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

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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