(Maybe this post should go in Conlangery.)
According to the currently updated Wikipedia, Angélique Kidjo speaks six languages;
3 African natlangs,
2 European natlangs,
and a conlang she herself created, and in which she sometimes sings!
Did anyone else on board already know that?
Angélique Kidjo
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TomHChappell
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Re: Angélique Kidjo
Apparently, none of her songs are in an imaginary language...
Only the word "batonga" seems to have been traceably coined by her...
Only the word "batonga" seems to have been traceably coined by her...
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TomHChappell
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TomHChappell
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Re: Angélique Kidjo
What do you know about
And what do you think of her and her music?
?“Wikipedia” wrote: Helen Folasade Adu CBE (Yoruba: Fọláṣadé Adú [fɔ̄láʃādé ādú]; born 16 January 1959), known professionally as Sade Adu or simply Sade (/ˈʃɑːdeɪ/ SHAH-day or /ʃɑːˈdeɪ/ shah-DAY), is a Nigerian-British singer-songwriter who is the lead vocalist of her band Sade.
And what do you think of her and her music?
Re: Angélique Kidjo
less exotic, less energizing...
more jazzy, more classy...
more jazzy, more classy...