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Languages we like the sound of [was: favorite aspects of conlanging]

From:T. Leigh/M. Carchrie <callanish@...>
Date:Thursday, June 28, 2001, 12:21
Beldëa everyone,

Amber Adams <amber@...> wrote:
> On a related note, that makes me wonder, what languages do you all consider > "pretty"? Or, maybe not pretty, but just like the sound of? The kind that > makes you go to realaudio sites and listen to the news broadcasts, not for > content, but just to listen to the sounds of the language... > Or maybe I'm the only one who does that. ;)
Cool! I thought *I* was the only one who does that! :-) Personal favorites which I listen to on a frequent basis are Gaelic (all varieties), Maltese, Faroese, Georgian, Kurdish, Estonian, Welsh, Indonesian, Afrikaans. Here's a list of my favorite sites for language listening, for the benefit of anyone on the list who might not have come across them: Voice of America: http://www.voa.gov/stream/stremlst.html BBC World Service: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sitemap/index.shtml Radio Sweden International: http://www.sr.se/rs/ BBC Alba: http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/naidheachdan/ BBC Cymru: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/ Raidió na Gaeltachta: http://www.rnag.ie/ Radju Malta 2: http://www.maltanet.net/radiomalta2/ Útvarp Føroya: http://www.uf.fo/ SABC News: http://www.sabcnews.com/SABCnews/audio_bulletins Have fun and happy listening, everyone! Oh, BTW: this is off topic, but for anyone who's interested there's a new Irish-language e-zine called Beo ("Alive") at http://www.beo.ie/. It's quite nice and attractively done, IMO. Plus, it has glossaries and explanations for learners of the language at the end of each article! And there's also a Welsh-language newspaper (Y Cymro, "The Welshman") at http://www.y-cymro.co.uk/. Would that were something similar for the other Celtic languages! :( Regards to all, Thomas Leigh

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