My Favorites languages as far as beauty goes, 1) Castillan Spanish 2) Tuscan Italian 3) Athenian Greek Some Sub-Saharan African languages also have pleasant acoustical quality to them as do most certainly Brazilian Portuguese and Argentine Spanish dialects. Now compare from this site how different language groups say 'I love you' --------- -Germanic languages (W. and N. Europe,etc) Alsacien - Ich hoan dich gear (E.France) Afrikaans - Ek het jou lief (South African Republic) Bavarian - I mog di narrisch gern (south Germany) Danish - Jeg elsker dig Dutch - Ik hou van je (Holland) English - I love you Flemish - Ik zie oe geerne (north Belgium, like Dutch) Friesian - Ik hou fan dei (north Holland) German - Ich liebe dich (sounds more like 'I will kill you') Icelandic - Eg elska pig Norwegian - Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk) Swedish - Jag alskar dig Swiss-German - Ch'ha di ga"rn (distant from German) Yiddish - Ikh hob dikh lib (spoken by German Jews) Vlaams - Ik hue van ye (north Belgium, like Dutch) -Celtic language (west Europe) Gaelic - Mo ghradh thu Gaelic - Ta gra agam ort Irish - Taim i'ngra leat Welsh - Rwy'n dy garu di Welsh - Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (Chwi) -Basque (N.Spain, SW. France) Basc - Nere Maitea -Romance (the nicest sounding of all groups) Alentejano (Portugal) - Gosto De Ti, Porra! Catalan - T'estimo (catalonian) (NE Spain) Corsican - Ti tengu cara (to female) French - Je t'aime Italian - Ti amo Latin - Ego Te amo (ancestor of Romance languages) Portuguese - Eu te amo Romanian - Te iubesc (some slavic influence in sound) Spanish - Te amo (I love you) -(Madrid lingo - Me molas, tronca) -Greek language (oldest living language) Greek - S'agapo Greek - Ego philo su (ego is only needed for emphasis) -Albanian language (obscure origin) Albanian - Te dua -Slavic (east Europe) Bulgarian - Obicham te Croatian - LJUBim te (liubim te) Czech - Miluji te Polish - Ja Ciebie Kocham Russian - Ya tebya loobyoo Serbocroatian - Volim te Slovak - lubim ta Slovene - Ljubim te -Baltic languages (east Europe) Latvian - Es tevi Mlu (s teh-vih me-lu) Lithuanian - Tave myliu (ta-ve mee-lyu) Luo - Aheri -Armenian language (influenced by Iranic) Armenian - Yes kez si'rumem Armenian - Sirem zk 'ez -Finno-Ugric group (natives in east Europe) Estonian - Mina armastan sind Estonian - Ma armastan sind Finnish - Minä rakastan sinua Hungarian - Szeretlek te'ged -Turkic group (central continetal Asia) Turkish - Seni Seviyurum Uzbek - Man seni sevaman -Iranic group (W.Asia) Farsi - Asheghetam (Iran) Farsi - Tora dust midaram Farsi (Persian) - Doostat dAram Kurdish - Asektem (W.Iran, E.Turkey, N.Iraq) Kurdish - Ez te hezdikhem Osetian - Aez dae warzyn (N. Caucassus) Persian - Tora dost daram Persian - Aseketem |
-Indic group (Indian Subcontinent) Assamese - Moi tomak bhal pau (E.India,Bangladesh) Bengali - Ami tomAy bhAlobAshi (E.India,Bangladesh) Bengali - Ami tomake bhalo basi (E.India,Bangladesh) Gujrati - Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon (NW India) Hindi - Mai tumse peyar karta hnu (official language - India) Hindi (Kannada) - Naanu ninnannu premisuththene (S.) India (Malayalam) - njan ninne snehiykkunnu Nepali - Ma timilai maya garchu Pakistani - Muje se mu habbat hai Sinhalese - Mama oyata adarei (Sri Lanka) Tamil - Naan unni kathilikaran (S.India, Sri Lanka) Telugu - Neenu ninnu pra'mistu'nnanu (Central E. India) Urdu - Mujge tumae mahabbat hai (Pakistan) -Mongol/Altaic Group (central continetal Asia) Korean - Tangshin-i cho-a-yo Korean - Sarang Heyo Korean - Tangsinul sarang ha yo Korean - Nanun tongshinun sarang -Tibetan Tibetan - Khyod-la cags-so -Japanese Language Japanese - Ai shite imasu Japanese - Aishiteru Japanese - Kimi o ai shiteru Japanese - Watakushi-wa anata-wo ai shimasu -E.Asian Languages (China & Indochina) Burmese - Chit pa de Cambodian - Bon sro lanh oon Cambodian - Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah Hokkien - Wa ai lu (China's Fujian province) Lao - Khoi huk chau Mandarin - Wo ai ni (N. China) Taiwanese - Ngua ai di or Wa ga ei li Thai - Ch'an Rak Khun Thai - Phom Rak Khun Thai - Pom rak khun Thai - Charn Ruck Ter Vietnamese - Toi yeu em Vietnamese - Anh ye u em (male to female) -Austranesian languages (SE Asia, Madagascar, Pacific) Batak - Holong rohangku di ho (N.Sumatra, Indonesia) Bicol - Namumutan ta ka (E.Philipines) Cebuano - Gihigugma ko ikaw (S.Philipines) Indonesian - Saja tjinta padamu Indonesian - Saja kasih saudari Indonesian - Saya Cinta Kamu Indonesian - Saya cinta padamu Javanese - Kulo tresno (Java-most populated Indonesian Island) Malay - Saya cintamu Malay - Saya sayangmu Malay (Indonesian) - Aku sayang enkow Malay (Indonesian) - Sayah Chantikan Awah --Pacific Languages Hawaiian - Aloha wau ia oi Samoan - Ou te alofa outou Tahitian - Ua Here Vau la Oe -Semitic/Cushiotic Group (N.Africa, E.Africa, W.Asia) Amharic - Afekrishalehou (Ethiopia) Arabic - Ana Behibek (to a female) Egyptian - Anna bahebek Ethiopian - Afgreki' Hebrew - Ani ohev atach (language of the Jews) Moroccan - Ana moajaba bik Tunisian - Ha eh bak Somali - Wankudja'alahai -Berber group (NW African regions) Berber - Lakh tirikh -Nilotic Group (~S.Sudan and vicinity) Bari ( S. Sudan) - Nan nyanyar do parik (I love you very much) -Bantu/Niger-Congo group (most of Subsaharan Africa) Hausa - Ina sonki (Nigeria) Kiswahili - Nakupenda (E.Africa) Lingala - Nalingi yo (R.Congo) Ndebele - Niyakutanda (Zimbabwe, branch of Zulus) Shona - Ndinokuda (Zimbabwe) Swahili - Mimi nakupenda (E.Africa) Swahili - Ninapenda wewe(E.Africa) Zulu - Ngiyakuthanda (South African Republic) -Native American Language (distant Mongol/Altaic origin) Apache - Shi ingolth-a (E.US) Aztec - Nimitzlaco'tla (central Mexico) Bolivian Quechua - Qanta munani Cherokee - Kykeyu (Georgia,US) Cherokee - Gv-ge-yu-hi (formal) Cheyenne - Nemehotâtse (West of Missisipi) Chickasaw Chiholloli (first "i" nasalized) (Alabama,US) Eskimo - Nagligivaget(N.Canada, Alaska) Hopi - Nu' umi unangwa'ta Inuit - Negligevapse (N.Canada, Alaska) Mingo - Kanuöhkwa'shæ' (E.US native) Mohawk - Konoronhkwa Mohawk - Kanbhik Navaho - Ayor anosh'ni Ojibwe - Gi zah gin (Minnesota) Sioux (Lakota) - Techihhila Zazi - Ezhele hezdege Zuni - Tom ho' ichema |
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