The fact that he's doing this based off music and that he's not a linguist, doesn't actually speak the language, is the craziest part for me.

@isaacahern3660

3 ай бұрын

yeah honestly as someone who only speaks english and listens to music in several other languages i mistake a lot of foreign songs for being in a different language because of the style of the song

@Juniper_berries

3 ай бұрын

That's why the American guy speaking Romanian threw him off. His accent was so strongly American you could hear it! That, and his flow was choppy.

@KHobbies_cina

3 ай бұрын

Its almost like using maths and calculations instead of lingual aspect to pin point a location.

@casediedwell5094

3 ай бұрын

Has an 'ear' for it.

@gaybetch

Ай бұрын

Art truly shows others not native to the tongue, the culture of one’s language

I don't blame Matthew for not guessing romanian. As a native speaker, he had such a thick english accent that I couldn't even recognize it at first

@ezraabottmcklein8379

4 ай бұрын

He said it himself, his accent is americanized

@daisy_elle_

4 ай бұрын

​@@ezraabottmcklein8379 it's not even the accent, it's the way he even wrongly said words (not wrong sounds, which is due to an accent, but wrong letters which is based on knowledge)

@Nunorechena13

4 ай бұрын

Funny. I’m portuguese and I instantly thought it was romanian.

@LorMortensen

4 ай бұрын

I'm Italian and the accents was so messed up that I thought it was Albanian at first. Then I started to understand what he was saying and I realized ahahhaha

@renegadetla9331

4 ай бұрын

I’ve been listening to so much Romanian music recently and I thought it couldn’t possibly be just because of his accent lol I really need to just learn Romanian

not gonna lie as someone born in romania, the dude speaking romanian had such a thick english accent that i didn't even recognize my own native language.

@AngryKittens

4 ай бұрын

It sounded almost Portuguese.

@user-zt8sm2uc5z

4 ай бұрын

​@@AngryKittensexactly what I was thinking, like he speaks English as a secondary language and a romance language as a mother tongue. Really odd that one.

@dotslashdotslahsdotslash

4 ай бұрын

As an Indonesian I felt kinda the same. I could recognize the word 'mobil' when they were referring to cars but I completely thought they were Filipino. LOL. Luckily Matthew asked them to count from 1 to 10 though, so I was sure they were actually Indonesian.

@sonicmonster483

4 ай бұрын

Fr😂😂😂😂

@pjwashington5818

4 ай бұрын

@@sonicmonster483he was fine as hell tho

"You did your homework" "Well I GAVE the homework" The hardest fucking line ever spoken

@geckopecko

2 ай бұрын

it really was

I love that this guy guesses languages so well that when he gets one wrong, it's actually the language speakers fault.

@ConstantChaos1

3 ай бұрын

Yeah sorry what the fuck was that Romanian? Dude cleanly used Google translate in his way to the shoot imo

Disappointed, I thought this was a new one. Bring Matthew back for more languages!!

@bongiwa

4 ай бұрын

fr!

@user-kq8th6dp1z

4 ай бұрын

Same!

@CariL92

4 ай бұрын

Right I was so excited and then it was like wait a min I’ve seen this already 🤣 still I love Matthew

@elenivoigt8994

4 ай бұрын

Yes omg

@huntno

4 ай бұрын

Took me 3 minutes to figure that out

Love all the Romanians commenting that they couldn't identify the language either. I think that's vindication Matthew! 😂

@iosif6959

4 ай бұрын

it’s true. I had to really pay attention to what he was saying, i thought at first it’s a dialect close to it or something like that. I could only recognise it because im native, born and raised here so yea... Not only the accent was way off, but he didn’t speak properly either so it was easy to miss it.

@crazydragy4233

3 ай бұрын

​@@iosif6959 He's speaking that ameromanian😂

@ConstantChaos1

3 ай бұрын

Dude clearly listened to Google translate once on the way there, sorry not sorry

@ConstantChaos1

3 ай бұрын

​@@crazydragy4233naw dude I'm American this isn't what we sound like either, I genuinely believe that he does not speak the language, if i had to guess his grandparents were 1st or 2nd gen and his parents could understand but not speak it persey, then he learned to mispronounce the mispronounciation of the word... anyway yeah dude could almost definitely learn the language faster than others but to say he speaks it is at best hyperbolic

@dogmania2892

3 ай бұрын

yeah, that was the most ambiguous romanian i've ever heard. Mom is from romania, hear it all the time, his accent was just so american i could not tell lol

“well I gave the homework” atee

@Happypotato917

4 ай бұрын

Right.. I was like he ate that so bad

that romanian guy has absolutely no romanian accent, even I was disturbed

@daisy_elle_

4 ай бұрын

it's not even the accent, it's the way he even wrongly said words (not wrong sounds, which is due to an accent, but wrong letters which is based on knowledge)

@WantFreeRobux984

4 ай бұрын

@daisy_elle_ 2 days ago it's not even the accent, it's the way he even wrongly said words (not wrong sounds, which is due to an accent, but wrong letters which is based on knowledge) 37 Reply @@daisy_elle_

@euphoricwheart

3 ай бұрын

Am I rude for saying this guy speaking Romanian is the closest sounding thing to what Sims speak that I've ever heard😂

@ConstantChaos1

3 ай бұрын

​Nope ​@@euphoricwhearthe fully does not speak Romanian, I just re-lisyened to it he clearly listened to Google translate just before filming

@haleyfortune7406

3 ай бұрын

@@euphoricwheartthis is exactly what i thought

An east Asian bumblebee that was an adorable description, Matthew does his research and is really sweet bring him back. We were all thrown off by the Romanian guy.

@ConstantChaos1

3 ай бұрын

He literally wasn't even speaking Romanian, like not those letters don't go there that's not how this language works

@braedenconti36

3 ай бұрын

Regional dialects love to throw expectations out the window

@imlonelypleasehelp5443

3 ай бұрын

Nah Matthew had the right reaction, 1-5 sounded so Latin it’s not even funny. Accent is irrelevant when you hear “u…t…th(don’t feel like spelling it with the phonetic alphabet)…Qu…Ch/Qi…” it’s a Romance language hardstop.

@vladiperez

Ай бұрын

Pi8 ⁹I p7p​@@ConstantChaos1

The fact that he’s not a polyglot makes this even more impressive…

@hydrogen3266

3 ай бұрын

I think the music background helps him understand and hear the cadence, tone, and rhythm of languages, and he also knows basic phrases from it. Polyglots are often region-specialized, and if they’re not, they’re more focused on vocabulary and trying to understand the person and figure out how to communicate with them. They’re generally good at hearing different language families and conversing with new languages, but the specific guesses aren’t as strong because that’s not how their brains are wired

@brianahanson6449

6 күн бұрын

The power of immersion :) And I get it. Granted my immersion exposure is not as wide as his, I experience the same kind of “I know what that sounds like” between my exposures to Japanese, Korean, some standard Chinese and a little of Thai.

A long version of Matthew’s immense knowledge? Yes, please.

He can find the most obscure thing and connect the dots lol. Like how the guy said the letter T. Like what?! Lol

@lemondedetr

4 ай бұрын

YES. He kind of dissects all of the phonetics without even "trying" (he has a career, I don't mean it in a bad way whatsoever), to me is so interesting and fun to watch

@Happypotato917

4 ай бұрын

That was so weird he said that cause all east/horn African languages pronounce the word T different

@ConstantChaos1

3 ай бұрын

I mean I wasn't gunna mention it but since someone else did he is clearly autistic (not an insult this is how my brain works and I've realized its EXCLUSIVLY an autistic thing, it's part of the difference between our brains and the brains of neurotypicals, oh and before someone tries to tell me that they think this way and aren't i trained under the most recent DSM and have lived my whole life with ASD, I can literally diagnose from a distance, perks of ems I guess, im literally just giving an informed and educated take on my field of expertise if you think I'm wrong you need to talk to a drn not me ant this cuz I'm not)

the guy who spoke Romanian has definitely learnt it as a second language. he probably left Romania as a small kid, or his family had moved before he was born even. He doesn't sound like a native speaker , so it seems like an unfair task for Matthew

@deenhaniyah4707

3 ай бұрын

If there would have been a price it would be unfair. But in this setup i feel it‘s refreshing for the content. Especially for their algorythm as everybody is talking about it in the comments😁

@desckfulpieceofsht

Ай бұрын

​@@deenhaniyah4707 Truee

Not only a good guesser makes me feel better about humanity that someone cares enough to invest so much time in cultures and languages as a study and educational passion.

@ConstantChaos1

3 ай бұрын

I'm dyslexic but I try my best to learn every language I interact with. I'm genuinely afraid of ever meeting a paitent on a 911 call who I don't share at least one language with me and then I'm not necessarily going to be able to do my best work to save them and that's something i fear more than being ran over with the fire engine lol

@DJHawkes

3 ай бұрын

Seriously! This guy gives me hope, we need more people as passionate about the world as him

@frostgarcia5257

2 ай бұрын

Word !

My heart goes out to the man from Burma. You can tell the affection and pain he feels for his home country so clearly, I’m glad he was able to find a good life even though it had to be somewhere else

I totally get why he didnt understand romanian, cause he has a different accent. even i who was born and raised in Romania couldnt understand him at first.

@daisy_elle_

4 ай бұрын

it's not even the accent, it's the way he even wrongly said words (not wrong sounds, which is due to an accent, but wrong letters which is based on knowledge)

@himesetsu1001

Ай бұрын

@@daisy_elle_ copy pasting every comment get a grip

He has to be the most impressive person I've ever seen on video, I'm genuinely in awe

"You're, like, an East Asian bumble bee! "

He's such a nerd for languages and music, I love him! Plus he seems friendly, unlike some of the people cut has on

The fact that he’s wearing T-shirt with Georgian alphabet on it and there’s no Georgian participant …😅 thank you for bringing that little bit of my country with you 🥹🇬🇪

@user-pb3bh5ef2u

3 ай бұрын

გარმაჯორბა მეგობარი

@user-uv2cp1qd1j

3 ай бұрын

Well yeah cos he’s guess it’s right away.

@middlenerd178

3 ай бұрын

So it is Georgian! I have some Georgian friends, and I thought that his shirt had the Georgian alphabet, but I wasn’t sure, thank you for clearing that up!

@No2clarinet

3 ай бұрын

When I was deployed in Afghanistan I worked with Georgians. Some of the coolest people with such a beautiful language! Their handwriting was amazing. I hope that next time your country is featured. 🌸

@alpha2legs

3 ай бұрын

I spent some months in Georgia as a teenager. One of the most beautiful languages and cultures I’ve ever experienced. It’s been nearly 20 years and I still dream of Adjarian khachapuri!

I also like that he asks really interesting questions, it’s not just “tell me about yourself” or “what’s you’re favourite colour” they’re not overtly personal but they’re deeper and more interesting versions of icebreaker questions☺️

@ub7718

Ай бұрын

Me too, the questions are probably related to what he knows about the language from his music/ listening of the music

as a romanian i now want to pass the language to my children even more than before after listening to this guy butcher romanian like that

I always love seeing Matthew! He's so sweet and really knows his languages.

The geeza speaking Romanian sounded like he was speaking simlish

@idlickthetoiletjotaroshitt553

11 күн бұрын

I’m not even native and my boyfriend doesn’t sound NOTHING like that

13:55 well actually he guessed it right because Dari is not a distinct language but just a dialect of Farsi(Persian),smililar to Tajiki,another persian dialect which is widely spoken in Tajikistan.

@Oli-lk1gp

4 ай бұрын

Yeah and I couldn't understand fully her, so I think she's Pashtun, that's why she doesn't know because all Tajikis, Nuristanis, Hazaras and Balochis know that Dari = Farsi-ye Dari. They also know about the Greater Iran, the historical region.

@XsarahX1

4 ай бұрын

⁠@@Oli-lk1gpShe is herati they have a different accent I also couldn’t fully understand her because of some words. Their accent sounds a bit more Persian than the common accent

@Oli-lk1gp

4 ай бұрын

@@XsarahX1 but most Herati, Tajikis, Nuristanis and Hazaras do know about Dari being Farsi no ? Maybe it's just the people I talk to. But I was under the impression that most did know.

@XsarahX1

4 ай бұрын

@@Oli-lk1gp Ok and? I’m pretty sure she knows, she probably just wanted him to guess it exactly as Dari. And even if she didn’t know it’s not really a big deal plus she said she didn’t grow up in Afghanistan she’s American so..

@ilikophma2523

3 ай бұрын

That's weird cuz I'm a Persian from Tehran and I fully understood​@@Oli-lk1gp

That one who was Romanian sounded like he was someone who just learned the language

@delilahdrummond4076

3 ай бұрын

My guess is his family is Romanian and left when he was still learning to speak (like below 5yo). So he heard the language but learned English and took up learning it past understanding it when heard on his own

This guy is fascinating and I love his little information tidbits about the languages. More Matthew!

3:07 not matthew just understanding that he asked him why lmfao

Love his Georgian alphabet shirt! As a native speaker of Shanghainese, Sherrisse's classic style Shanghainese （with a slight American accent) caught me off guard at first. I would probably come up the explanation for koala as “bear feeding on gum leaves” 喫桉樹葉個熊 or“no water” 勿用喫茶 as in the aboriginal language or “bear without tail”嘸沒尾巴個熊 as how they are called in Taiwan. I really appreciate her effort preserving the language by speaking it. The language/dialect is dying now and I think one of the reason is that the younger generations are so afraid of being judged and told that ours are not native/standard/fluent. So big thank you Sherrisse for demonstrating it. Thank you Cut for recruiting a Shanghainese speaker so more people know about the language of my hometown. Like what happened in Taiwan where the KMT government forbidden Taiwanese (Hokkien) in public. My generation in Shanghai has also experienced the era of suppression of the language/dialect. In fact, we are so afraid of being accused to be xenophobic by other Chinese people, so even the locals do not dare to use Shanghainese among ourselves nowadays. The latinisation and writing character set of Shanghainese are less popular or unified compared to Cantonese. But you can still find Shanghainese Siri for dictation in iOS and Shanghainese Wikipedia. The amazing thing about Shanghainese is that the language/dialect itself has experienced blending and evolving over the centuries. The accents and set of vocabulary used by our grandparents and parents are different from those of our generation. The accents of each district and county will also be slightly different. Again, it's so nice to hear the language from my hometown. Thank you Cut! Thank you Matthew for guessing it right!

@shannonking6402

3 ай бұрын

OH IT’S GEORGIAN oh my gosh I’m half Armenian (don’t speak it fluently but I know most of the alphabet)and I was looking at his shirt and like short circuiting because I thought it was Armenian at first but there was nothing familiar haha!

“Those dang whites” is so funny from this wholesome white man 🥹😂

The way he decodes the languages is fascinating

The Romanian speaker they brought in had such a thick American accent, it's unsurprising Matthew couldn't guess it, so I wish he wasn't that hard on himself for it. I don't think anyone who grows up speaking Romanian from an early age, even if outside of Romania, has that kind of accent. P.S.: fun fact, the "numa numa" song is in Romanian, but the guys who sing it are from the Republic of Moldova. It's our neighboring country in the east and we share the same language.

Can yall do more of these language lineups...they are the most interesting and informative to me. It's also so fun. Please make more episodes of this for languages.

As a Hmong person, I'm always surprised when someone who is not from a major city center in California, Minnesota, or Wisconsin knows that Hmong people even exist, so props to this man. I wanna be his friend.

@FableCountry

3 ай бұрын

I dated a hmong person here in seattle area. They have a sizeable population here. But yes, they're def in minnesota too, lol

Matthew, do you have a spotify playlist? I NEED IT 😄

@jonaswolterstorff3460

4 ай бұрын

It’s only on KZread somewhere. I asked him last time. Let me check if I find it.

@jonaswolterstorff3460

4 ай бұрын

There you go, human. kzread.info/head/PL-ClEBppfwRjAUJhVHH1Xar7zGWglMaEj&si=5KXqnv_3fIH9982v

@kidkinnu1993

4 ай бұрын

I think it's mentioned in one of the other Cut videos he's in, check the description!

@ladabudilova9262

4 ай бұрын

Only a youtube playlist - kzread.info/head/PL-ClEBppfwRjAUJhVHH1Xar7zGWglMaEj&si=0yHcqCpWd4x87zgS

this guy is such a legend. best guesser in cut, amazing breadth of knowledge, and won the virgin episode of odd-one-out (in dominating fashion).

I’ve never heard Romanian spoken but even I was picking up on his thick accent.

@consequenceoferror4727

29 күн бұрын

It sounded like a made up langauge, I was so confused when I heard it.

Matthew makes me feel proud to be neurodivergent. It is so entertaining and insightful to listen to him explain the connections he is making in his mind. Such fun and wholesome videos to watch!

@LisaFrisstDich

3 ай бұрын

Oh is he neurodivergent? I absolutely got the vibes but I didn’t think they talked about it anywhere. I love these videos so much.

@user-ru3zw6lz9h

3 ай бұрын

Did he say that somewhere or are you just ascribing that to him?

@JJProductionDesigner

Ай бұрын

@@user-ru3zw6lz9h it’s obvious that he is.

i really liked the guy speaking burmese (sorry if i spelled it wrong) he seemed so sweet and i love how he was telling matthew all of these little snippets about his life !!

I’m glad we got to see the whole of Matthew’s attempts at guessing. Like the woman in the skirt said, it’s amazing to see the way his brain works!

kudos to the Shanghainese girl for bringing awareness to this dialect! she has a little bit English accent which is interesting to hear

this dude is so impressive, to just hear dialect and tone and being able to differentiate the languages takes skill. major respect.

Go Matthew! Truly a joy to watch. I love his openness and love of language. Can’t wait to see more of him!

Matt's absolutely fascinating and so sweet. So incredibly intelligent!

Matthew seems like such a smart and clever person, so cool to see him guess. Whenever I watch a video like this I see that there is some good and kindness left in the world. Keep it going Cut!

I could watch Matthew guess languages all day long. Love this guy!

LOOOOVE Matthew. Gotta see him more; he is humble, he explains his thought process, he is respectful and asks brilliant questions. In fact, he would be great for any line up video, as he is so good will al that.

i like when he determine indonesian and Malaysian bahasa using 8, as a person who born and raised in indo but studied 4 years in malay, i never thought about that lmao

MORE MATTHEW PLEASE! Super interesting because he's a music nerd first.... I'd love to hear him listen to bands that have an ethnic style also and guess folks off that.

Matthew: "so embarrassing" ...dude this is still insanely impressive

I love that he technically got everyone right and was only wrong for very understandable reasons (like slang and non-native accents)...

I recognized Lao immediately and I even knew the song she sang. My grandma speaks Lao and my aunt (her daughter in law, not bio daughter) speaks Thai. My grandma never enforced the language with her kids or with me as one of her grandchildren but at 15, I started learning the language all on my own and now (17) I can speak well with my grandma and aunt, though I can’t exactly hold a conversation yet. I can fluently read and write Thai though.

Love Matthew he need to be a regular for this series

@anemosoriginal

3 ай бұрын

❤

I already know he’s a phenomenal teacher 🔥

Matthew could go anywhere in the world and would be protected by every country 😂. He’s a national treasure.

Matthew is awesome! Please keep bringing him back!

Make a whole compilation of Matthew because I will watch it! And keep bringing him back, he's educating us on the world and I love it!!!!

even when he’s wrong he’s still so close and it’s very impressive! i’m not counting the romanian guy because his accent was very americanized

I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone more passionate tbh

This guy had proved he is good at guessing. Let’s see how he does this time.

I would loooove to see a Belarusian speaker in the lineup series! Our language is endangered and not many Belarusians speak it well unfortunately which is the fault of oppression and dictatorship. I hope one day my beautiful Belarus will be free ❤ Жыве Беларусь!

Damn this guy is out of this world, he can spot so many little thing and hints... I can spot a little bit of what he share with us but it's hard !

Matthew seems to know a few things about linguistics because he could distinguish a tonal language from another. Really fascinating! I‘m a linguist myself and love learning about other languages.

This needs to be an entire series you make.

5:48 this gentleman is the most East African looking man I have ever seen.

I love every video with Matthew in it. Languages are so fascinating to me and he's just the coolest person I've ever seen.

This has to set some kind of world record or something, he is just so intellectually in tune with languages. It’s just amazing to watch.

Watching him guess is so wholesome and i love it! Bring him back PLEASE!!!

Matthew is the reason I watch Cut. I enjoy lots of the videos, but if Matthew is in them, they win by a landslide.

He is adorable. Oh my gosh, all of the wholesome.

@anemosoriginal

3 ай бұрын

❤

There's something so beautiful and wholesome about this video

i love the questions he asks to get people speaking in the language! its so cute

Dang it, I was hoping this was a new vid 😭 love watching Matthew analyze the languages and reacting like 😱😂

This man is legendary, get him for more episodes

That dude has only spoken Romanian to his Duolingo app

Daamn thme moment i saw Georgian language on his shirt i was like hes good at this😂😂

i would've loved to have this guy as a teacher. you can so clearly tell that he's passionate about languages and that makes for a fantastic teacher

gosh, I love it, bring him back more for the languages guessing

Matthew has such a good, wholesome energy. It's so cool to see his mind working.

Ugh! This is a re-post. I love the language videos, DO MORE! 😲

I want to see Matt's do this again so badly. I really want someone who speaks Welsh on here for him to try and guess.

I’ve never heard anyone speak Romanian but this guy sounded like my 5th grade ‘spanish’ teacher.

"You're like an East Asian bumblebee" 🤣

Justice for Matthew’s mom’s onion

@delightsx

6 күн бұрын

Clutched my pearls when he said that 😂

I listened to his playlist of languages and I found some music I absolutely love! Thank you Matthew for introducing me to so many new bands, especially No Party for Cao Dong, my most played of 2023!

I just love that his love of music has given him so much knowledge of languages. These are so amazingly interesting!

i'm always rooting for matthew

This is so wholesome. i love seeing people get so excited when he narrows it down.

Could you include a Sámi person in one of these soon? I’m sure not many know of this indigenous group yet

@emmalake1653

3 ай бұрын

I'm surprised you know of us! But few of us speak a Sámi language fluently, some of them are gone now. There are 15-20 Ume Sámi speakers left (us), about the same for Pite Sámi, Ter Sámi has lost all its speakers I believe. There were 2 but I think they recently died. Most Sámi languages have a couple hundred remaining speakers, and only two Sámi languages have over 1,000 speakers remaining. There are some people trying to restore the languages but smaller Uralic languages have poor documentation so learning on your own from limited resources is very difficult. There is also the pressure of forsvenskning (forcibly making everything more "Swedish") and whatever it is called outside Sweden that has unfortunately very successfully eliminated a lot of access between Sámi and their original culture/language/land. I would also love to see a Sámi language featured here! I would not be shocked if it didn't happen though.

@josefine635

2 ай бұрын

⁠@@emmalake1653that’s so sad that it’s dying out. I learnt about Sámi when visiting Finland. Hopefully the language can be saved from dying!

We love him! Bring him back! Make him a series! Something!!

My man knows the austronesian language family dayuuuuum. Most people from my culture who speak the language based on the austronesian language don’t even know what austronesian is

The romanian threw me off so hard, because I instinctively knew that it was a european language, but his accent was just so strange. Alot of central european languages sound like someone speaking English Gibberish. I was convinced he was speaking Dutch until he started counting.

@selinapoochie

Ай бұрын

If you know one Germanic language and one Latin based it becomes easy to tell who is from where in Europe

I wanna see his spotify wrapped!

"You did your homework." "Eh, well, I assigned the homework."

This guy is chillest most down to earth guy ever. What a great guy!

@anemosoriginal

3 ай бұрын

❤

Could watch this guy all day!! Part two and part three please.

I love hearing shangahinese. I get so excited when I hear it cause it’s what my family and I speak

god hes so smart, its also so impressive seeing him

He's dancing with the singing of the woman from Lao. 😭