Punjabi word salad
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This man is a Punjabi Hindu, speaking some Punjabi, some Hindi, with a lot of English mixed in, so you might be able glean a bit of what he is trying to say (he's being interviewed about a flood).
"Punjab flood: Man got interviewed, but no one could understand him"
It seems that nobody on site, including the interviewer, understands what he's saying, and the people standing around seem quite puzzled by his speech..
Perhaps he has a mental condition.
By clicking on a link at the bottom of the video screen, I was able to listen to the full interview, and that becomes even more problematic (and mixed [language]).
Selected readings
- "Unknown Language #7" (2/27/13) — 173 comments
- "A new mixed language in the news" (6/18/13)
- "'Mixed' languages" (11/26/16)
- "An orgy of code-switching" (11/6/15)
[h.t. Sunny Jhutti]