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

Henrik Theiling wrote at 2005-07-30 15:45:27 (+0200)

 > So back to the topic: I've never heard that language.  But I can
 > *exclude* a lot of langs, but not name one it could be.
 >
 > Ok, Lithuanian, maybe?  Because I've never heard Lithuanian. :-)
 >
 > Some interesting phones.  To list a few:
 >
 >   [b v s S r R X h ? dZ tS] and maybe [D]
 >   Clusters are interesting, there's [ft rn]...
 >   As far as I can tell, no palatals, no /K q X\/, no preaspiration.
 >   I only heard [R] once in something like [...juha:sO:Ri:...]
 >
 >   [&/E O: o U i: EI] and I think [7] or [V], maybe [1] or [M].
 >   Maybe [O:] is [A:], my ear is not sensitive to rounding in that position. :-)
 >   No front rounded vowels /y 9 2/.
 >


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]

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