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Postby Gormur » 2020-01-09, 16:43

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_HDrLF-ZWc

Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir: Ég sé þig
Eigi gegnir þat at segja at bók nøkkur er hreinferðug eðr ønnur spelluð því at vandliga ok dáliga eru bœkr ritnar ok annat kunnum vér eigi um þœr at dœma

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Postby vijayjohn » 2020-01-09, 22:20

Lamba, like Taabwa, is a Sabi language spoken both in Zambia and the DRC (around Lubumbashi), though with more speakers on the Zambian side of the border. This is a song in Lamba from Zambia called "Chabalankata Kwi Lamba" and performed by a band(?) called Bangwe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY9dD-ApfCc

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Postby Ciarán12 » 2020-01-23, 23:04

My new Brazilian colleague recommended an artist to me, one he'd only just discovered himself. According to one of the comments on the video, they're a band from New York, the singer spent some time living in Rio de Janeiro and fell in love with pt-BR. The lyrics, which are in Portuguese, don't make sense. Apparently its a poem by a Brazilian poet (attributed to "Chacal", according to that same comment on the video). Anyway, interesting and I'm kind of liking it...

https://youtu.be/d6GJeap4Oqo

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Ольга Восконьян & Bio - Обруч золотой:
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Postby linguoboy » 2020-01-29, 15:50

(haw) "Ka ʻOpihi O Kanapou", Kealiʻi Reichel

I just discovered this song and I can't stop listening to it. I've never heard popular Hawai'ian music that was simply voice and percussion with no stringed instruments before. As with most Hawai'ian songs, the lyrics are laden with kaona or hidden meanings: what seems to be a straightforward song in praise of a tasty limpet (ʻopihi) is also about sexual desire. (Lyrics and translation in the description.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf48w0lonw8
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Postby Gormur » 2020-02-02, 19:33

Eigi gegnir þat at segja at bók nøkkur er hreinferðug eðr ønnur spelluð því at vandliga ok dáliga eru bœkr ritnar ok annat kunnum vér eigi um þœr at dœma

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Postby h34 » 2020-02-04, 22:47

Flёur - Последний танец зимы
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Postby Osias » 2020-02-05, 12:37

2017 est l'année du (fr) et de l'(de) pour moi. Parle avec moi en eux, s'il te plait.

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Postby Lutrinae » 2020-02-19, 13:12

Thanks for any correction :)

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2017 est l'année du (fr) et de l'(de) pour moi. Parle avec moi en eux, s'il te plait.

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Postby Gormur » 2020-02-25, 19:15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99bK65R830w
Lij Michael Faf: Zaraye yehun nege

I have no idea what the language spoken is, very cool though :)
Eigi gegnir þat at segja at bók nøkkur er hreinferðug eðr ønnur spelluð því at vandliga ok dáliga eru bœkr ritnar ok annat kunnum vér eigi um þœr at dœma

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Postby Linguaphile » 2020-02-26, 1:23

Gormur wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99bK65R830w
Lij Michael Faf: Zaraye yehun nege

I have no idea what the language spoken is, very cool though :)

Amharic (with a bit of English) from Ethiopia. Zaraye yehun nege = ዛሬ ይሁን ነገ ("Whether it be today or tomorrow" :?: , which comes from a line in the song about not knowing if he may die today or tomorrow.) It's basically saying the future is uncertain, so I'm just going to sing, live for today and not worry about what comes.
Sono di continuo a caccia di parole. Descriverei il processo così: Ogni giorno entro in un bosco con un cestino in mano. Trovo le parole tutt'attorno: sugli alberi, nei cespugli, per terra (in realtà: per la strada, durante la conversazioni, mentre leggo). Ne raccolgo quante più possibile. -Jhumpa Lahiri

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Postby Gormur » 2020-02-26, 5:09

Cool beans. Do you happen to know of more Ethiopian music, like rap and RnB? It has a really nice rhythm. I know because i'm a musician 8-) :)
Eigi gegnir þat at segja at bók nøkkur er hreinferðug eðr ønnur spelluð því at vandliga ok dáliga eru bœkr ritnar ok annat kunnum vér eigi um þœr at dœma

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Postby KITADISA » 2020-02-27, 23:10

vijayjohn wrote:Ixil is another Mayan language closely related to Mam (although the most closely related language to Mam is Tektitek, which I couldn't find a song in :P). It's spoken only in Guatemala. This is a song in Ixil by Ana Guzmán to the tune of "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele (I'm not sure whether this is actually a translation of that song or not, though). The title of the video says "the voice of our languages transcends borders" in Spanish (so maybe they were trying to make a point):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHA1k6MQWmQ

One more language from Mexico: Tojolabal is another Mayan language spoken in Chiapas, though from a different branch of the Mayan family. This is a Tojolabal song performed at the International Book Fair in Mexico City five years ago, preceded by an introduction in Spanish:


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