Language question

DougD · 04-14-2007, 04:41 PM

Anyone know the language on this flag?

DougD

Tretov · 04-14-2007, 06:24 PM

Something in me says Mongolia, with the horses etc., but it is just my guess.

willie777 · 04-14-2007, 07:28 PM

Hmm, I know of no such language in the world that uses a backwards C...

Esteban_cool · 04-14-2007, 08:23 PM

I presume this may be not mongolian, but possibly from an East-Far East ethnic group of Russia (i.e Yakuts, Buryats, Yamalo-nenets, Chukchi, etcetera). I´ll take a look on onmiglot and see what I can find.

Greetings to all

DougD · 04-15-2007, 09:27 AM

I am thinking the guys on the flag are each wearing a Fez, so perhaps one of the Balkan nations? Dave said Montenegro is possible.

DougD

***desantnik*** · 04-15-2007, 09:37 AM

I would go with a Turkic people which could include the Balkans, but that backward "C" is a brainbuster. It must be an earlier form of an alphabet before they switched over.

Jeffrey Meffert · 04-15-2007, 02:58 PM

Maybe the maker was drunk while he was sewing it together? It's a neat flag although the gentleman in front looks like he's fishing.

***CtahhR*** · 02-01-2016, 09:21 AM

This is Asante dialect of the Twi branch of Akan language. One of the official languages of Ghana. Probably belonging to a unit of the Autonomous Region Of Ashanti, Asafo Company #4.

Not Balkan, Turkic nor Mongolian.

04-15-2007, 09:27 AM	#5
DougD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Age: 50 Posts: 2,060	Fez I am thinking the guys on the flag are each wearing a Fez, so perhaps one of the Balkan nations? Dave said Montenegro is possible. DougD

04-15-2007, 02:58 PM	#7
Jeffrey Meffert Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA Age: 67 Posts: 640	Backward C Maybe the maker was drunk while he was sewing it together? It's a neat flag although the gentleman in front looks like he's fishing.

02-01-2016, 09:21 AM	#8
*CtahhR* Forum Administrator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Deep In The Archives. Age: 17 Posts: 12,074	Re: Language question This is Asante dialect of the Twi branch of Akan language. One of the official languages of Ghana. Probably belonging to a unit of the Autonomous Region Of Ashanti, Asafo Company #4. Not Balkan, Turkic nor Mongolian. __________________ "Signed with his own rubber stamp"

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Esteban_cool Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Santiago, Chile Age: 36 Posts: 1,103	I presume this may be not mongolian, but possibly from an East-Far East ethnic group of Russia (i.e Yakuts, Buryats, Yamalo-nenets, Chukchi, etcetera). I´ll take a look on onmiglot and see what I can find. Greetings to all __________________ There's nothing in the streets Looks any different to me And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye And the parting on the left Are now parting on the right And the beards have all grown longer overnight The Who, Won't get fooled again

04-15-2007, 09:37 AM	#6
*desantnik* Forum Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Eurasia Posts: 2,339	I would go with a Turkic people which could include the Balkans, but that backward "C" is a brainbuster. It must be an earlier form of an alphabet before they switched over.

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