Re: OT: What language is this?
| From: | Elyse M. Grasso <emgrasso@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, January 7, 2005, 21:09 |
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On Friday 07 January 2005 04:04 pm, Jörg Rhiemeier wrote:
> Hallo!
>
> 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.
>
> It starts thus:
>
> Hanhepi iyuha ihanbla ohinni yelo
>
> Òn sunkmanitutankapi hena,
> sunkawakanpi watogha hena,
>
> oblaye t`ankapi oihankesni hena
>
> T`at`epi kin asni kiyani he
> akatanhanpi iwankal
>
> ...
>
> Greetings,
>
> Jörg.
>
Not an expert on these things, but it looks like it might be Lakota or
something related. Not Dine or any northeastern tribe, anyway.
Sorry I can't be more precise, I'm 2000 miles from my Lakota references...
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Elyse Grasso
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