Listening to languages

Listener   Sunday, May 29, 2005, 19:53 GMT
I like to hear what other languages sound like. Could you provide links where one could listen to your language?
Sander   Sunday, May 29, 2005, 19:55 GMT
Easterner   Sunday, May 29, 2005, 20:31 GMT
For Hungarian:

The most readily available material is at the audio website of Radio Hungary:

http://real1.radio.hu

You can select one of the three stations (Kossuth, Petöfi, Bartók) at the top part of the page, marked green, red and purple. Also, you can select WM or Real Audio as media players. By clicking at one of the links marked WM or MP3 at the topmost part of the page, you can listen to the current programme of each station (but only Petöfi and Bartók are broadcasting after midnight).
Tiffany   Monday, May 30, 2005, 00:28 GMT
Italian:

http://www.rai.it
The national television station in Italy, owned by the government

http://www.radioitalia.it
A music website that shows only Italian music and news.
Deborah   Monday, May 30, 2005, 00:49 GMT
I haven’t notice anyone from Finland participating in this forum, so I’ll provide a link to Radio Finland.
http://lotta.yle.fi/radio.nsf/sivut/etusivu

Here’s a German surf music site that has links to radio stations from all over the world.
http://www.surfmusic.de/
Lisa in UK   Monday, May 30, 2005, 00:51 GMT
http://kasper.svev.no/svev.cfm?Lang=nb&kat=Samfunnslaere&ukat=Politikk

Norwegian (bokmål). I am not Norwegian, but I am learning the language.
A1C Tom K.   Monday, May 30, 2005, 01:17 GMT
And to cover every other country in the world (almost):
http://www.vtuner.com - radio stations from all over the world
http://www.wwitv.com - like the last one, but with TV stations instead
Gabe   Monday, May 30, 2005, 01:31 GMT
Wow, thanks Sander! I'd never heard Dutch before, and I really like the sound of it!
Bill H.   Monday, May 30, 2005, 02:32 GMT

You also may want to start renting foreign language movies with [your native language here] subtitles. Blockbuster usually has a large selection of them and they are generally pretty good. As you are interested in languages you will most likely enjoy getting to see that country too(I know I do). Just a thought. IFC(Independent Film Channel) also plays many well made films from around the world,as does Sundance Channel.
Walker, Texas Ranger   Monday, May 30, 2005, 05:19 GMT
http://swedia.ling.umu.se/

This is a very good website if you want to hear Swedish and dialects from all of Sweden's regions. I'm afraid the website is in Swedish, but click on 'Välj ett landskap eller en ort' and go from there, or click on 'Välj sida' and then 'Karta' and go from there. From each community listed there are dialect samples from an/a:
Äldre kvinna - Older woman
Äldre man - Older man
Yngre kvinna - Young woman
Yngre man - Young man
Deborah   Monday, May 30, 2005, 05:46 GMT
Walker, TR - that's a great site! Nice photo of a varg on the Värmland page.
Deborah   Monday, May 30, 2005, 05:50 GMT
Kirk, if you're reading this thread, you might be interested to hear what the Äldre kvinna from Skillingmark has to say about "midsommar in San Diego."
http://swedia.ling.umu.se/Svealand/Varmland/Skillingmark/ow.html
Joel   Monday, May 30, 2005, 07:02 GMT
New Zealand Dutch Radio

http://www.echo.org.nz/
Boy   Monday, May 30, 2005, 11:23 GMT
http://www.cityfm89.com ... a music station from Pakistan. You can hear live music. Both western and local.
andre in south africa   Monday, May 30, 2005, 13:24 GMT
Afrikaans

http://www.rsgmusiek.co.za/gooi_oor.asp (afrikaans music)

http://rsg.co.za Afrikaans radio station

http://www.kyknet.co.za Afrikaans TV channel