So it’s as natural for them as any sound in your language is for you. , where it remains the sole official language in 11 countries. incredible information yu just shared in your blog, thank you, Wow iam Egyptian Arabic ofc and thx our language is very good and nice Have you ever been caught with a severe bout of ‘Treppenwitz’?

CTRL + SPACE for auto-complete. Any language where you have some family background (parent, grandparent, etc.). Urdu words have been adopted into English since the fifteenth century, with surprisingly early examples including mogul (1577), cummerbund (1613), and bungalow (1676). Saying best friend in Middle-Eastern Languages. But that doesn’t make right to say “The 10 best skin colors to wear this year”, does it? The words batik (1880), gamelan (1816) and lahar (a volcanic mudflow, 1929) are all of Javanese origin. Saying one language is better than the other, or useful, or even more musical, is talking about superiority. The precious memories we have that evoke happiness and joy, but also the emptiness of knowing that person is gone forever. (Hons), © Learning Mind 2012-2020 | All Rights Reserved |, 20 Untranslatable Words in Different Languages That Describe Emotions & Situations, Having Trouble Focusing? I’m also curious where you got your statistic that so many languages are dying out from? Please find below many ways to say best in different languages. Telugu and Marathi are India’s third and fourth most used languages, with just over 74 and just short of 72 million native speakers, respectively. I do though, hope you have enjoyed my post, as I have tried extremely hard to keep with what you know, by making this post as long winded and boring as possible. How many cultures (and I don’t want to come in with actual lives) did they kill? No, it’s not what you think. If so, we’re here to give you a bit of inspiration. Language is a biological fact in human species, so this is racism to all those almost 7000 languages that (according to you) are not useful, powerful, economic and most spoken languages. Linguistically speaking, Chinese is a “macrolanguage” that encompasses dozens of different forms and dialects that together have just short of 1.2 billion native speakers. It’s on the news how Bolsonaro in Brasil is pushing out the tribes Aruak, Baniwa and others to expand “business”, western culture, or portuguese (up there, on the list). For 60000 thousand years, I’d say that most of the human conflicts are not because they spoke different languages, but because of bad intentions from a group of people towards the other. One of the earliest of all is lychee (1588). Like Chinese, Arabic is technically another macrolanguage whose 242 million native speakers—spread across 60 different countries worldwide—use a range of different forms and varieties. Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Dominican Republic, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela, Spain…just a few of the countries where you’ll be able to practice with more than 480 million native speakers across the globe. Also, I understand your point of view, because we (me and you and everyone) lived with it, but they ARE NOT less developed. But English is one of the world’s most widespread languages: mother-tongue speakers are recorded in 101 different countries and territories worldwide, 94 of which class it as an official language. This is the translation of the word "best" to over 100 other languages. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. writing. In Russian, a мерзлячка is usually a female who is extremely sensitive to cold environments and does not tolerate freezing temperatures. (QUIZ), Should you learn French or Spanish? So, French turns out to be a slightly controversial one. Saying friend in Asian Languages.

Tampo is a pretend tantrum, thrown in order to elicit an apology from someone. But even skin color is not in our genes, that’s why it’s not right to talk about races. Anyway I discovered this living among 40 people in the north of Siberia, that the gift was their culture, and people was the living culture. By far the most well known is bandicoot, which is thought to literally mean “pig-rat” in Telugu. It’s just like seeing another world war coming, but like a few decades in advance. This word describes a “binding force or necessity which the classical Greeks knew could not be resisted”. There are some strange words in every language and some that are virtually untranslatable. I’ll reach to something more personal. Good spot – thanks. Tommy, it is not racism to say that today it is more important for economic reasons to learn spanish or portuguese than navajo or tongan. It works as a positive emotion, for example, “That baby is so adorable, I just want to squeeze her!” or a negative one, “You’re so irritating I could squeeze some sense into you!”. The one thing to potentially watch out for is the need for learning different script, especially if non alphabetic (Chinese/Japanese). We can help you decide, The best way to learn Spanish at home? How good are you at spotting the right queue to join? Well, you may be drawn to a foreign language because you’re in love with a culture. It’s the most spoken language in the world – and the second most used online.

I would have thought, that the top priority in learning any language is to be understood by the people who speak it. I would be surprised if I am the first to suggest it, but a lot of us would like to know how to pronounce these words, so we can use them with our (hapless victims) friends. Alongside each entry on the list are just some of the words which English has borrowed from it. Germans also translate this word as ‘sit meat’ and ‘butt flesh’. Punjabi words adopted into English are rare, but nevertheless include bhangra (a local traditional dance form and music style, 1965), and gurdwara (a Sikh temple, 1909). This is another German word that literally translated into English means ‘Schnapps Idea’. At the current rate, China’s GDP is set to overtake the US by 2029, and it’s already the world’s largest trading nation. Having experienced more than a few lay-offs, and now as a 50+ worker who has finally broken into IT, but also works heavily in EU marketing, I found this article very helpful. Why do some words in different languages just happen to end up in our everyday use and stay there? This is another Portuguese word and loosely originates from the words ‘des’ which means “un” and ‘enrascar’ meaning “to entangle.” The literal translation is to cleverly disentangle oneself from a bad situation, but, with the ability to use one’s imagination in ingenious ways. And it was not even me that saw it, but a colleague trying to keep this diversity going on…, For a person who is able to converse in a number of languages, and is so passionate on the subject; you supprise me. They brought western world to america. , it’s standing at an impressive #4 on the list, with 310 million native speakers. Please find below many ways to say friend in different languages. Last but not least, I ask please, please to understand, that at least in my country, it is illegal to compare products to sell one more than the other, and those products are human invented, but languages are not. Several languages in Africa, as you put the example, explain about things in the earth, like the sun, rain, rocks, trees and animals, and thousand different things that are necessary to survive in the world, things that someone wanting to make business with China doesn’t know about, therefore, developement is something rather subjective. While you’ll be able to practise your Portuguese with more than 10 million people in Portugal, Brazil seems to be the next frontier for South American business. After this, I can explain tones of examples of people who studied chinese, russian, arabic, german, or god knows how many languages just “to get rich”, and they ended up working or getting paid the same amount as a person with a “local” language. As a linguist I know all of the different steps of language extinction, and I’m seeing mine dying in front of my eyes (mine, and 6 more in my country, so in this sense is nothing that personal).

Just make sure not to ONLY look at importance, but also to look at effort required. Maybe it’s about maximising your opportunities – for business and work, or for travel. In Different Languages, or IDL, is an online tool that shows you how to say words and phrases in more than 100 different languages.
No, the country is not Africa. So, in the interests of knowledge, I’m putting my personal pain aside to find those perfect words in different languages that sum up emotions and situations.
According to the World Economic Forum, it’s the. Getting bored is something particular of the “best developped” western world people, we use, get bored and throw it to the trash, just like fast food. So in light of what I have just said, I will leave you with this parting statement: I hope you are now thoroughly bored and brain dead! I get the feeling you’re an academic, as in, you haven’t been laid off suddenly, walked out of a building with a box of your stuff because the company’s stock didn’t do so well this year, receiving (no matter how many years you worked with that company) no severance, perhaps your 401k slashed due to whatever economic hellstorm lead to your lay-off to begin with, and unemployment benefit checks that won’t even cover your health insurance much less your rent, and for a maximum of 6 months at best. The number of Bengali words adopted into English, however, is relatively small, with only 47 instances—including jute (1746), almirah (a free-standing cupboard, 1788), and jampan (a type of sedan chair, 1828)—recorded in the OED. Even less. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Taiwan) and three other Academy Awards, and was nominated for six other Academy Awards, including Best Picture. What Causes It and Ways to Improve Your Concentration, 6 Signs Your View of Life Is Blocking Your Growth and Needs Reconsideration. In my country I see three major languages in contact with each other. You can learn up to 12 languages at once, and at your own pace, ensuring you really put all the linguistic odds in your favour. It is already too late, and it will be when it gets on fashion, so stop criticising each other, and stick to the point. 6. That feeling of laziness and lethargy where you have no interest and don’t want to make an effort? A 2014 New Republic article, for instance, claims that it’s time to stop pretending French is an important language for the world stage. Learning Mind is a blog created by Anna LeMind, B.A., with the purpose to give you food for thought and solutions for understanding yourself and living a more meaningful life.