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| cacue23 Triglot Groupie Canada Joined 4298 days ago 89 posts - 122 votes  Speaks: Shanghainese, Mandarin*, English Studies: Cantonese | Message 1 of 7 21 April 2013 at 10:11am | IP Logged | |||||
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My friend posted this on her fb. Nice song isn't it? Apparently it's in some rarely spoken language - does anyone know what the language is and what (essentially) the lyrics of the song mean? EDIT: Sorry but, upon closer look, the language is Sami... I do like the flow of it, so... graceful. My friend wants to learn it, but I guess she can only mimic the sounds, without the benefit of knowing what the song means... Actually, I want to learn it too... Edited by cacue23 on 21 April 2013 at 11:30am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| abSeiter_ Diglot Newbie Czech Republic Joined 4481 days ago 19 posts - 25 votes Speaks: Czech*, Slovak Studies: French, English, German, Norwegian, Mandarin, Polish | Message 2 of 7 21 April 2013 at 11:31am | IP Logged | |||||
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Well, the language looks like this one (more likely dialect):
Sami languages 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7155 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 3 of 7 22 April 2013 at 1:37am | IP Logged | |||||
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Northern Saami to be precise - and it may have traces of the Torne dialect (here are the lyrics and a translation to English).
It can indeed be very appealing in song. Here is some more music in the language which has grown on me as I study it: Du čalmmit Máddji Ii iđit vel Ii lea voibmi (based on what I've learned it should be "Ii leat vuoibmi" but considering that the song was composed by a Finn who was inspired by Saamic culture, the mistakes in the title aren't overly surprising to me) 5 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| cacue23 Triglot Groupie Canada Joined 4298 days ago 89 posts - 122 votes Speaks: Shanghainese, Mandarin*, English Studies: Cantonese | Message 4 of 7 02 May 2013 at 6:23pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks, guys, especially Chung, that was very helpful. :)
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| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7155 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 5 of 7 03 May 2013 at 12:43am | IP Logged | |||||
You're welcome (or as we can say in Northern Saami: Leage buorre! / Na eale dearvan!) ...and if you ever want even to dip your toes in these languages, check out the Saamic profile for some information and don't hesitate to contact me. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| cacue23 Triglot Groupie Canada Joined 4298 days ago 89 posts - 122 votes Speaks: Shanghainese, Mandarin*, English Studies: Cantonese | Message 6 of 7 03 May 2013 at 1:34pm | IP Logged | |||||
Wow, that was really comprehensive. While I might not be interested in learning the languages, I'm definitely interested in learning the song. Perhaps I would need your help when it comes to pronunciations, and from there, who knows what happens next. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
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