Name that tune

Here is a recording of part of a song in a mystery language. Can you name the song and work what language it is?

Comments (7)

HalabundApril 8th, 2007 at 9:44 pm

It’s the Internationale, but I don’t know the language.

HalabundApril 8th, 2007 at 10:01 pm

OK, I found the language by checking these translations (it was fairly easy):
http://www.prato.linux.it/~lmasetti/canzonicontrolaguerra/canzone.php?lang=en&id=2003&infos=1
But I’m not giving away the answer so other people can have some fun :)

Harris EngelmannApril 8th, 2007 at 11:50 pm

based on that l’internationale is the song of socialism/communism and based on the beats and words, i will guess albanian.

Harris EngelmannApril 9th, 2007 at 12:17 am

i’m gonna guess albanian. definitly middle eastern sounding music, but the language doesn’t fit arabic hebrew or aramit.

Harris EngelmannApril 9th, 2007 at 12:18 am

oops maybe not. how about kurdish?

HalabundApril 9th, 2007 at 11:20 am

Yes, it’s Kurdish.

SimonApril 9th, 2007 at 11:53 am

The language is indeed Kurdish and the song is the Internationale. The recording comes from this site, which has recordings of the Internationale in quite a few other languages.