Languages Redux

[kathrynt]

I keep updating this list becauseI keep adding languages to it. This is all the languages I've sung in. This iteration adds Ojibwe and takes the asterisk off of Zulu, as I have now done a piece where I actually had a straight up zulu *verse*. Including a word with a click in it

Comments

[acw]

The top K language is Korean; get the choir to do some version of "Arirang".

For major T languages, the top two are Telugu and Tamil, both Dravidian languages without much Western-accessible choral music, being firmly in the Indian-Classical-Music orbit. The next one is Turkish, which is more promising.

Vietnamese is by far the most major V language, and I know from experience that pronunciation is a big challenge, and the music is not very Western-accessible. You might make a case for Valencian, but it's really a variety of Catalan. Venetian is a divergent Italian variety.

X is of course the hardest one. Xhosa is the obvious choice, and Xhosa songs can be very pretty.

[colorwhirl]

What piece saw occasion for you to sing Gibberish?

[kathrynt]

Some high school choral piece for All-State, I think.