Re: OT: What language is this?

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>>>> Jörg Rhiemeier<joerg_rhiemeier@...> 01/07/05 3:04 PM >>>
>Hallo!
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>I have found the following text in the lyrics of the latest Nightwish
>album and wonder what language it is.  It is certainly not Finnish
>(the band is from Finland, and another song on the album is in Finnish);
>I guess it is some North American Indian language because in the
>booklet,
>it is printed next to a photo of an Indian.
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>It starts thus:
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>Hanhepi iyuha ihanbla ohinni yelo
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>Òn sunkmanitutankapi hena,
>sunkawakanpi watogha hena,
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>oblaye t`ankapi oihankesni hena
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>T`at`epi kin asni kiyani he
>akatanhanpi iwankal
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>...
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>Greetings,
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>Jörg.
I just found this website:
http://www.letssingit.com/?http://www.letssingit.com/nightwish-creek-marys-blood-mkkfz8l.html
that says it is in Lakotan. I don't know enough to be able to verify this, but it's a start.

(Jörg, you can ignore the email I sent privately if you want.)

James W.