English is an international language. I remember when I try to learn Japanese, it's so frustrating. You see that languages help us communicate and people around the world have different approaches to sound and the methods they use to name something signify their cultural differences too.
Let's take a simple word, apple, and let's translate it to different languages around the world to somehow see the similarities between countries. You'll see how I have a hard time converting apple to ringo. Let's follow world map:
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USA, Canada, UK, Liberia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Uganda, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand
English: apple -
Denmark
Danish: æble -
Mexico, Cuba, Costa Rica, Spain, Portugal
Spain: manzana -
Iceland
Icelandic: epli -
Ireland
Irish: úll -
France, Senegal, Congo, Madagascar
French: Pomme -
Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait
Arabic: تفاحة (tafaha) -
Norway
Norwegian: eple -
Swedia
Swedish: äpple -
Finland
Finnish: omena -
Poland
Polish: jabłko -
Germany
German: Apfel -
Italy
Italian: Mela / Pomo -
Israel
Hebrew: תפוח עץ (t'poo-ah aids) -
Kenya, Tanzania
Swahili: apple / tufaha -
Ethiopia
Amharic: ፖም (pomi) -
Turkey
Turkish: elma -
Ukraine
Ukrainian: яблуко (yabluko) -
Romania
Romanian: măr -
Russia, Kazakhstan
Russian: яблоко (yabloko) -
Uzbekistan
Uzbek: olma -
Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan
Persian: سیب (seed) -
Mongolia
Mongolian: алим (alim) -
China
Chinese: 苹果 (píngguǒ) -
Nepal
Nepali: स्याऊ (syā'ū) -
India
Hindi: सेब (seb) -
Bangladesh
Bengali: আপেল (Āpēla) -
Myanmar
Burmese: ပန်းသီး (paannsee) -
Laos
Lao: ຫມາກໂປມ (mak opm) -
Thailand
Thai: แอปเปิ้ล (Xæ ppeîl) -
Vietnam
Vietnamese: táo -
Brunei, Malaysia
Malay: epal -
Indonesia
Indonesian: apel -
North Korea, South Korea
Korean: 사과 (sagwa) -
Japan
Japanese: 林檎 (ringo)
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