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| Paco Senior Member Hong Kong Joined 4276 days ago 145 posts - 251 votes  Speaks: Cantonese* | Message 1 of 5 11 April 2013 at 1:08am | IP Logged | ||
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I would like to suggest audio materials for learning Latin, Greek and Sanskrit. This is
a summary of what I have read in this forum and what I have found on the Internet. The only point to make me hesitate to open this post is that by no means can I have judgment on whether the recordings are authentic enough or appropriate. If you happen to know other or better recordings, please do not hesitate to share. Sanskrit The introductory college textbook A Sanskrit Primer by Madhav Deshpande is not suitable for self-studies, because it does not have answers with the exercises. But a good thing about it is there is supporting audio material online here. And I would like a review about whether it is authentic or rather English accented. You may use it wisely, mostly to learn the pronunciation. Then you may want to turn to Ramopakhyana - The Story of Rama in the Mahabharata: A Sanskrit Independent-Study Reader by Perter Scharf, and then Whitney's grammar and Lanman's reader, as suggested by Prof. Arguelles. Latin The first thing you may have access to is probably the Teach Yourself Latin by Sharpley. The two volumes of Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata by Hans H. Orberg look good. Adding to this is its audio, available in separate CDs, or a CD version of the course which contain both the audio and text. Greek It is not difficult to obtain the audio of Assimil Grec Ancien somewhere on the Internet, though it teaches Attic mainly. And here is the restored pronunciation by Stefan Hagel, as suggested by the professor. EDIT: Sanskrit - Another option is Introduction to Sanskrit by Thomas Egenes. You may have access to the audio files here: http://studentpla.net/sanskrit/introduction-to- sanskrit (please remove the space) Edited by Paco on 11 April 2013 at 2:43am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6438 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 2 of 5 11 April 2013 at 12:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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Latin:
Latinium has commercial audiobooks with restored Latin pronunciation. I haven't heard them, but I have heard some of the previous free podcasts of the author, which were recommended to me by a friend who teaches Latin. Librivox has a bit in Latin as well. Sanskrit: I found a few URLs with spoken Sanskrit a few years ago. Several languages: Poems found in translation has short poems in a number of languages, and the person running the site is extremely knowledgeable about Latin pronunciation. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5598 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes | Message 3 of 5 11 April 2013 at 3:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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Leo latinus offers recordings of classical and neo-Latin texts in restored pronunciation.
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| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4908 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 4 of 5 13 April 2013 at 6:08pm | IP Logged | ||
You should add the links above to your thread. Edited by Jeffers on 13 April 2013 at 6:08pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5564 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 5 of 5 13 April 2013 at 10:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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Evan's Latinum should also be followed on YouTube - his London Latin Course and
conversational Latin are great fun and a good way to start Latin in the restored classical pronunciation: http://www.youtube.com/user/evan1965?feature=watch http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=bG9T9FPxzLM&list=PLEE440D6A8DCBA478&index=1&feature=plpp_v ideo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bilD1R8lsOI Also visit Johan Winge's page for some excellent restored classical readings and links: http://home.student.uu.se/jowi4905/latin/index.html Also for fun - but with a US variant of the Roman Catholic/ecclesiastical way of pronouncing Latin - there is Wyoming Catholic College's version of Orberg's Colloquia Personarum (the first supplement to Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata to be read alongside LLPSI) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK1oneIviNA&feature=related 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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