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

Alex Fink wrote:

>On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:16:58 +0200, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:
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>>Hi!
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>>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:
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>>>...
>>>[alo jowai   joha  zORM   ad@:  kasa~    van   ovIdho
>>>
>>>
>> [AlO jO:h\aI juha: sO:Ri: aD@   k(h)asan vanhO: vIdho
>>                        1:  d_d
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>>> keS    OsOn  Emudafan  vEnijUftOt  muSkIdho
>>>
>>>
>>  kE?ES ?O:son Emundafan vEnijUftont muSdIlhO:
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>>> bEbu jEnofe     kOXa zabo zOntoREbU?   SOja~
>>>
>>>
>>  bEbu jE4nO:fe.i kOXa sabo zOntor@bUk_} SO:jan
>>         n:                       1
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>>> sEso  bEdZa himES SkI~n:ES Z@Xu  mUftOt  dardilho]
>>>
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>>  sEt;o bEdZa d@mES Shi:naS  dZ@Xu mUftont dardIlhO:]
>>    th              S   n:
>>    t
>>
>>Alternatives stacked. :-)
>>
>>**Henrik
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>>
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>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?
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>[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]
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>I'm fairly sure this isn't a Baltic language, certainly not Latvian.
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It's also not Estonian - it has 'f' fairly commonly, which Estonian
doesn't.  That would probably rule out Finnish as well.   Hungarian?

Also, I hear [2:] where you guys are hearing schwa.

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