About languages

, #2, #3

4. Wise Guys - Latein Duits

Vertalingen: Engels, Frans

5. Namika - Je ne parle pas français Duits

Vertalingen: Nederlands

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6. Trude Herr - Französisch sprechen kann ich fast gar nicht Duits

Vertalingen: Engels, Frans

7. Elton John - A Word in Spanish Engels

Vertalingen: Nederlands

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, Duits, Fins, Frans, Italiaans, Russisch, Spaans

8. Juan Andrés y Nicolás Ospina - Qué difícil es hablar el español Spaans

Vertalingen: Nederlands

, Engels, Frans, Italiaans, Portugees

9. Alfred Denis Godley - Motor Bus Engels, Latijn, Pseudo-Latijn

A memorization poem on Latin inflection.

10. Ogden Nash - Laments for a Dying Language Engels

A satirical lamentation of language change.

11. Lorenzo Baglioni - Il congiuntivo Italiaans

Vertalingen: Duits

, Engels, Frans, Russisch, Spaans

12. Fernando Bandini - Sta lingua Venetan

Vertalingen: Chinees

, Engels, Grieks, Italiaans, Spaans

13. Ernesto Calzavara - Parole mate(*) Venetan

Vertalingen: Italiaans

14. "Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes Engels

Vertalingen: Duits

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, Fins, Grieks, Hongaars, Italiaans #1, #2, Japans, Tsjechisch

15. Vladimir Vysotsky - Посещение Музы, или Песенка плагиатора (Poseschenie Muzy, ili Pesenka plagiatora) Russisch

Vertalingen: Duits

, Engels, Hebreeuws, Turks

16. Pepe da Rosa - Los modismos de la Lengua Spaans

Vertalingen: Engels

17. Elena Gheorghe - Mamma mia (He's italiano) Engels

Vertalingen: Grieks

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, Hongaars, Italiaans, Pools, Roemeens, Russisch, Spaans

18. Harry Connick Jr. - To Love The Language Engels

Exhibits affection for the culture and language--English, but a regional style--of those living "on the banks of the Mississippi".

19. Marie-Paule Belle - Moujik Russe Frans

An ironic French song with plenty of pathetic pseudo-Russian wordplays

20. Baccara - Parlez-vous français ? Frans

Vertalingen: Duits

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, Engels, Italiaans, Portugees, Russisch, Turks

21. Michael Martin Murphey - Spanish Is a Lovin' Tongue Engels

Vertalingen: Duits

22. Jorge Luis Borges - Al idioma alemán Spaans

Vertalingen: Duits

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, Engels, Frans, Italiaans, Portugees, Russisch

23. Oswald de Andrade - Pronominais Portugees

A poem on how Brazilian people use pronouns.

24. Christine Collins - λ♥[love] (Linguistics Love Song) Engels

A song to win the heart of your nerdy, linguistics-passionate soulmate.

Vertalingen: IPA

, Italiaans, Pools

25. Eric Bogle - Silly Slang Song Engels

Slang can be so weird in its double meanings. The song explores some funny ones.

Vertalingen: Italiaans

26. Antonio Virgilio Savona - L’accento sull’A Italiaans

This is not so much about proper grammar as it is about proper public spirit.

Vertalingen: Engels, Pools

27. Luciano Ravasio - Samba de Presèss Lombard

Minority languages risk going extinct together with their native speaker communities growing older and older. This is true also for many "dialects" of Italy, and unfortunately they are disregarded even by their own speakers.

Vertalingen: IPA

, Engels, Italiaans, Pools

28. Federica Zugno & Andrea Caria - Parla-me en alguerés Catalaans

Languages open your mind. That's why some young people try and keep them alive, even in case of minority languages like the Catalan dialect which is spoken in the single town of Alghero, Sardinia.

Vertalingen: Transliteratie

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, Engels, Frans, Italiaans, Pools, Portugees, Roemeens, Russisch, Sardinian (southern dialects), Spaans

29. Frankie HI-NRG MC - L’inutile Italiaans

Songs should have something to say, rather than being just a negligible time-filler or a way to make money. This song makes fun of that kind of music that has absolutely nothing to say.

Vertalingen: Engels

30. Dellino Farmer - FES Lombard

Italian dialects are often ignored or despised, but they are part of the culture and history of their land, and they unite people.

Vertalingen: Engels

, Italiaans, Sicilian

31. Sergio Endrigo - Le parole Italiaans

Words are important for growing as a person, to express feelings and ideas, and to relate to other people. They should be taught focusing on that, not focusing on rote learning and boring lists.

Vertalingen: Engels, Kroatisch

32. The Lonely Island - Semicolon Engels

A rap song claiming street cred by means of being good at grammar.

Vertalingen: Duits, Italiaans

33. Luciano Ravasio - Pòta Lombard

A playful explanation of Bergamo’s most iconic exclamation word: pòta.

Vertalingen: IPA

, Engels, Italiaans, Russisch

34. La Trinca - Coses de l'idioma Catalaans

Translating idioms literally can result in funnily weird sentences.

Vertalingen: Engels, Spaans

35. Tom Lehrer - Silent E Engels

Funny song about English spelling and how a simple letter can turn a whole word upside-down.

Vertalingen: Italiaans, Tsjechisch

36. Tom Lehrer - L-Y Engels

Educational song about adverb formation using -ly.

Vertalingen: Italiaans, Turks

37. Tom Lehrer - O-U (The Hound Song) Engels

Educational song playing around the OU digram in English.

Vertalingen: Italiaans

38. Tom Lehrer - S-N (Snore, Sniff, and Sneeze) Engels

Educational song about English words beginning with SN.

Vertalingen: Italiaans

39. Luciano Ravasio - Dialèt Lombard

Many Italian dialects are declining. They are perceived as "languages for educated people", but they are the true language of many people, of their everyday life and their emotions. These people try to keep them alive, though their future is very uncertain.

Vertalingen: IPA

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, Catalaans, Engels, Italiaans, Pools, Venetan

40. Riccardo Cocciante - La nostra lingua italiana Italiaans

A homage to the beauty of the Italian language and culture.

Vertalingen: Engels

, Frans, Grieks, Roemeens, Spaans

41. Supertramp - The Logical Song Engels

A song about what really matters in life, leveraging the different character of germanic and latinate words in English.

Vertalingen: Nederlands

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42. Dellino Farmer - La Ö la Ü Lombard

A spur to learn your language better - in this case spelling - because it's a treasure that you should keep alive and kicking.

Vertalingen: IPA

, Engels, Italiaans

43. Pomi Duri - Novelchiusìn Italiaans

A whole song about nothing but wordplay, in Italian.

Vertalingen: Engels

44. Caparezza - Follie preferenziali Italiaans

Wordplay to promote peace in the world.

Vertalingen: Engels

45. Caparezza - China Town Italiaans

Wordplay to promote peace in the world.

Vertalingen: Engels #1

, #2, Pools, Spaans

46. Frankie HI-NRG MC - Potere alla parola Italiaans

Speech is the most powerful tool everyone has.

Vertalingen: Engels

47. Sud Sound System - Le radici ca tieni Salentine

By knowing your own local culture, you can better understand other cultures and be open and tolerant. And your language is a fundamental part of your culture.

Vertalingen: Engels #1

, #2, Italiaans

48. Antonio Virgilio Savona - Le burle Italiaans

Educational wordplay in Italian. Words, but also public spirit.

Vertalingen: Engels

49. Loudon Wainwright III - Cobwebs Engels

A rant against the (mis)use of the word "like" in English.

Vertalingen: Italiaans

50. Christian Morgenstern - Der Werwolf Duits

A German poem about how to "properly" inflect werewolf.

Vertalingen: Frans, Pools

51. Olavo Bilac - Língua Portuguesa Portugees

An poem on the Portuguese language.

Vertalingen: Engels, Russisch

52. Lewis Carroll - Jabberwocky Engels

This poem is in so far about language as it contains several neologisms/made-up-words per line and still makes kinda sense somehow and thereby shows something about how English, or language in general, works.

Vertalingen: Esperanto #1

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53. The Elder Scrolls (OGST) - Tale of the Tongues Engels

Vertalingen: Engels (Oudengels)

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, Engels (Schots), Frans, Russisch #1, #2, Servisch, Turks #1, #2, #3

54. Zimovie Zverey - Монолог о языке (Monolog o yazyke) Russisch

It's a monologue about languages.

55. Renaud - It Is Not Because You Are Engels, Frans

Vertalingen: Engels, Frans

56. Rex Harrison - Why Can't the English? Engels

57. W.S. Merwin - Losing a Language Engels

Vertalingen: Duits

58. Georges Brassens - Le blason Frans

Vertalingen: Bretons

, Engels, Italiaans, Russisch

59. Anna Żebrowska - Ucz się polskiego Pools

About learning Polish and how poetic this language can be.

Vertalingen: Engels #1

, #2, Frans, Italiaans

60. Mexican Folk - Mi Linda Juchiteca Spaans

This song has a whole stanza on how in love the narrator feels when his loved one speaks in Zapotec, a Mexican language family.

Vertalingen: Aragonese

, Duits, Engels, Italiaans, Portugees

61. Explicit wordplay songs Collectie

In this collection, you'll find songs revolving around wordplay, jokes, puns, double entendres, and any other funny way to use language. (Taken from description)

Songs revolving around wordplay, jokes, puns, double entendres, and any other funny way to use language, provided they have any explicit (or even "implicit") content, either in the meaning or in the words used.
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See here for non-explicit wordplay songs.

19 items

62. Miguel León-Portilla - Ihcuac tlahtolli ye miqui Nahuatl

A poem on language death.

Vertalingen: Tongaans

+10 meer

, Engels, Frans, Hongaars, Italiaans, Japans, Pools, Portugees, Roemeens, Spaans, Venetan

63. Andrea Zanzotto - Vecio parlar Vertaling

This is about how an old dialect is disappearing.

Talen: Venetan → Italiaans

Door annabellanna aangemaakt op vrijdag, August 9, 2019

64. Juana de Ibarbourou - Elogio de la lengua castellana Spaans

Vertalingen: Engels

65. "Weird Al" Yankovic - Mission Statement Engels

It ridicules self-important corporate speak. A hype song about language hype.

Vertalingen: Italiaans #1, #2

66. Martinho da Vila - Lusofonia Portugees

Martinho da Vila is a known advocate of Portuguese language and culture. He dedicated a whole album (2001's Lusofonia) to songs about Portuguese speaking countries and societies, from Brazil to East Timor. The album's title track mentions how language is a common characteristic of places which are so different, even mentioning native languages spoken in them.

Vertalingen: Engels

67. National Anthems & Patriotic Songs - Republic of Moldova National Anthem - Limba Noastră Roemeens

The Moldovan anthem, differently from other countries, talks about their language.

Vertalingen: IPA

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, Tongaans, Transliteratie, Duits, Engels, Japans, Kroatisch, Russisch, Servisch #1, #2

68. Féloche - Silbo Frans

This one is about Silbo Gomera. On Gomera island, people used to speak Spanish by whistling to each other across hills.

Vertalingen: Engels, Portugees

69. Jean-Marc Leclercq - Esperanto Esperanto

Vertalingen: Duits

, Engels, Pools

70. Peter Igelhoff - Ich lern' jetzt Wienerisch Duits

Vertalingen: Engels

71. Brings - Kölsche Jung Duits (Keuls)

This song describes the difficulties children have in school, when they grew up speaking a dialect, and then have to learn the "official" language. But on the same time he is proud of his dialect.

Vertalingen: Duits, Engels

72. Raúl Kot Esquivel - Idioma guaraní Spaans

73. Tato Laviera - Spanglish Engels, Spaans

74. Bicho de Pé - ABC do Sertão Portugees

Song shows the richness and the varieties of Brazilian Portuguese - letters are named different in the Northeastern if in comparison to other regions of Brazil.

75. Giovannino Guareschi - Il latino Italiaans

Vertalingen: Engels