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StrangeMagic Admin
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:51 pm Post subject: What language is this song in? |
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Gaia By Faun (a German neo-pagan folk band)
Gaían pamm´äteiran a-eísomai
(ä-üthémethlon presbístan,
h`ä phérbei epi chtonì panth`hopós estín; )
ämèn hósa chthóna dían epérchetai äd hósa pónton,
äd hósa potontaí, táde phérbetai ek séthen ólbu.
chaíre theon m´ätär,
áloch Ùranu astero-éntos
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It looks something like Elvish, but I'm still not sure, anybody have any ideas? Could it be Greek? |
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Tolkien_Freak
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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Looks like a conlang based off of Greek. Beyond that, I can't say anything. |
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langover94
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I certainly don't think that it's a natlang. But like TF said, it looks sort of greek in nature. _________________ Join us at: The Renewed Spirits Forum!
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StrangeMagic Admin
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think that Faun used any conlangs, but I may be wrong, they used Icelandic, Spanish and German before so I don't think we should rule out natlangs. |
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Tolkien_Freak
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think it's a natlang, I'm unaware of any natlang that looks so much like Greek without actually being Greek. I don't think it's Greek because Greek doesn't use anything like what ä might represent. |
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StrangeMagic Admin
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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Okay, right now, I'm leaning to the Celtic/Gaelic side... |
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dusepo
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:37 am Post subject: |
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Looks like Irish Gaelic to me. _________________ My Website |
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halyihev
Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 175 Location: Vermont, New England / Vrïtálá Kritsensá, Álurhná
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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dusepo wrote: | Looks like Irish Gaelic to me. |
Definitely not the written form. And sounding it out, I don't recognize any words. Agus tá focail go leor na Gaeilge agam. (And I know enough Gaelic words.) _________________ Dwirze ghárìlen ershónyá áqálán.
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Tolkien_Freak
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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No, it has to be some kind of Greek something. It's got enough words:
gaia (ge)
estin
-mai
epi
-tai
ek
theos
ouranos |
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