Celestia walked out on her balcony, and looked down on her realms and lands, love and pride for her little ponies welling up in her.
It was a familiar sight, and familiarity breeds comfort, which breeds a desire for certain outlets.
As Celestia’s horn glowed in preparation for raising the sun, her warm smile warped into a mischievous one. She took a deep breath, and called out in the Royal Canterlot Voice.
“NAAAAAANTS AMAHHASHIIIIII BAGITHI BABAAA!”
Well, Google Translate's language-guesser does think it's Zulu, but the most sense I could get it to make out of it was "New horses Gittite dad"
7879708 I checked what the Zulu (I think) words in the beginning of Circle Of Life from the Lion King means. First google results said it means "Here comes a lion". Then I tried switching out 'lion' for 'horse', and this is the result![:derpytongue2:](https://static.fimfiction.net/images/emoticons/derpytongue2.png)
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It's probably Google Translate's fault. I snatched the first line from a lyrics site and Google Translate says it's Zulu but gives "New lion Gittite Baba".
I think the problem is that, since you obviously draw out certain syllables, I wasn't confident enough (that I'd reversed that correctly) to try googling for the original reference.
7879724 Yeah. Anyway, the joke was bad from the beginning![:twilightsheepish:](https://static.fimfiction.net/images/emoticons/twilightsheepish.png)
I'm gonna have another one for the chapter tomorrow.
Bad jokes have a long and glorious tradition and should be not scoffed at![:twilightsmile:](https://static.fimfiction.net/images/emoticons/twilightsmile.png)
7880051 Indeed. Which is why I'm posting more very soon![:twilightsmile:](https://static.fimfiction.net/images/emoticons/twilightsmile.png)
Somewhere in the wastes beyond Equestria, two diamond dogs, Shenzi and Banzai, looked at each other with cunning and crafty expressions. A third was busy staring at nothing. "You still with us, Ed? ...Ed?" queried Shenzi.
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I could have sworn it was Swahili not Zulu. Both are African languages but Swahili was/is the more spoken language and was basically the lingua franca (trade language) for pretty much all the regions where lions actually live while Zulu is a tribal specific language from the southern edge of the lion's range.
Sithi uhhmm ingonyama