Re: ZBB: Another "What language is this song in" thread.
| From: | caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, July 30, 2005, 15:51 |
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--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Tim May <butsuri@M...> wrote:
>OK, I've transcribed the first, ah, verse (from ~ 47s to 1m07s). If
>anyone else wants to do this, I suggest you do so before looking at
>mine. Seeing as I have no phonetic training, it's probably a good
>deal off. I'm marginally more confident of the consonants than the
>rest of it.
>[alo jowai joha zORM ad@: kasa~ van ovIdho
> keS OsOn Emudafan vEnijUftOt muSkIdho
> bEbu jEnofe kOXa zabo zOntoREbU? SOja~
> sEso bEdZa himES SkI~n:ES Z@Xu mUftOt dardilho]
Has anyone thought to use the instrumentation as a clue? It sounds
Near/Middle Eastern to me. I hear some type of string instrument, a
reed wind instrument and a bell/cymbal amidst the other instruments.
The instrumentation is probably modernized for a 20th/21st century
audience. Since the Semiticists on the list can't identify it, I was
wondering if it might be Berber. I checked the Wikipedia entry for
Berber and found some sounds corresponding to the above verse.
However, I DID NOT DO an exhaustive study. That's my 2¢.
Charlie
http://wiki.frath.net/user:caeruleancentaur
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