Re: ZBB: Another "What language is this song in" thread.

Jeffrey Jones wrote at 2005-07-30 12:10:14 (-0400)
 > On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 11:45:49 -0400, Ingmar Roerdinkholder
 > <ingmar.roerdinkholder@...> wrote:
 > >
 > > I still think it is Iranian... or maybe Albanian?
 >
 > I'm unable to hear the recording.

Is it a matter of format, or do you not have sound available?

 > However, I'm pretty sure it isn't Farsi,
 > unless all you guys are _really_ bad at phonetics.

Well, I might be.  What particular features contraindicate Farsi?

 > I don't rule out other Iranian languages though. Could it be that
 > the singer isn't a native speaker of that language?

I don't know, but they sound pretty fluent.


(I'm pretty sure it's not Albanian, incidentally.  Albanian doesn't
have /x/ or /X/.)