Guess The Language Challenge | Can you get your cup of satisfaction today? | #2

In this new episode of the Guess The Language Challenge you have another chance to win a cup of satisfaction! 🏆🤓🥳 Can you guess any of these languages? 🤓
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(for helping out with making the video )
🎥 Justin z Filipin → @justinzfilipin1595 📱Instagram @justin_z_filipin
🎥 Sabtha → @TheTamilChannel 📱Instagram: → @thetamilchannel
🎥 Lucas → @guarani reko → / @guaranireko 📱Instagram @guaranireko
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🎤 Blessing Mokoena → 📱Instagram @iamblessingm
🎙 🎥 Kris Broholm → @actualfluency 📱Instagram @krisbroholm
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🤓 For those who would like to learn more about the languages featured in this episode, I enclose the transcription of what was said in the audio samples.
1. Ang imahinasyon ay walang hanggan. Ito ang pinakamataas na kalayaan sa lahat. Hindi lang mga artista ang nahahanga sa kalakasan ng imahinasyon pero pati mga pinakahusay sa mundo. Sa paraang ito pinapakita nila ang kaalaman nila.
2. கற்பனை என்பது ஒரு மிக உயர்ந்த சுதந்திரம் ஆகும். அதனை யாராலும் எங்களிடம் இருந்து பறிக்க முடியாது. படைப்புக் கற்பனையின் மகத்துவத்தை இந்த உலகின் காதலர்கள் மற்றும் கலைஞர்களால் மட்டுமல்ல, விஞ்ஞானிகளாலும் புகழப்படுகிறது.
3. Che, tembiapo porã apoháramo ikatu amoha'ãngahai porã che py'apýpe. Py'amongeta ningo iñimportanteve jekuaágui.Jaikuaáva omohembe'y ñaikumbýva , ha katu py'amongeta oañuã arapýpe ha mayma jahecháva, ñaikumbýva ha jaikuaava'erã.
4. Is í an tsamhlaíocht an cineál saoirse is airde agus ní féidir í a bhaint. Spreagann na ealaíontóirí agus na scríbhneoirí samhlaíocht chruthaitheach ar fud an domhain, chomh maith leis na heolaithe is fearr.
5. Nganele umdwebi ukudweba ngokukhululeka emcabangweni wami. Ukucabanga kubaluleke ngaphezu kolwazi. Ulwazi lulinganiselwe, kanti ukucabanga kuhlanganisa umhlaba wonke, kukhuthaza inqubekela phambili, kuzala ukuziphendukela kwemvelo.
6. Fantasien er den ultimative frihed, for der er ingen der kan tage det fra dig. Ligemeget hvor dårlig din situation er kan du altid forestille dig til et bedre sted, eller en bedre hverdag, et bedre liv faktisk. Og det er også vigtigt, en af de få forskelle mellem dyr og mennesker. Dyr, de lever i nuet - de har kun brug for at dække deres behov lige nu, mens mennesker kan forestille sig en bedre fremtid og en helt anden situation.
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🤗 Big hug to everyone reading my video descriptions! You rock! 🤓💪🏻

[@polyglotdreams]

He is one of the most informed persons who has participated.

[@wyqtor]

Yeah, personally I am into this stuff too and I would have definitely asked for the script on the 2nd language... for me, it could have been any one of the Dravidian languages!

[@polyglotdreams]

@@wyqtor I guessed correctly for all the languages before the final answer but in the case of Irish, I needed his first comments. I study Zulu so that was easy. I have also studied some Danish and Tagalog. I was in Paraguay in 1976.

[@allesindwillkommen]

@Paleogloss is a professional linguist and has obviously had a very strong focus on phonetics and phonology in his studies. None of my PhD professors were as good as Raphael when it comes to general phonetics.

[@ornessarhithfaeron3576]

I like his funny words, magic man

[@navnoorsingh8792]

Yeah exactly, the earlier one had no idea lol I scored better than him

[@puffyish]

When you think you know languages than this guy appears...😳👏🏻

[@SlipDownRokc]

*then

[@Glossologia]

Thank you so much for having me on Norbert, it was a pleasure! 😊

[@user-ww3kv9rd2y]

you were so good! nice job my dude!

[@strangec73]

You did fantastic! Really enjoyed this. I also liked how you explained how you came up with your answers, that was very informative. You should do something like that on your channel. Pick a language, tell a little history of it and dissect it like you did here.

[@boringextrovert6719]

You're amazing hats off

[@ronnyalvarado8116]

With how much knowledge you had of each language (history, which languages borrowed which, etc), that would be pretty cool to do on your channel if that becomes something you're interested in. Either way, you did fantastic and this was super enjoyable of an episode! Thanks for the lessons too, ha.

[@LarsPallesen]

That was super impressive! And this Dane was very pleased with how quickly you could determine that the last language was Danish :-)

[@imokin86]

That's what a linguist does. Unlike a polyglot who speaks many languages, a linguist knows what languages are made of. Very professional, very articulate. Not just a pro but a good communicator.

[@ControlledCha0s]

You can be a polyglot and still possess a more in-depth knowledge of languages, but it's true that since that's not a requirement to be one, many polyglots don't care all that much about it. Here's an exception, though!

[@TheZcarekrow]

You don't have to be a polyglot to ignore what language is made of, most of us don't know our native language that much, yet we speak it

[@matthewheald8964]

I knew just enough to almost understand what the heck he was talking about lol. He knows a LOT.

[@palkia192]

I too am a “self-proclaimed language lover”, but this guy just left me feeling so demoralized.

[@udraj914]

same. I got only Tamil, that too coz its spoken in my country too

[@choonbox]

I got 3/6 (Tagalog, Irish, Zulu) I thought what Danish was, was like Luxemburgish or maybe Sami and the Paraguayan one I guessed was maybe a carribean language. Tamil seemed very foreign to me and I couldnt place it.

[@NarnianLady]

same here :) I am clueless when it comes to South East Asian or native American languages..

[@maxkho00]

@@choonbox I got 4/6 Irish (the strong Irish accent that Irish people have when they speak English), Filipino (due to the vast amount of Romance vocabulary), Tamil (those weird "t"s, but it didn't sound Indo-European, so must be Dravidian), and Danish (sounded like German but also like Chinese, so obviously Danish; although I did initially think that it was something like Swiss German, which also sounds extremely weird). For Zulu, I was confident it was Xhosa, as it was the only click language that I knew of before now. And for Guarani, that sounded completely alien to me, and it might as well have been martian lol (if it wasn't for that "importante"). I was figuring it might be native to the Americas because of that Spanish-sounding "importante", but that was the only clue that I managed to derive from it.

[@viharsarok]

Mee, too. I usually get perfect or near perfect scores in language recognition games so I consider myself very good at this but this guy is something else. I got 4/6 (Tagalog, Tamil, Zulu, Danish). As for Irish, I immediately recognized that it is a Celtic language but I couldn't tell which one. I've never even heard about Guaraní.

[@pachonman95]

As a Paraguayan, I have to say that I was certainly not expecting to hear Guarani in this video. It was a very pleasant surprise :) Thank you! Or should I say "aguyje" ;) Also, hats off to Raphael! He wasn't lying when he said he likes languages! Very impressive knowledge indeed.

[@CanaldoMiauOfficial]

*As a Brazilian... Also.

[@DragosScarlat]

I see Guarani language covered a very big part of central S. America because the name of the state where my wife comes from, in Brasil, is a guarani name meaning "Long sea" (Pernambuco)

[@shaydawn7376]

It's a beautiful language :)

[@Graybat12]

El guaraní es un idioma hermoso. Me gustaría aprenderlo algún día. Saludos de un argentino en Gringolandia :)

[@EsdrasCGguimaraes]

Everything is understandable when I go to Ciudad del Este for shopping... Then... You guys start speaking Guarani and I get like🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@2008romboy]

Me: How many languages can you recognize ? Raphael: Yes!

[@user-xr3rb6pn9m]

Wow. He guessed the languages which I didn't know existed

[@dorotaradozycka4765]

exactly!!!

[@anastasiah9636]

This guy is impressive.

[@Glossologia]

That's very sweet of you :-)

[@peterhall318]

@@Glossologia You're so good at it! Greetings from Russia)

[@anastasiah9636]

@@Glossologia you did a fantastic job and thanks for the explanations!:)

[@Tiqerboy]

No kidding. I would have burned up all 3 lifelines in the first three languages alone. None I would have gotten on my own. I considered myself lucky just to get the right continent it came from.

[@Dysacanthos]

@@Glossologia Perfect analysis, well done Paleogloss! I really appreciate that thinking process.

[@SmallTownBigCity22]

This guy is a kick ass linguist. How he was able to distinguish these particular characteristics of the languages was awesome. The guy from episode one needed lots of help from Norbert and the languages were more common. Rafael was able to figure out these rarer languages which was really impressive. I wish him luck with what he's doing in school with dead language reconstruction, I believe that's what he said he was doing, because having tried a class like that once in university, it's incredibly difficult.

[@robroux5059]

He had it on easy mode with Danish and Tamil . He would have lost if they gave him North American languages like Iriqouis or Sioux or Kuna or Mazahua and any of the Central Asian languages like Pashto, Uzbeck, Kazakh or even Tartar.

[@Glossologia]

@@robroux5059 It depends on the north American language, but yes, those would have been tough. I'm pretty confident on my central Asian languages though - Turkic is maaaybe my favorite language family and I have some familiarity with Iranian languages ;-)

[@odoacredacalcutta5085]

dead language reconstruction is an extremely difficult discipline that has a lot more to do with code decryption, that is a completely different skill from this (which is essentially a bunch of notions about phonemics). being able to recognize a language that is already known even you don't speak it is one thing, being able to reconstruct the grammar of one no one knows is another one.

[@ScorpioMartianus]

That was the most satisfying 20 minutes of my entire life! 🤩 Congrats to my frāterculō Raphael! Woooooooo!!!!!!! 🏆 🏆 🏆

[@chrstiania]

That was 20 minutes?

[@RememberingAnita]

How did you do, Scorpio? I managed only 3. Really embarrassed about Irish. The rest are hard. Danish was easy because I love their cinema.

[@sameash3153]

LOL you said brotherbutt

[@Glossologia]

Grātiās Lūcī mī

[@PodcastItaliano]

Raph's a beast!

[@louismelahn1805]

3:50 apart from the Spanish words (imaginación), the giveaway was the word “Manila” right at the end of the clip.

[@isabeltrinidadechavez4190]

This could easily be a joke, so ignore this if it was meant to be one haha. He says "kaalaman nila" = "their knowledge".

[@ksubota]

@@isabeltrinidadechavez4190 wow, I heard "Manila" too 😅

[@wyqtor]

@@ksubota Yeah, I heard it too :))

[@melodia2772]

@@isabeltrinidadechavez4190 oh I learned something today! I really thought they said Manila 😅

[@alfonsomango_suyu]

I heard Manila too. But for the spanish loanwords I thought it was Chavacano at first listening.

[@AnonUser1977]

I like how he explains his linguistic deductions.

[@alyonamakarona]

I am speechless. What an intelligent, pleasant and yet modest guest!! Thanks for the video. I did get lots of satisfaction while watching it!!

[@actualfluency]

Thanks for inviting me to take part in this series, Norbert! I had a lot of fun reading the comments! Apparently it's really hard to fly under the radar when speaking danish.....

[@Ecolinguist]

Thank you for your contribution, Kris!!! 🤗

[@Glossologia]

Indeed, but it's hardly a bad thing to stand out! :)

[@ImaginaryMdA]

I'm learning swedish, and I tried watching some tv in swedish. Until I figured out after several episodes it was actually in norwegian. XD

[@nesser52]

I think Swedish has a distinguished melody to it

[@THjelm]

@@nesser52 Swede here. I can totally understand how one can get the two mixed up. Firstly they are mutually intelligible and share a lot of vocabulary, although there are a lot of words that quickly give it away if you know which ones. The melody depends a lot on the dialect. There are Norwegian dialects whose melody is very similar to some Swedish dialects, whereas two Swedish dialects from different parts of the country may have very different melody (as well as Norwegian dialects from different parts of Norway).

[@TheZcarekrow]

@@THjelm Not Norwegian or Swedish here, but i once met a Swedish/Norwegian couple, they would simply speak their own language to each other and they would get everything, that's what they told me.

[@THjelm]

@@TheZcarekrow Oh yes. I have had plenty of conversations like that with Norwegians and Danes. No need to switch over to another language most of the time. I have even had a conversation with a Norwegian and a Dane at the same time, each in our own languages. You *will* stumble upon some words that are entirely different, though, so it helps to know a little bit about the vocabularies of the other languages.

[@mahatmaniggandhi2898]

i think the oslo dialect is actually closer to swedish than to other norwegian dialects. not totally sure tho

[@user-sx8ir9hs4o]

This guy, Rafael is real Master of Languages! Fantastic game, incredible result. As for me I could guess only approximately like Indian, Celtic, Scandinavian, African🙂

[@EwigerSeptember]

Same thing, I could only guess Irish, the others only by their families or regions

[@peripop6244]

Lol, just "African" 😆😆

[@ztsjaz7]

Yo tambien, bueno, el filipino si, pero los demás solo por región.

[@lumizu2091]

@@EwigerSeptember I guessed Tagalog ( the first one ) but not any other

[@EwigerSeptember]

@@lumizu2091 I thought about Filipino, the logic was quite the same as Rafael had. But I had no idea of the names of the specific languages 😅

[@mxMik]

I like his logic and an amazingly broad knowledge.

[@mantequilla404]

Speaking as a person who knows absolutely nothing about linguistics, I can proudly say I got 2/6 languages correct, 4/6 families correct, and 6/6 continents correct. Hooray for me!

[@TheZcarekrow]

Con seguridad tuve tagalo y danes, el irlandes tambien lo adivine, el tamil para mi podria ser desde arabe pakistani hasta hindu asi que el area si la tenia, el zulu lo ignoro por completo incluso viendo el mapa, en esa area solo ubico el afrikaans y el guarani tambien lo ignoro pero definitivamente suena nativa americana al igual solo con el dato la adivine.

[@piteoswaldo]

Same thing here! I got 2/6 languages (Tagalog and Guarani), probably 3/6 if I could get a lifeline for the Irish. 4/6 families, and 6/6 continents!

[@plocus3592]

The level of Raphael's expertise is absurd. Hats off to you, sir.

[@angelicaaddo559]

Danish is actually easier to discriminate from Norwegian and Swedish than these two from one another :)

[@Glossologia]

Indeed! And in particular, I feel like usually when it's Swedish I usually don't confuse it with Norwegian, but sometimes listening to Norwegian I can't decide if it's Norwegian or Swedish lol. Of course to speakers of a north Germanic language there shouldn't be any confusion haha

[@angelicaaddo559]

@@Glossologia haha same here! But with time, I got to notice how "more melodic" Norwegian is.

[@angelicaaddo559]

@@Glossologia Anyway, good job! Your knowledge is impressive! :D I could barely guess the continents haha (except for Danish).

[@apmoy70]

Indeed, the guttural r gave it away

[@angelicaaddo559]

@@apmoy70 That, and I think it sounds so German too! Sorry Danes!

[@BrossIsindaHouse]

6 out of 6 grade of satisfaction, because it was like the classic expert in movies and series when no one has a clue: "yes, no problem, this is my thing and I'm going to explain wtf is this", so young people watching it would say "woaaaah, amaaaaazing, I wanna be that when I grow up!" 👍 Bring him again, or any other linguist who can be like that! It's very cool 😁

[@genevievenimhuiris5495]

So happy they did Irish 🇮🇪

[@arwena102]

Wow, I'm in love with this guy, seriously. I have enough linguistic knowledge to understand what Raphael was talking about, but to be able to actually hear these subtle characteristics of sounds in a foreign language after listening to one short sample just once? He's a genius!

[@AlinkaMosendz]

In this piece Raphael is playing a crucial part, his guesses not just because, but they always have linguistic basis. Great episode of game!

[@Nikelaos_Khristianos]

As a South African, this gent hugely impressed me. I'm actually from Natal where Zulu is spoken, so well done for guessing Zulu! 👏 I almost instinctively guessed Zulu as I soon as I heard it because it instantly reminded me of home. And to help out about the pronunciation of Xhosa, it is completely fine to say "Khosa", but it is pronounced with a hard clicking sound as you start the word.

[@Glossologia]

Haha yeah, I went and watched some tutorials on the pronunciation of Xhosa after the video so I think I have it down now. Thanks! :D

[@toxicbee990]

10:30 it is so interesting that the flow and the intonation of irish resembles the accent of Irish people when speaking english...

[@ThatBernie]

That’s because the speaker was almost certainly an L2 speaker whose native language is (Hiberno-)English. The Irish government forces everyone to learn Irish in school, but the problem is that there aren’t enough native Irish speakers to employ as language teachers across the entire country, and so proficient (or sometimes just semi-proficient) L2 speakers are hired to teach the language in school, which has resulted in a variety of Irish that has extensive English influence in its phonology and grammar. If you listen to an actual native speaker from one of the Gaeltacht regions you will find it sounds much more “exotic.”

[@Vegan123]

It was in the Ulster dialect

[@natashaaba9420]

It's such a pleasure ☺ to watch real linguistic professional. And you, Norbert, as awesome 👌 as usual 😀 👏, thank you.

[@d0mnksantorski411]

Indeed

[@drewmanchuvids]

I'm Scottish and I'm proud to have such a smart guy studying here Edit: No cups for me, I banked on Xhosa instead of Zulu 😕

[@smithryansmith]

If he can understand a Scotsman speaking English, he can understand anything! (Just taking the mickey:-)

[@nicoc6387]

I feel your pain. Who knew Zulu had so many clicks ? Not me. That one flummoxed me.

[@drewmanchuvids]

@@smithryansmith A lot of non-Scottish really struggle with a Scottish accent, both understanding and reproducing (most of the time it ends up like Groundskeeper Willy, or a half Irish thing). If you can understand a thick Glasgow accent or Doric, for example, I'd say you're well qualified to be a linguist.

[@udraj914]

yep, even I was for Xhosa, granted I have only heard Trevor Noah speak it. btw,is it Xulu or Xhosa featured in Black Panther?

[@Lhikan634]

​@@udraj914 The one in Black Panther is isiXhosa

[@tatianavakhonina3305]

That was a great lesson of humility for me, as it turned out I have a very vague idea about languages that aren't Slavic, Germanic or Romance! Had a lot of pleasure anyway! I'm absolutely in awe at Rafael's expertise and Norbert's talent at preparing these videos!

[@matthewheald8964]

You said it.

[@ClaraChroma]

So happy you included Guarani 💚💚💚

[@schizoidforjesus]

Person: throws up Dane: what did you just say about my hair?

[@beorlingo]

Alternative: Throws Up Dane: And a very good day to you too!

[@TheZcarekrow]

Hold my smørrebrød

[@jandamskier6510]

Do you think you are funny?

[@schizoidforjesus]

oh wow look at you you're so smart and funny and cool wow

[@TheZcarekrow]

@Alan Ashury Stop whining for satan's sake

[@emmanuelpetit8291]

The participant is brilliant

[@igorkhavkine]

Wow, Raphael was really good! I sure got some satisfaction from this episode, but a purely subjective amount not to be measured by any cups. 😅 It was great to see someone sampling languages like a fine wine. Mmmm, I'm getting a hint of sandalwood and notes of nasal vowels... 😂

[@Ecolinguist]

Well said! 😂

[@Martin253]

What a beautiful message in Danish. Fantasy is a great enrichment in life. The contestant had a great way of showing how he was led to the conclusion of each language. I would love to be in one of these episodes.

[@RedHair651]

Me too!

[@TheZcarekrow]

Hvad var det? jeg kun laeser dansk

[@MonkOrMan]

Why was he laughing in the Danish one?

[@matthewheald8964]

WHAT DID THE DANISH GUY SAY!?!?! I AM STUPID ANGLOPHONE FROM THE US; PLEASE TELL ME!!!

[@AmedeeVanGasse]

Oh wow I'm so happy that I at least got the language families and/or regions correct!

[@farovail6838]

17:18 Everybody who's interested in languages has to laugh when he's playing number 6... You can clearly see him fighting against it 🤣🤣🤣

[@MonkOrMan]

Why what did it say?

[@farovail6838]

@@MonkOrMan It's because Danish has a rather funny pronunciation you immediately recognise if you once have heard the language 😉

[@alicerey6291]

@@farovail6838 yeah, that was the only one i guessed

[@BlastKast]

I got so excited to hear Danish when it came up. And the message was quite nice too talking about human imagination

[@ykscalsan7240]

What was the message can you write it in English

[@gerald02121]

@@ykscalsan7240 This is just from google translate, but I think it should be pretty close to the message. "The imagination is the ultimate freedom, for no one can take it from you. No matter how bad your situation is, you can always imagine a better place, or a better everyday life, a better life actually. And it is also important, one of the few differences between animals and humans. Animals, they live in the present - they only need to cover their needs right now, while humans can imagine a better future and a completely different situation."

[@ykscalsan7240]

@@gerald02121 thank you that was exactly what i was curious about

[@jackbaxter-williams8059]

Your face while he explains... priceless

[@roon1sicunt]

It was clear this guy was informed when he introduced himself as American rather than his state of origin.

[@cerberaodollam]

🤔 why?

[@rayres1074]

@@cerberaodollam I assume Fats refer to a possible fact that Americans when asked where they are from by international speakers rather than mentioning the country where they are from (The US) they mention the state they are from, which kind of hints a lack of awareness that the US is not so important as for international folks to know its states.

[@cerberaodollam]

@@rayres1074 oh. Okay. I'm Hungarian but I wanna go there so bad that I didn't think of this 😅

[@dodgingcars]

@@rayres1074 Does that apply to more well known places like Los Angeles or New York? If I asked someone from Europe where they were from and they replied, "Berlin," I wouldn't assume they thought "Germany was so important."

[@NightOfCrystals]

I disagree. I think some places are pretty internationally reputable, especially big cities. I would 100% expect people to know about any state with more than 5 million people, and definitely in other countries too. Clearly he is extremely educated on languages, but I think this detail could go either way. To specify - like the above comment, you could say Berlin or Frankfurt if you were German, or Bavaria.

[@erikamota2882]

Wow, this guy Raphael is amazing! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thank you for bringing him to your channel, Norbert. ❤️ Didn’t get any satisfaction from my guesses (never heard of Tamil), but I’m happy I got 2 of them immediately: Guaraní and Danish. 😁 Love from Brazil. 🇧🇷

[@yesid17]

wow this guy knows his shit very impressive-i got them all except Zulu i thought it was Xhosa (even the map didn't help which killed me a little inside lol), i know a little bit of all of the others in the challenge thanks to duolingo and other language learning apps and i know a little bit of swahili but sadly no other central or southern african language :( in any case great video as always norbert! keep up the great work! would love to be on your show some time :-)

[@Ecolinguist]

Congratulations! The medium cup of satisfaction goes to you! 🏆🤓🥳

[@Shareenear]

Just so you know: the province shown in the map was KwaZulu-Natal, and the one right below that one is Eastern Cape, where Xhosa is mostly spoken

[@abelstropicalfruit8647]

Finally a new episode of this! This series is very good.

[@alphonsesequilpapa608]

Yes! I wanna see more

[@Supperrman]

Very impressive to see Rafael's thought process! As a speaker of a neighbouring language to the last one, I understood 95% of it and really enjoyed the message being said.

[@malolelei3937]

Could you please tell us what it was about?

[@Supperrman]

@@malolelei3937 I did not fully get the first part, but in general: It was about the value of fantasy, and what is different between animals and humans. Basically: In a bad situation, us humans can always imagine a better place/world/life due to the power of our fantasy and mind. And this is one of the few differences between animals and humans. Animals only live in the present, to cover their present needs, while humans are able to imagine a better future for themselves.

[@malolelei3937]

@@Supperrman Oh that's interesting. Such a positive message you wouldn't expect to hear in a language game. Anyways, thank you very much for the response. Have a nice time :)

[@wyqtor]

@@Supperrman A very apt message, considering the recent developments of how the COVID virus mutated in minks farmed for their fur in Denmark; this mutated virus was passed back to humans and this resulting variant was found to be resistant to antibodies and potential vaccines. All minks in Denmark had to be killed to prevent such events from happening again.

[@rcubillo]

We are all as impressed as Norbert is with this guy

[@AmericanEnglishBrent]

I absolutely love these types of challenges. More please. 🙏🏼😉👏🏼👍🏼

[@user-uj7nq2cn4o]

Very impressive. Raphael showed well-structured deductive skills in his attempts at his final guesses. His comprehensive background knowledge of the phonological differences of the languages /language families is also apparent. Perfect ACADEMIC example for us. PS. (wondering the performance by a person with abundant practical exposures to different languages, maybe without as much professional grounds) Dzięki, Norbert.

[@airellrm4449]

I didn't rewind and guessed before his explanations (and after lifelines but before his explanations for some languages) and got: 1 - Tagalog ✅ 2 - Tamil ✅ 3 - Guarani ✅ 4 - Welsh ❌ 5 - Zulu ✅ 6 - Swedish ❌ I got a small cup yay :D

[@ashalorena8906]

Me too!

[@Ecolinguist]

Yeap! The small cup of satisfaction goes to you! 🏆🤓🥳Congratulations!

[@jasmadams]

Yep, small cup here. I didn't know Guarani, and I thought Danish was Frisian.

[@spideyfanboy]

My guess was 1. Tagalog 2. Tamil 3. ??? 4. Irish 5. Amharic 6. Danish

[@senantiasa]

I thought number 4 was Welsh too!!

[@sachs6]

I've laughed harder with the other guy, but I've learned so much more with this one! I think the satisfaction is not being right, but improving oneself. Its also fun how the only one I was immediately sure off, was the one he was initially least certain to guess: Guarani. I guess learning some dead classical Tupi wasn't worthless after all.

[@Mara-ub3tq]

Classical Tupí is cool

[@klaudiasob7325]

That was so hard and Raphael was surprisingly good at the game, you can see that he knows his stuff and is passionate about languages

[@jaall7280]

Oh my god! This guy is INCREDIBLE! What a knowledge of languages!

[@luke125]

This guy really knows his stuff. I’m impressed.

[@joelmartin2228]

I got 4 out of 6. Thought Irish was Manx and Zulu was Sesotho... Man, this guy is on point!

[@Ecolinguist]

Congratulations! The small cup of satisfaction goes to you! 🏆🤓🥳

[@aguy4247]

Irish and Manx have a small bit of mutual intelligibility, so anyone who guesses Manx like yourself should still just be excited you can at least pick out a Goidelic language. Most normal people I speak to don't even know that Irish/Manx/Scottish even exist haha

[@thato596]

Yeah Sesotho is another language spoken in South Africa, Lesotho and zimbabwe. It shares some words with zulu and xhosa. It also a click words. I understand if someone might mistaken Sesotho for zulu.

[@raresremetan2001]

Congratulations to Raphael, he is very good. I got my small cup of satisfaction, recognising Tagalog, Irish, Zulu and Danish. I am Romanian and I send you, Norbert my warmest and kindest greetings! It is a pleasure for me to watch your videos! I am myself a speaker of 6 languages with the ability of understanding some others to some degree. Thank you for the Latin VS Romanian ones, they were hugely inspiring! Keep on the great work, you’ve got all my support! Cześć bracie! P.S.: Please add some Germanic languages comparisons in the future, that would be very interesting! Bardzo dziękuje!

[@EunhaeIsReal1]

Only got Tagalog, Irish and Danish correct. I had no idea about the others and I didn't even try to make guesses bc I frankly have never heard anything like those languages before, I was absolutely amazed by this guy's knowledge! And even slightly jealous 😂 that was very impressive!

[@dumvivimus]

This guy is so well studied! Really amazing. Danish was way too easy for someone that well educated. Very fun and informative episode!

[@carlossoza2441]

Congratulations, Raphael. I am very impressed with your linguistic knowledge. You are very studious and charismatic.

[@lisakitteh]

This video was pretty cool, I loved the explanations that Raphael provided while trying to guess the languages. And he did great, he deserved that huge cup of satisfaction! I had no trouble identifying Tagalog and Danish, the others were not so easy. Maybe I'd guess Irish as well, but not the other 3. That's why these videos are always so interesting and fun to watch :)

[@kosmicheskiprah]

Definitely 6/5 satisfaction. Very enjoyable to watch. Raphael is a linguistic legend.

[@zamrunikhalid9205]

I'm Malaysian so I am quite familiar with the sounds of Tagalog and Tamil. I knew the third language was Celtic but couldn't really figure out which one. The fourth one was definitely South African because of its click sound but I couldn't distinguish between Zulu and Xhosa. But when the map was shown it was obvious that it was the map of Kwazulu-Natal. The last language was quite easy for me because of Danish unique vowel sounds.

[@midtskogen]

My guesses: 1. Tagalog 2. Telugu or Tamil 3. Quechua 4. Irish 5. Something of South Africa 6. Danish I'm pretty clueless about these languages apart from Irish and Danish which I instantly recognised (I'm Norwegian), but fascinating how surprisingly easy it was to get on the right track for the others. Still, this guy impressed.

[@vincem3748]

I also guessed Quechua for the third one, lol

[@kawaiiburguer9079]

I thought it was Quechua too :(

[@wyqtor]

It's not Quechua because there are no weird ejective consonants (a trait Quechua mysteriously shares with other languages spoken in the mountains, like Georgian)

[@midtskogen]

@@wyqtor I wouldn't know. My guess was simply something in Spanish South America, and Quechua was the only non-European language there I knew the name of. The first was pretty much given away by the last word "Manila". The second was clearly something from the Indian subcontinent (retroflex consonants!), and it sounded Dravidian, but it didn't sound like Malayalam (which in my ears sounds like a machinegun of syllables), and some sounds seemed a bit strange for Kannada, and the list of south Indian languages I know the name of was getting shorter. I've spent a month in south India, travelling through a few states, but are generally clueless about the languages other than having heard them 25 years ago. I've also been to Peru, but I don't think I heard Quechua spoken.

[@krishnar1182]

I’m genuinely surprised at how many of us guessed Quechua. I was sure it was from South America and then just guessed that as a major indigenous language .

[@AntipodePolyglot]

Danish was a relief in this list. To make this game even harder, that must have been Faroese or Icelandic.

[@Glossologia]

Indeed, though I actually studied Icelandic up to an ~A2 level a few years ago and Norbert made sure not to include any languages I've studied hehe

[@AntipodePolyglot]

@@Glossologia Norbert made sure to put none of twelve languages that I speak. That's when I feel like a loser. There are too many other languages to learn 😂

[@peterfireflylund]

He could have made it harder by using dialects like Sønderjysk (very different sounds) or Fynsk (pitch accent instead of stød)...

[@Lawrencelot89]

I actually thought it was Faroese, because Danish would be much easier to guess than the other more obscure languages like Guarani.

[@Sarah.Riedel]

@@Lawrencelot89 omg that's crazy I actually guessed Faroese too

[@nathalierachelfernandez]

I AM A HUGE FAN! Woooow Raphael is amaaaazing. Thanks Norbert for putting this together 🥰

[@SteveFrenchWoodNStuff]

I haven't even heard of most these languages. The guest definitely knows his stuff. It was quite satisfying listening to him explain his thought process and share some highly technical knowledge.

[@oanasimon1983]

I almost choked on my food at the last language, my husband is Danish ;). Great episode, I loved it. Rafael is really good!

[@wompwompwomble]

love this series! i love the way he explained his thought process using actual knowledge of phonetics, intonations and origins, so the viewers actually learn something. i would love to see if anyone could guess maltese, even with lifelines.

[@Glossologia]

Thanks for watching! In my case I've been to Malta so I expect I'd have gotten it but it would definitely be fun to use in another episode hehe

[@aguy4247]

As an Irish speaker I perked up a lot as soon as the fourth sample started playing. I went "awwwwww he chose Irish for this!!!" out loud as soon as it started hahaha

[@frankparis9408]

Bravo Norbert. You have found another gem! This young man is very impressive.

[@weetikissa]

I would love to see Irish, Scottish, and Breton Gaelic speakers trying to understand one another.

[@pierreabbat6157]

Breton Gaelic? Breton is Brythonic. You mean Manx?

[@thestrategos4710]

I can understand some Irish (depending on the dialect) - Manx is easier for Gaidhlig speakers when spoken, but it is written according to Welsh spelling rules! I live on IoM and can follow most of a Manx conversation.

[@thestrategos4710]

@@pierreabbat6157 yes - Welsh, Cornish and Breton would be a better question here; I presume W meant Gaidhlig, Gaelgy and Irish?

[@user-go2iw9cu5o]

It was great! Many thanks for both of you, guys! I've got a Big cup of pleasure listening you! 😊♥️🏆

[@dnicuilic1532]

It made me so happy to hear Irish as part of one of these videos! I’ve been waiting for this day!😅🇮🇪

[@4776492]

This guy really knows his stuff, impresive!👏🏽

[@xboxnube]

When he played the danish sample, I was immediately like: That’s Danish!

[@janethjaranilla1230]

The first sound!haha Philippines!!!!😍😍😍😍 Ang galing mo Raphael!🤩😍😘

[@viggopetersen2524]

Thank you for the hopeful hidden message! :)

[@Ruth-cz8jq]

I almost cried when I heard Guarani! (I'm from Paraguay)

[@magdalenawojciechowska8568]

That was absolutely phenomenal! For me it was a pleasure (or maybe I should say “satisfaction”) simply to watch it! I’m stunned

[@myhal-k]

My favorite show so far. I'm impressed by how tremendously good the guy was at guessing everything! Wow!

[@RichieALevy]

This is fantastic Norbert. I've been into languages since the mid 1960's. I had some success, but am so impressed with your guest. Hats off to him!!!

[@agatheherrou7333]

Am I the only one who would love to see this as a bigger-scale TV show?

[@anomalapithecus]

oh i’d love a Xhosa/Zulu mutual intelligibility video! that’d be so cool.

[@taylorgibb174]

Even though I only guessed Tagalog and Guaraní correctly, I got a lot of satisfaction watching this video. The variety in the language samples is very nice and I learned a lot from Raphael explaining his guesses. I'm looking forward to the next episode.

[@jmlepunk]

This guy's cool, smart, and humble! Refreshing.

[@markusnest9459]

Wow, Raphael is just a-ma-zing ! (I am thinking that he might read from this that I am german speaking , coming from the cologne area and originally from the Ruhrgebiet area, which is fine : there is no hiding from Raphael)

[@jrr3558]

Rafael is incredible. Congrats!!!

[@liveenjoy6821]

As a person who at times dabble with linguistics as a hobby once in a blue moon, the only language I am completely wrong is Guarani - before this very intelligent guy speak I was guessing African language(s)/Timorese lol Tagalog - very easy Tamil - knew its a Dravidian language but not too sure which one even though I'm Indian Irish - knew it was a Gaellic language and thanks to this guy I came to know of Manx. Danish - was guessing Faroe language, wrong but I knew it was a Nordic language. I'm Indian belonging to a small state of Meghalaya and I'm an ethnic Khasi person and Khasi language belongs to the Austro-Asiatic family and we're only around 1.5 million speakers which is very very small in a 1.4billion country. Love your channel. Keep doing and wish you well :)

[@calmingmusic6549]

Informative and entertaining. Raphael Turrigiano explains very well. Thanks for the video!

[@parkviewmo]

What's clever about this channel is that he has game formats. That structures how I listen, and I think it helps me focus on information. Bravo! As a U.S. English speaker, I am not used to hearing so many languages. I like to refine my listening and hearing different tones and music. This guy was so knowledgeable and used it to identify the languages!

[@JS-os5bl]

I'm really impressed by Raphael's knowledge. I wish I knew half of that.

[@Taubenschmied]

I got a big cup of satisfaction today when I saw that another language guessing video from Norbert was out.

[@ErikVSV]

I'm sitting here, also from the US, in Copenhagen, where I've spent the last two years. I've now learned Danish and was a bit surprised to hear it pop up! I LOVED this contest and look forward to hearing more. The guest was so knowledgeable. :D

[@davidrunge1524]

Wow that was really impressive! Well done to Raphael! And it was fun to hear my own language in the end 🤓 I would say that us being able to imagine a better life is especially important in these times. Thanks for keeping us entertained and keep up the good work. All the best from Denmark.

[@Roxanewolfie]

great series! raphael did amazingly, it's great to listen to someone who actually knows their stuff try their hand at this game!

[@gurfatehsingh4328]

Hats off and a deep bow to the longhaired Maestro!

[@cristianlicea6350]

These are so fun and entertaining! Great work!

[@Phil18289]

Thanks Norbert! I love this series. Raphael is phenomenal!

[@georgiqg]

Great video! You should make more of these. It's really satisfying to listen to someone who really knows a lot about languages. I've watched similar videos with people who know nothing about languages, hear a sample in Dutch and think it's Portuguese.

[@jusilva6751]

Uau, this man is amazing! This time, I got 0 questions right, it was very difficult for me! The only big satisfaction I got was watching the video :) Love your videos, keep it up with the excellent content !😉

[@caustic_rage]

I love trying these with the challenger, but I dropped out of college in my 20s. Sadly I only landed 4 on my own merit. Rafael was an absolute gangster in this, he fuckin' nailed it. Well done to him, super enjoyable video!

[@hankwilliams150]

I cannot BELIEVE that I got all six right!!! I guessed Quechua instead of Guaraní until they mentioned Paraguay and then changed my answer. This was fun and fascinating and Raphael was great!THANK YOU!