I'm looking for two things for upcoming 0 A.D. music!
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1) People who can write some lyrics (a few nice phrases will do) in (or as-close-as-possible to) the ancient tongues used in 0 A.D., this will be used in upcoming tracks as choir text!
To elaborate:
For well-studied ancient languages like Greek and Latin we will try to make lyrics in the actual ancient language.
For languages that have mostly been lost, such as Celtic and Punic, we will have to do with modern surviving languages that are related to the ancient ones.
Mauryas used to speak Prakrit (common language) and Sanskrit (official language). Prakrit is dead (or evolved into other languages) and Sanskrit is barely spoken by a handful (eg. my dad). Plenty can speak Hindi (modern official language of India) and Marathi (derivative of Prakrit) fluently (eg. me!).
What do you expect, when it comes to lyrics about Indian parts of the game? Indian tracks would be awesome! ;-)
Quick request from the Music dept.
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Indian guy here talking in reference to this: http://wildfiregames.com/0ad/page.php?p=11974
Mauryas used to speak Prakrit (common language) and Sanskrit (official language). Prakrit is dead (or evolved into other languages) and Sanskrit is barely spoken by a handful (eg. my dad). Plenty can speak Hindi (modern official language of India) and Marathi (derivative of Prakrit) fluently (eg. me!).
What do you expect, when it comes to lyrics about Indian parts of the game? Indian tracks would be awesome! ;-)