy for the guy

[@smeegy1]

French Canadian here. Could not understand a single thing she said other than counting to ten.

[@Raven_Ray1]

3:39 What i hear kokokokokokokokokoko The subtitle: "The older brother there is taller than the other brother there."

[@alldemcats]

This was a great episode. I love how he was doing such a great job figuring out the language. I also love how it was putting a smile on the other peoples faces.

[@erasorensen8062]

I love the fact that his sweater says "botë". It means world in Albanian.

[@enisbardhi3720]

yaay I was looking for a comment like this! haha very nice indeed

[@lidiaclaire]

i am kosovar, i love seeing my country be appreciated!

[@sashaa4494]

i felt so proud when i noticed it! shpresoj ta fusin edhe shqipen nese bejne vid tjeter🤗

[@erasorensen8062]

@@sashaa4494 pooo!!!

[@sashaa4494]

@@erasorensen8062 omgg je shqiptaree sa super

[@amabarbigrl]

This is actually insane. He was right for all of them, even for Macedonian guy he was very very close since Macedonian is the closest language to Serbocroatian.

[@goekhanbag]

@@eeeee6717 It’s one of the transitory languages. It goes like Serbocroatian Torlakian Macedonian Bulgarian.

[@NIKOS_GEROSIDERIS]

Makedonian is a Hellenic dialect.You mean Slavic?

[@amabarbigrl]

@@NIKOS_GEROSIDERIS I mean Vardarian dialect of Serbian that is now called Macedonian

[@goekhanbag]

@@eeeee6717 Wow! Chillax all three of you! Yes, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Greece want to conquer Macedonia. Makedonian is not a dialect of Greek. Not everything is a dialect. Dialect means variation of same language. Makedonian is a cousin language to Hellenic, like Pontic, etc. Not a dialect. Same, Macedonian is not a dialect of Serbian. Neither is Torlakian. They are transitory languages in between Serbian and Bulgarian. There are also transitory languages between Serbian and Slovenian, it flows in a continuum to Kajkavian and Slovenian. Kajkavian is a transitory language in between. This is normal and natural for languages. Macedonian is closest to Bulgarian if you want, as they’re in essence two dialects. But Bulgarian spoken in the East is further away than Serbian. So, both is correct.

[@Emzdra]

As a Macedonian born in Australia! My family speaks with a really different accent to him. Slavic languages honestly vary within each country too, depending on the region!

[@WWEmaniac]

I like how ever single person had that shocked look on their face when he was close or spot on Btw I recognise that Cantonese immediately ✌️

[@chengchu7501]

same. That sentence with the tones made me bust out laughing like "Yep that's cantonese for you 🤣🤣"

[@Kuro_kon]

Next bring a that knows Shanghainese to throw him off

[@oliviersavard8676]

Well he went from Creole to Canadian French for the first one, I'm French Canadian from Québec and I didn't expect him to suddenly get it right lol

[@duathhadron5040]

This dudes a machine! You can almost see his brain picking apart the song lyrics he knows and comparing them to the words he’s hearing! It’s absolutely amazing!

[@casslknight]

I WOULD LOVE FOR HIM TO SHARE HIS SPOTIFY PLAYLIST

[@MatthewBofenkamp]

OH GLAD YOU ASKED! HERE IT IS! kzbin.info/aero/PL-ClEBppfwRjAUJhVHH1Xar7zGWglMaEj Link in the description to the Spotify version and a spreadsheet detailing which songs are in which languages

[@Prettynpnk28]

Love this idea!!!

[@Prettynpnk28]

@@MatthewBofenkamp whoah!!! Yay

[@theyonibox6013]

@@MatthewBofenkamp Yessss! Thank youuuu 🙏🏽💗

[@casslknight]

@@MatthewBofenkamp I’m fangirling omg

[@AnzuMiruku]

He is one of my favorite types of people. I love learning about various languages/cultures, especially through music and film. He’s really inspired me.

[@Ginger_Tank]

It's impossible to tell the Balkans languages from each other if you're not from there, they all sound the same and share so many similar words, especially Serbian and Croatian. So he should've won that point imo

[@angiemk1856]

You are almost correct. I would say the Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian languages sound quite similar, and we can generally communicate with each other quite efficiently. (I am not taking into account the many different dialects... examples where even Croatians from different regions sometimes don't fully, or at all, understand each other). However, Macedonian is different enough where it would not quite fit into that box of Slavic languages. Though it is the closest (at least to my ear). So I feel they are correct to not let Matthew get away with it ;). Nevertheless he was superb at this game.

[@gk891]

@user-pe3gv3jc2p I've heard that Macedonian is more similar to Bulgarian than Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian. And friends of mine who are either Serbian or Croatian also say that Slovenian is something quite a bit different from the other Balkan languages.

[@Charodeiski]

@@gk891 It depends... in the east Macedonians sounds exactly like Bulgarians. In the north they start sounding like Serbians.

[@gk891]

@@Charodeiski Interesting. Thanks for that

[@zalegalizaciju434]

But also,Croats don't say Zdravo!

[@J_jae]

yall definitely need to bring this man back

[@andii256]

So impressive! And he thought they’d be more obscure than this??? He doesn’t speak them but he recognises so many words. And he identified them easily!

[@not_ek13]

I love Matthew's cute little celebrations he's so bubbly and it's so much fun to watch him ❤️

[@biancan482]

The fact that he only speaks two languages but was able to crush this is incredibly impressive!!

[@emilstorgaard9642]

I guess he speaks two languages fluently but has a bit of knowledge of at least a dozen more

[@GamalKevin]

Wow. I'm just amazed by Matthew's ability to eloquently describe each languages while bringing up the similarly-sounding ones. To think that he knows them from music instead of linguistics amazes me even more. Wonderful ✨

[@nw2795]

The fact that he knows the Bensoul’s song niombee (a swahili song) it’s just out of this world!!!! Maaaan he is well informed about languages! It feels nice to be recognized. Asante sana ndugu!

[@teamcyeborg]

Gotta just love how the closed captions just say _"[speaks foreign language]"_ AND cover up the actual subtitles. Great work, guys.

[@lordmusea]

They Finnish one was super impressive…the rest were as well, but the Finnish woman said four words and he just knew. Solid!

[@heyyomary]

Tbh he's norwegian and it'd be a shame he didn't recognize a fellow nordic language

[@oruncel]

The "Russian influence" was kinda far off and I was a little scared that he wouldn't guess anywhere near. :'D Sure, there are numerous words loaned from Russian in Finnish, but none of them were present in what she said. Linguistically Finnish is more far off from Russian or Scandinavian languages than hindi or bengali.

[@adeshkantha7034]

@@oruncel what makes you say that?

[@j1r1]

the Finnish language is related to hungarian and estonian languages and belongs in the uralic language family russian is a slavic language

[@thea9153]

Its pretty easy if u have lived in one of the nordic countries. Danish Swedish and norwegian is pretty similar, but then theres finnish that is completely different. Like when i heard the word «Moi», i immediately said finnish, only language that is similar to finnish is estonian

[@emilyjane9901]

Very very culturally intelligent guy, and very respectful ! He did fantastic.

[@FancyIvyn]

This is so cool. He recognized Swahili and as a Kenyan I'm really impressed.

[@daveleephoto]

I think the giveaway was the word Uhuru which is the name of a character on the original Star Trek series.

[@bernanevarez8182]

Not to mention he shouted out bensoul music lol

[@winnernaisula]

@@bernanevarez8182 same i was like omg Bensoul made him know kiswahili. I had to replay that part i thought i was the only one who heard that part

[@thesuperginge1348]

If there's two things I would love to be really skilled at, it's piano, and languages. I feel like having great knowledge of language is such a beautiful thing and allows you to share so much

[@knakdarmen]

We need to see him guess more complicated languages, he is incredible!!

[@h0welss]

These were all pretty obscure considering they were all variants of other languages apart from maybe Finnish so it was already impressive asf