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Identifying obscure languages?

Zacharias Liangas
 

this is more personal message : i   m quite old ready to be 60 but was of the fist in Greece to deal with computers since the mid 70s , Buite ahead of my time nut always was very close to any good and useful technologies since that time.
If you are interested for more on checking for mysterious languages there was a site related to 'Christian' religion with texts from the bible and passes translated in more than 1500 languages with videos or audio files.  it s not easy now to look for that  as i don't remember the site

What do  you  mean by cantankerous?
FenDrifter
 

Hi Zacharias
i thank you for that, but I don’t have anything to do with Google if I can avoid it. The only concession to this rule is YouTube which it would be facile to reject. Yes, I’m old and cantankerous!

Drifter
Zacharias Liangas
 

I can also advise the google translation facility It supports more than 100 languages and supports also oral pronunciation in most languages
kevin asato
 

No, i kinda ducked the language question itself, but it is another way of trying to determine stations ID and possibly the language as well. Here in Los Angeles, it is possible to hear Chinese (both main dialects), Korean, Vietnamese, and Farsi in addition to English and Spanish on the AM band. The Farsi one (KIRN, 670KHz) threw me and i figured it out after looking it up on the web.
73,
kevin
kc6pob

On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 1:29 AM FenDrifter via groups.io <essexmarshman=icloud.com@groups.io> wrote:

Hi Kevin
Appreciate the reply. I think I understand what you’re saying here, and the point you make about 9 and 10 kHz spacing was certainly something I didn’t think of. It looks as though I was looking at the problem from the wrong perspective language, rather than dial position. 

Thanks again
Drifter
FenDrifter
 

Hi Zacharias 
I don’t at the moment do MW, but what I didn’t know about was the ilovelanguages section of YouTube; thank you! That’s a great resource and will be very helpful. What I’ve just started to do, on a few hits, is to make short recordings on my iPhone including time and frequency (I may expand this later), so I’ve got some work to do! 

Once again thank you!
Drifter
Zacharias Liangas
 

Another way is to look first on mwlist fast and easy to possibly identify the language
https://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php
This happens in the European part at least with current time special  marked 
Then you will  check on Wikipedia for more or on illovelanguages YouTube site
FenDrifter
 

Hi Kevin
Appreciate the reply. I think I understand what you’re saying here, and the point you make about 9 and 10 kHz spacing was certainly something I didn’t think of. It looks as though I was looking at the problem from the wrong perspective language, rather than dial position. 

Thanks again
Drifter
kevin asato
 

For North American stations (US, Mexico, Canada) i usually do a web lookup of stations transmitting on a particular frequency ( search : 640KHz ) or jump to Wikipedia and search on the frequency. For International stations on 9KHz spacing, i usually do a search on the nearest 9KHz multiple above and below adjacent to the 10KHz frequency i am listening to. If you are in a region where 9KHz is the norm, look up the nearest AM stations on the nearest 10KHz (the Zero-s).
Hope this helps.
73,
kevin
kc6pob

On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 9:09 AM FenDrifter via groups.io <essexmarshman=icloud.com@groups.io> wrote:

Hi all
My next beginners question is, is there a known way of identifying unknown languages please? On a few occasions I’ve come across a couple of fairly close stations which are in languages I don’t understand, and where the digital frequency readout doesn’t help. More often just one station is transmitting and I can’t be sure which it is. I’ve sometimes waited for a program change but then just as they’re about to give the station name it warbles! I’m sure these must be lifelong problems for all, and I’m curious as to solutions. 

Drifter
FenDrifter
 

Hi all
My next beginners question is, is there a known way of identifying unknown languages please? On a few occasions I’ve come across a couple of fairly close stations which are in languages I don’t understand, and where the digital frequency readout doesn’t help. More often just one station is transmitting and I can’t be sure which it is. I’ve sometimes waited for a program change but then just as they’re about to give the station name it warbles! I’m sure these must be lifelong problems for all, and I’m curious as to solutions. 

Drifter

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