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

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:16:58 +0200, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:

>Hi!
>
>
>Ok, it's much easier to do this with your version *and* the music -- I
>don't need to rewind so often and yours is much longer than mine. :-)
>
>For better comparison, I split it like you, but I'm not at all
>confident about word boundaries.
>
>Tim May <butsuri@...> writes:
>>...
>> [alo jowai   joha  zORM   ad@:  kasa~    van   ovIdho
>  [AlO jO:h\aI juha: sO:Ri: aD@   k(h)asan vanhO: vIdho
>                         1:  d_d
>
>>  keS    OsOn  Emudafan  vEnijUftOt  muSkIdho
>   kE?ES ?O:son Emundafan vEnijUftont muSdIlhO:
>
>>  bEbu jEnofe     kOXa zabo zOntoREbU?   SOja~
>   bEbu jE4nO:fe.i kOXa sabo zOntor@bUk_} SO:jan
>          n:                       1
>
>>  sEso  bEdZa himES SkI~n:ES Z@Xu  mUftOt  dardilho]
>   sEt;o bEdZa d@mES Shi:naS  dZ@Xu mUftont dardIlhO:]
>     th              S   n:
>     t
>
>Alternatives stacked. :-)
>
>**Henrik
I (who have no formal training in phonetics) can throw in a third
independent version.  I haven't included word boundaries in the run-together
parts, nor any length marking: couldn't the phonetically long segments be
that way just because of the rhythm of the song, not for any phonological
reason?

[Aloj\oh\ai)j1huO)sORi ad@kj&sanvAnov1dho
 k@?eSvO~sO~n@\mudafa manijuftot muSkIdho
 m@\bujEnofe.ikoXA sAmozOnto4Ebuk_}SojA
 zEtO~medZAdemeSinAS Z@Xum8ftot da4dIlho]

I'm fairly sure this isn't a Baltic language, certainly not Latvian.

Alex

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