F# "I love you" in Various Languages: Explanation of Languages
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This article is from the Romance and Dating FAQ, by Henning Klaskala alt.romance.FAQ@online.de with numerous contributions by others.
F# "I love you" in Various Languages: Explanation of Languages
Afrikaans -> spoken by people of Dutch heritage in South Africa
Alentejano -> An accented form of Portuguese spoken in the Alentejo
region of Portugal (the part of the country south of
the river Tagus).
Alsacien -> French/German dialect (live in France, but speak
like Germans)
Amharic -> Official language spoken in Ethiopia. Just one of
over 80 languages spoken there.
Apache -> North American Indian Nation rangeing from the plains
states to the eastern Rocky Mountains and from the
Canadian to Mexican borders
Arabic -> language spoken in the Arab countries including
but not limited to Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan,
Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and
the region of Palestine.
Ashanti/Akan/Twi-> Ashanti is the most popular and predominate of
many dialects spoken in Ghana. The Ghanan language
is generally refered to as either Akan or Twi.
Assamese -> language spoken in the state of Assam, India
Bassa -> language spoken in Africa
Batak -> language spoken in the northern Sumatra province of
Indonesia
Bavarian -> language spoken in the state of Bavaria, southern
Germany (actually a German dialect)
Bemba -> language spoken in Africa
Bengali -> language spoken in the state of West Bengal, India,
as well as almost all people of Bangladesh
Betazed -> Spoken in Star Trek on planet Betazed
Bicol -> dialect spoken in the Philippines
Braille -> The alphabet represented by patterns of raised dots.
It is 'read' by touch.
Basque -> language spoken in the Basque region of Spain
Breton -> a Celtic language (as Welsh, Irish Gaelic and Scottish
Gaelic) spoken in Brittany, west of France, by about
250,000 people.
Cajun -> French dialect spoken by people who migrated from
Acadia, Canada, to the Louisiana, USA, area.
Acadia is in an Atlantic province.
Catalan -> language spoken in a region in the north-east of Spain
named Catalonia. It is also spoken in the Balearic
Islands, in Andorra and in some small villages of
Sardinia and the south of France.
Cebuano -> language spoken in Philippines near the town of Cebu
Central Yup'ik -> language spoken by the indigenous Eskimo people of
southwestern Alaska
Cherokee -> North American Indian tribe
Cheyenne -> North American Indian tribe, part of the Apache
Nation
Chichewa -> language spoken in Malawi, Central Africa
Chickasaw -> North American Indian tribe (southeastern Oklahoma)
Chinese
Amoy -> language spoken on Taiwan, an island off Fukien
Province in southeast China, and Singapore
Cantonese -> language spoken in the region around Guangzhou
including Hong Kong and also in Malaysia
Mandarin/ -> The official language of China
Putonghua litterally 'common language'
also spoken by native Chinese in Singapore and
Malaysia
Wu -> language spoken in Jiangsu Province
Common Eldarin -> the elven language where the languages Quenya and
Sindarin came from
Creol -> French dialect spoken by people from Haiti. It is
basicly French with a little English and German.
Dhivehi -> language spoken in the Maldives
and in the Minicoy Island of India
Dusun -> language spoken by the Dusun tribe, one of the largest
in North Borneo
Dutch -> language spoken in the Netherlands and the provinces
of East- and West-Flanders, Antwerp, Limburg, and
Flemmish-Brabant, Belgium
Esperanto -> The International Language. An 'artificial' language.
Farsi -> language spoken in Iran. Dialects of Farsi spoken in
Pakistan and Afghanistan. Farsi is sometimes called
Persian.
Faroese -> spoken on the Faroe Islands
Fijian -> spoken by native Fijian people in Fiji
Franconian -> German dialect spoken by the citizens of Franken or
Franconia which is part of Bavaria in the area
around Nuremberg
French -> language spoken in France, Canada, and the provinces
of Luxembourg, Namur, Liege, Hainault, and Brabant-
Walloon(Brabant of the Walloons), Belgium
Friesian -> language spoken in northern Holland, northern
Germany, and in some parts of Denmark
(mainly west coast)
Gaelic -> language spoken in Ireland
Galician -> Galicians live in the four Spanish provinces located
along the northwest coast of the Iberian Peninsula,
but their language zone shades into neighboring areas
of Spain and Portugal as well. The four provinces are
A Corun~a, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra.
Georgian -> language spoken in Georgia
Gilbertese -> properly Kiribati, spoken by the Micronesians of the
Republic of Kiribati in the Pacific on the equator
Gronings -> Dutch dialect
Guarani' -> one of the two official languages in Paraguay
Gujrati -> language spoken in the state of Gujrat, India, and
Pakistan
Hakka -> Chinese dialect from Manchuria
Hausa -> language spoken in Nigeria
Hebrew -> language spoken in Israel and by Jewish people
Hindi -> language spoken in the northern states of India
Hopi -> North American Indian tribe (southwest, Arizona)
Ibaloi -> dialect spoken in the Philippines by the Igorot
natives, specifically the Ibaloi's
Ilocano -> dialect spoken in the Philippines
Interglossa -> An 'artificial' language invented by Lancelot Hogben,
circa 1940.
Kankana -> dialect spoken in the Philippines by the Igorot
natives, specifically the Kankana-ey's
Kannada -> language spoken in the state of Karnataka,
southern India
Kapampangang -> Filipino dialect
(or Pampangang)
Kekchi -> language spoken by 380,000 Mayans in Guatemala,
Belize, and El Salvador
Kikongo -> language spoken in Zaire, Africa
Klingon -> Spoken in Star Trek. Proper term for the language
is "tlhIngan Hol". The Klingon homeworld is
Qo'noS, in English it's Kronos.
Kpele -> language spoken in Africa
Lao -> language spoken in Laos and by the Laotian people
living in northern Thailand
Luo -> language spoken in Kenya
Luxembourgish -> language spoken in Luxembourg and in the border areas
in Belgium (Arlon), France (Thionville), and Germany.
A mixture of French and German, with the emphasis on
German.
Maa -> language spoken in Africa
Malayalam -> language spoken in the state of Kerala, India
Maltese -> language spoken on Malta, a small independent island
in the Mediterranean Sea south of Italy with around
400,000 inhabitants. Maltese is a mixture of Arabic
and Italian mostly.
Mandarin/ -> The official language of China
Putunghua
Marathi -> language spoken in the state of Maharastra, India
(Bombay is the capital city)
Marshallese -> language spoken on the Marshall Islands
Mikmaq -> an Indigenous people of north-eastern North America
Mohawk -> North American Indian tribe (New England, maybe one of
the Seven Nations/Iriquois?)
Mokilese -> language spoken on Mokil and Ponape (Pohnpei)
Moroccan -> language spoken in Morocco, North Africa
Morse Code -> A code using series of dots and dashes to represent
letters, numbers, and other characters. Originally
developed by Samuel Morse for use on the telegraph.
Navaho -> North American Indian tribe (southwest)
Ndebele -> language spoken in Zimbabwe
Nyanja -> language spoken in Africa
Occitan -> language spoken in south of France
Oriya -> language spoken by people of Orissa, India
Papiamento -> language spoken on the islands of Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire
Portuguese -> The official and regular language spoken in Portugal,
Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe,
Cape Verde, Macau, Guinea-Bissau, Goa(India), and
Galicia(Spain). Also spoken in but not the official
language of East Timor, Damao(India), and Diu(India).
It is the sixth most spoken language in the world.
Pulaar -> dialect spoken in Senegal by the Fulani people
Punjabi -> language spoken in the state of Punjab, northern India
Quechua -> language spoken by Incan Indians (South America)
Quenya -> Elvish language invented by J. R. R. Tolkien for his
books. Notably, "The Lord of the Rings".
Rotuman -> language of a Polynesian people originating from the island
of Rotuma, politically a part of Fiji, but quite different
Saami -> Language of an indigenous people living in the
Northern Scandinavian region of Lapland. Formerly
known as Laplanders or Lapps. They have several
dialects, but this is the main one, Northern Saami.
Their language is related to Finnish.
Sesotho -> language spoken in South Africa
(Southern Sotho)
Setswana -> language spoken in Botswana and South Africa
Shona -> language spoken in Zimbabwe
Sindarin -> Elvish language invented by J. R. R. Tolkien for his
books. Notably, "The Lord of the Rings".
Sinhala -> Language of the non-Tamil (majority) people of
Sri Lanka. Also spoken in Ceylon.
Sioux -> North American Indian tribe (upper midwest)
Solresol -> An artificial musical language composed of sequences
of notes on the diatonic scale (do, re, mi,...) sung
by name for comprehensibility to the tone deaf. The
7 notes could also be mapped into colors so that
writing would be a series of colored squares.
South Africa -> There are several official languages listed in the
Constitution of South Africa. They are: Afrikaans,
English, Ndebele(Sindebele, isiNdebele), saLeboa,
Sesotho, Swazi(Siswathi, siSwati), Tsonga(Xitsonga),
Setswana, Tshivenda, Venda(Tshivenda), Xhosa(isiXhosa),
Zulu(isiZulu), Sepedi.
Spanish -> Language spoken in Spain and Latin America(Mexico,
Central and South America) except Brazil. It is the
third most spoken language in the world.
Sranan Tongo -> creole language spoken in Suriname
Swabian -> One of the German dialects. The literal word 'love'
(Schwa"bisch) does not exist in this language.
Swahili -> language spoken by some indigenous tribes of East
Africa
Tagalog -> dialect spoken in the Philippines
Tajik -> language spoken in Tajikistan and Afghanistan.
It resembles Persian (Farsi).
Tamil -> language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India,
and in Sri Lanka(by a low percentage of the people),
Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritus
Telugu -> language spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India
(eleventh most spoken language in the world)
Tetum -> language spoken in East Timor
Timerio -> An artificial language using only numbers. The idea
was that each language has a different word for each
concept, so if the concepts were numbered, automatic
translation would be possible.
Tugen -> language spoken predominantly or even only in Kenya.
Tugen is a subordinated tribe of the Kalinjin tribe.
Twi/Akan -> language spoken in Ghana. See also Ashanti.
Urdu -> language spoken in Pakistan and India
Vai -> language spoken in Africa
Vdrmldndska -> language spoken in the Vdrmland(Vaermland), Sweden,
region north of Lake Vdnern.The real Vdrmldndska
language is spoken to the northwest of Lake Vdnern
up to the border of Norway and in northern Vdrmland
around the town of Torsby by about 270,000 people,
90,000 of which consider it to be their mother
language. It is a mixture of Swedish and Norwegian
with some borrowed words from the many Valloonian
people who went there to work as engineers in the
mining industry during the 17th century.
Volapu"k -> An 'artificial' language invented by August Scheyler,
circa 1880.
Vulcan -> Spoken in Star Trek by Mr. Spock and others from
the planet Vulcan
Walloon -> literally Welsh(not English Welsh), a little used
French dialect with certain German influences
spoken in the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur,
Liege, Hainault, and Brabant-Walloon(Brabant of
the Walloons), Belgium
Wolof -> dialect spoken in Senegal by the Wolof people
Yoruba -> language spoken in West Africa, specifically in Nigeria
and bordering countries
Yucatec Maya -> language spoken by indigenous people of the Yucatan
peninsula in Mexico
Zazi -> Kurdic dialect
Zuni -> North American Indian tribe
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