We have an answer:
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It is Hausa.
barka de salah = blessings (or greetings) on (or for) the prayer (the
prayer
being the eid al-fitr prayer)
barka na gode (NOT nan gode) = (very roughly) Greetings, thank you
(sent by "Max")
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On Dec 4, 5:48*pm, Peter Jamieson
wrote:
* Because the greeting came from Australia ("the koalas")
IMO there are other possible interpretations of the use of the word
"koala" (like, kids have koala toys, there are clubs called "koalas" etc.
If you hear hoofbeats, don't look for zebras?
But I'm not really that interested in getting to the bottom of an
apparently misdirected message in here - I just thought I'd try to save
you looking around in what is likely the wrong area.
Peter Jamieson
On 04/12/2009 20:54, Peter T. Daniels wrote:
No reason to exclude it ... are there many Nigerians in Australia?
I just asked in sci.lang. Maybe someone will know.
On Dec 4, 1:11 pm, Peter
wrote:
I think it's Hausa.
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk
On 04/12/2009 16:44, Peter T. Daniels wrote:
Because the greeting came from Australia ("the koalas"), it might be
in Indonesian (the closest Muslim country). Next most likely might be
Bengali (Bangladesh) or various languages of Pakistan, but I suspect I
might have recognized the particles if they were from an Indic
language.
On Dec 4, 10:59 am, "JoAnn
wrote:
I'm not a bubbe either. No children = no grandchildren. I'd gladly be
barka'd tho! I can use all I can be granted.
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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"
"Peter T. * *wrote in ...
Yiddishe rednecks? Sounds like "bubbe" 'grandmother' to me. Though I
don't know whether it would apply to a Muslim grandmother returning
from the hajj!
"Barka" in the header is probably from the Arabic for 'blessing' or
'blessed' in the feminine singular, though I don't know what language
the rest of it is.
On Dec 4, 9:18 am, "JoAnn * *wrote:
I'm not your Buba. I don't think I want to be anyone's Buba - sounds
really
redneck to me.
--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"
"Mr Sasha Angel- Maxwell"Mr Sasha
* *wrote in message
...
Just a message to my Buba from the koalas that l hope you had a nice
trip
from Saudi Arabia and l hope your EID is well and l am well your ini.
love
Nike Newton