Could you elaborate a bit on the part where you mentioned "far east weirdness: Tamil / Burmese / Malay".
What's so weird about those languages? All three languages you mentioned are linguistically very different and have long histories (particularly Tamil).
I wouldn't call them far east either. These languages are predominantly spoken in South and South-east Asia.
(I am from Singapore where Tamil and Malay are official languages)
They're "weird" because I have little experience with them, having barely ever heard malay until this quiz. I correctly guessed it because I heard the word "muslim" or "islam" in the clip.
What's so weird about those languages? All three languages you mentioned are linguistically very different and have long histories (particularly Tamil).
I wouldn't call them far east either. These languages are predominantly spoken in South and South-east Asia.
(I am from Singapore where Tamil and Malay are official languages)