Languages in my music collection

Submitted by lukeprog on Thu, 07/14/2005 - 10:58
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  1. Akkadian: Philip Glass - Akhnaten
  2. Albanian: 3 Mustaphas 3
  3. Amharic: Various - Rough Guide to the Music of Africa
  4. Ancient Egyptian: Philip Glass - Akhnaten
  5. Arabic: Various - Rough Guide to World Music
  6. Bambara: Various - Rough Guide to World Music
  7. Hebrew: Philip Glass - Akhnaten
  8. Catalan: Gipsy Kings
  9. Danish: Various - Rough Guide to Scandinavian Music
  10. English: most artists
  11. Estonian - Vennaskond
  12. Finnish: Various - Rough Guide to Scandinavian Music
  13. French: Air, others
  14. Fula: Various - From Dublin to Dakar
  15. Gaelic: Enya
  16. Galego: Manu Chao - Clandestino
  17. Galician: Mano Chao
  18. German: Kraftwerk, Rammstein, others
  19. Greek: 3 Mustaphas 3
  20. Hawaiian: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, others
  21. Hebrew: 3 Mustaphas 3
  22. Hindi: Various - Gardens of Eden
  23. Hopelandic: Sigur Ros
  24. Humpback: various "whale song" recordings
  25. Icelandic: Sigur Ros
  26. Indian: Various - Rough Guide to the Music of the Himalayas
  27. Indonesian: Various - Rough Guide to the Music of Indonesia
  28. Italian: several operas
  29. Japanese: X Japan, others
  30. Javanese: Various - Rough Guide to the Music of Indonesia
  31. Ladakhi: Various - Rough Guide to the Music of the Himalayas
  32. Latin: Era, Gregorian chant albums
  33. Macedonian: 3 Mustaphas 3
  34. Malagasy: Various - Gardens of Eden
  35. Malay: Various - Rough Guide to the Music of Indonesia
  36. Mandar: Various - Rough Guide to the Music of Indonesia
  37. Mandarin: Various - Rough Guide to the Music of the Himalayas
  38. Mandinka: Various - Rough Guide to the Music of Africa
  39. Maori: Various - Rough Guide to World Music
  40. Nepalese: Various - Rough Guide to the Music of the Himalayas
  41. Norwegian: Various - From Dublin to Dakar
  42. Nubiin: Various - Rough Guide to the Music of Africa
  43. Portuguese: Cesaria Evora, others
  44. Punjabi: Dhoka Nahin - "Amar Singh Chamkila"
  45. Quenya: Lord of the Rings soundtracks
  46. Romany: 3 Mustaphas 3
  47. Russian: Basil Poledouris - "Hymn to Red October", others
  48. Serbo-Croatian: 3 Mustaphas 3
  49. Shona: Various - Rough Guide to the Music of Africa
  50. Sindarin: Lord of the Rings soundtracks
  51. Spanish: Manu Chao, others
  52. Sundanese: Various - Rough Guide to the Music of Indonesia
  53. Swedish: Kent, others
  54. Tibetan: Various - Rough Guide to the Music of the Himalayas
  55. Turkish: Various - Rough Guide to World Music
  56. Tuvan: California Throatsinger
  57. Wolof: Youssou N'Dour, others
  58. Xhosa: Miriam Makeba
  59. Zulu: Various - Rough Guide to the Music of Africa
Author Comments: 

Inspied by Kottke's How many langauges in your music collection? meme. I think I'm doing pretty good, but I can't beat this guy. I didn't count questionable ones such as made-up languages or Humpback.