Post by Emperor AAdmin on Aug 16, 2008 11:01:30 GMT -5
some world language samples
(one from each language group)
Map Guide
Now Language Samples
________
(*) Afro-Asiatic languages (Focus: N.+E. Africa, Arabia)
* Berber languages (Algeria)
* Chadic languages (Nigerian Hausa)
* Cus.hitic languages (Ethiopian Oromo)
* Semitic languages (Kuwaiti Arabic)
__________
(*) Altaic languages (Focus: Siberia and southern vicinity)
* Korean language
* Japonic languages
* Mongolic languages
* Tungusic languages
* Turkic languages (Yakuts in Siberia)
* Turkic languages (Turkmen)
* Turkic languages (Azeri Turkish, same for Turkish)
* Turkic languages (Uzbek)
* Turkic languages (Uyghur in Western China)
___________
(*)Native American languages
* Yucatec Maya language (Mexico)
* Nahuatl language (Mexico)
* Quechua language (Bolivia and Peru)
* Aymara language (Bolivia)
* Guaraní language (Paraguay)
____________
(*)Australian Aboriginal languages
* Warlpiri Language (Northern Territory)
* Tiwi Islanders (Northern Territory)
_____________
(*)Austro-Asiatic languages (Focus: SE Asia)
* Khmer Language
* Vietnamese Language
_____________
(*)Austronesian languages (Focus: Madagascar, SE Asia & Oceania)
* Javanese language
* Malay language
* Tagalog language
* Malagasy language
_______________
(*)Caucasian Languages
* Georgian language
* Dagestani language
* Abkhazian language
* Chechen language
________________
(*) Dravidian languages (Focus: S. India)
* Telugu language
* Tamil language
* Malayalam language
________________
(*) Eskimo-Aleut languages (Focus: Arctic America)
* Eskimo-Aleut language (Greenland)
________________
(*) Khoisan languages (Focus: Kalahari Desert, S.Africa)
('Click' languages)
* Nama (Namibia)
________________
(*) Niger-Congo languages (Subsaharan Africa)
* Kordofanian language (Sudan)
* Mende Language (Sierra Leone, Western Africa)
* Fulani Language (across Western Africa)
* Kwa (Ewe) Language (Ghana, Benin and Togo)
* West Benue / Congo (Yoruba in Nigeria)
* West Benue / Congo (Ibo in Nigeria)
* East Benue / Congo (Kikuyu in Kenya)
* East Benue / Congo (Swahili in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, W.Congo)
* East Benue / Congo (Zulu in SAR)
________________
(*) Nilo-Saharan languages (Sahara and South Nilotic region)
* Luo (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)
* Dinka (Southern Sudan)
_________________
(*) Papuan languages (Papua New Guinea)
* Fataluku (East Timor)
__________________
(*) Sino-Tibetan_languages (China)
*Chinese Mandarain
*Chinese Cantonese
* Tibeto-Burman languages (Burmese)
* Tibeto-Burman languages (Tibetan)
_________________
(*)Tai-Kadai languages (Southern China and SE Asia - Thailand)
* Thai Language
* Lao Language
__________________
(*) Uralic languages
* Hungarian language
* Finnish language (includes Estonian)
___________________
(*)Basque language (Spain, France)
* Basque language
____________________
(one from each language group)
Map Guide
Now Language Samples
________
(*) Afro-Asiatic languages (Focus: N.+E. Africa, Arabia)
* Berber languages (Algeria)
* Chadic languages (Nigerian Hausa)
* Cus.hitic languages (Ethiopian Oromo)
* Semitic languages (Kuwaiti Arabic)
__________
(*) Altaic languages (Focus: Siberia and southern vicinity)
* Korean language
* Japonic languages
* Mongolic languages
* Tungusic languages
* Turkic languages (Yakuts in Siberia)
* Turkic languages (Turkmen)
* Turkic languages (Azeri Turkish, same for Turkish)
* Turkic languages (Uzbek)
* Turkic languages (Uyghur in Western China)
___________
(*)Native American languages
* Yucatec Maya language (Mexico)
* Nahuatl language (Mexico)
* Quechua language (Bolivia and Peru)
* Aymara language (Bolivia)
* Guaraní language (Paraguay)
____________
(*)Australian Aboriginal languages
* Warlpiri Language (Northern Territory)
* Tiwi Islanders (Northern Territory)
_____________
(*)Austro-Asiatic languages (Focus: SE Asia)
* Khmer Language
* Vietnamese Language
_____________
(*)Austronesian languages (Focus: Madagascar, SE Asia & Oceania)
* Javanese language
* Malay language
* Tagalog language
* Malagasy language
_______________
(*)Caucasian Languages
* Georgian language
* Dagestani language
* Abkhazian language
* Chechen language
________________
(*) Dravidian languages (Focus: S. India)
* Telugu language
* Tamil language
* Malayalam language
________________
(*) Eskimo-Aleut languages (Focus: Arctic America)
* Eskimo-Aleut language (Greenland)
________________
(*) Khoisan languages (Focus: Kalahari Desert, S.Africa)
('Click' languages)
* Nama (Namibia)
________________
(*) Niger-Congo languages (Subsaharan Africa)
* Kordofanian language (Sudan)
* Mende Language (Sierra Leone, Western Africa)
* Fulani Language (across Western Africa)
* Kwa (Ewe) Language (Ghana, Benin and Togo)
* West Benue / Congo (Yoruba in Nigeria)
* West Benue / Congo (Ibo in Nigeria)
* East Benue / Congo (Kikuyu in Kenya)
* East Benue / Congo (Swahili in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, W.Congo)
* East Benue / Congo (Zulu in SAR)
________________
(*) Nilo-Saharan languages (Sahara and South Nilotic region)
* Luo (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)
* Dinka (Southern Sudan)
_________________
(*) Papuan languages (Papua New Guinea)
* Fataluku (East Timor)
__________________
(*) Sino-Tibetan_languages (China)
*Chinese Mandarain
*Chinese Cantonese
* Tibeto-Burman languages (Burmese)
* Tibeto-Burman languages (Tibetan)
_________________
(*)Tai-Kadai languages (Southern China and SE Asia - Thailand)
* Thai Language
* Lao Language
__________________
(*) Uralic languages
* Hungarian language
* Finnish language (includes Estonian)
___________________
(*)Basque language (Spain, France)
* Basque language
____________________