http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/ language-related musings - one language is never enough / Jedan jezik nikad nije dovoljan Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:46:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/#comment-74361 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:44:22 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/#comment-74361 The sound that is written as í sounds very similar to u (as pronounced in German) to my ears. It is no wonder that I found nothing with Google. Voytec, it is is not froskur, but frískur. The sound that is written as í sounds very similar to u (as pronounced in German) to my ears. It is no wonder that I found nothing with Google. Voytec, it is is not froskur, but frískur.

]]> http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/#comment-74360 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:39:59 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/#comment-74360 Simon, someone has noted down the lyrics on the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNiMHdx_8A0" rel="nofollow">YouTube page</a>. :-) Simon, someone has noted down the lyrics on the YouTube page. :-)

]]> http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/#comment-74058 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:29:49 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/#comment-74058 I haven't managed to transcribe or find the lyrics, but I have discovered that the song is called <em>A dekkinum</em> and comes from <a href="http://home.worldonline.dk/hoydal/uk/" rel="nofollow">Annika Hoydal's</a> album <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007QS3CY/omniglot-20" rel="nofollow"><em>Spor i vandet / Spor í sjónum</em></a>. I haven’t managed to transcribe or find the lyrics, but I have discovered that the song is called A dekkinum and comes from Annika Hoydal’s album Spor i vandet / Spor í sjónum.

]]> http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/#comment-73952 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:11:09 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/#comment-73952 I was hoping that we could get a transcript of the lyrics. Did anyone manage to note them down? I was hoping that we could get a transcript of the lyrics. Did anyone manage to note them down?

]]> http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/#comment-73900 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:01:14 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/#comment-73900 The language is indeed <a href="http://www.omniglot.com/writing/faroese.htm">Faroese</a> (Føroyskt), a Northern Germanic language spoken on the Faroe Islands (Føroyar) by about 47,000 people. The recording comes from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNiMHdx_8A0">YouTube</a>. The language is indeed Faroese (Føroyskt), a Northern Germanic language spoken on the Faroe Islands (Føroyar) by about 47,000 people. The recording comes from YouTube.

]]> http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/#comment-73887 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:08:15 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/#comment-73887 I'm going to say Faroese as well. While it does seem to be North Germanic it doesn't sound to me like any of the continental Scandinavian languages. I think I also heard a couple of sounds (the kind of "ea" diphthong and a couple of affricates), which, to my knowledge, don't exist in Icelandic, so by process of elimination that leaves Faroese. I’m going to say Faroese as well. While it does seem to be North Germanic it doesn’t sound to me like any of the continental Scandinavian languages. I think I also heard a couple of sounds (the kind of “ea” diphthong and a couple of affricates), which, to my knowledge, don’t exist in Icelandic, so by process of elimination that leaves Faroese.

]]> http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/#comment-73881 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:44:23 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/#comment-73881 From my (limited) knowledge of Swedish, "jag ar … og/och … og" would mean "I am both ... and", right? So I also think it is Icelandic or Faroese, although it's hard to tell which: on wiktionary the declensions of froskur were so close between the two. From my (limited) knowledge of Swedish, “jag ar … og/och … og” would mean “I am both … and”, right? So I also think it is Icelandic or Faroese, although it’s hard to tell which: on wiktionary the declensions of froskur were so close between the two.

]]> http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/#comment-73849 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:48:29 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/#comment-73849 It's not Slavic and I don't think it's related to Saami in any way. If I hear it right, there's something like 'jag ar ... og/och ... og ...' and that must be Germanic. I can also hear something like 'er som froskur', and that could indicate Icelandic or Faroese: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/froskur Of course that's all just guessing... It’s not Slavic and I don’t think it’s related to Saami in any way. If I hear it right, there’s something like ‘jag ar … og/och … og …’ and that must be Germanic. I can also hear something like ‘er som froskur’, and that could indicate Icelandic or Faroese: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/froskur Of course that’s all just guessing…

]]> http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/#comment-73848 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:31:36 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/#comment-73848 I'd say Icelandic or Faeroese as well. I’d say Icelandic or Faeroese as well.

]]> http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/#comment-73827 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:52:50 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2008/03/08/language-quiz-58/#comment-73827 I agree with Voytec, I think it is Faroese. I can understand quite a few of the words, but I still don't understand what the song is about. I agree with Voytec, I think it is Faroese.
I can understand quite a few of the words, but I still don’t understand what the song is about.

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