Overtone Singing in Foreign Languages
Try entering “overtone singing” in other languages into a search engine. I have compiled over 50 translations. You will find videos and other treasures you would never have been able to find otherwise.
New creative developments of overtone singing are often not easy to find if you only search with the usual terms: Throat singing, overtone singing, khoomii, etc. According to Google, “throat singing” is the most searched term in this context, but treasures from France or Russia may be lost.
Do you know another translation? Then please put it in the comment below.
Bashkir
ba:
Өзләү, Özläü, Uzlyau
Basque
eu:
Kantu armoniko
Chakassic
tut:
Khai
Chinese
zh:
卡基拉
Danish
da:
Strubesang, Overtonesang
Dutch
nl:
Boventoonzang
German
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de:
Obertongesang, Obertonsingen, Kehlgesang, Kehlkopfgesang
English
en:
Overtone singing, harmonic singing, harmonic chant, throat singing, diphonic singing, Tuvan singing
Finnish
fi:
Kurkkulaulu, yläsävellaulua
French
fr:
Chant diphonique, Chant de gorge, Chant harmonique, Diphonie
Hebrew (Ivrit)
he:
שירת צלילים עיליים
Italian
it:
Canto armonico, Canto difonico, Diplofonie, Triplofonie
Japanese
ja:
喉歌
Lithuanian
lt:
Virštoninis dainavimas, Harmoninis dainavimas, Virštoninis giedojimas
Low saxon (Netherlands)
nds-nl:
Strötsingen
Luxembourgish
lb:
Baovetoeënzaank, Kaelzaank
Mongolian
mn:
Хөөмэй, Transkriptionen: (ISO9) Höömej, (Duden) Chöömei, Chöömej, (Engl.) khöömei, khöömey, (auch verbreitet) khoomej, khöömej
Norwegian
nn:
Strupesong, Strubesang, Overtonesang, Overtonesong
Polish
pl:
Śpiew alikwotowy
Portuguese
pt:
Canto difônico, Canto dos harmónicos
Russian
ru:
Горловое пение
Swedish
sv:
Strupsång, Övertonssång
Serbian
sr:
Аликвотно певање
Serbo-Croatian
sh:
Alikvotno pjevanje
Slovenian
sl:
Alikvotno petje
Spanish
es:
Canto difónico, Canto de armónicos, Canto de la garganta
Tatar
tt:
Бугаз җырлавы
Czech
cs:
Alikvotní zpěv, Hrdelní zpěv, Harmonický zpěv
Tuwinian
tyv:
Хөөмей
Ukrainian
uk:
Горловий спів
Vietnamese vi:
Hát Đồng Song Thanh (“singing with two simultaneous sounds”. Thanks to Tran Quang Hai)
Xhosa
xh:
Umngqokolo
http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q691771?uselang=de
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrillisches_Alphabet#Mongolisch
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In Vietnamese , it is said : HAT DONG SONG THANH , that means singing with two simultaneous sounds.
tran quang hai
Thank you, Tran Quang Hai. Good to see you here, your advise is always appreciated.