Blessings

Thursday, March 03, 2005

I am amazed that there are so many languages in this world. I've learned about different names of the languages at work these couple days. I even looked up the dictionary to find out where those languages are from. These are the primary languages students speak at home. It's something new to me.

Bengali: The modern Indo-Aryan language of Bengal. Where is Bengal? Between Pakistan & India.

Somali: The Cushitic language of the Somali. Where is Somali? Region of east Ethiopia.

Tigrinya: A Semitic language of northern Ethiopia.

Croatian: A south Slavic language spoken by the Croatian people and distinct from Serbian chiefly in its use of the Latin alphabet.

Ilocano: The Austronesian language of the Ilocano people . Where is Ilocano? In Philippine.

Pashto: The Iranian language of the Pashtuns. Where is Pashtuns? Eastern and southern Afghanistan and adjacent parts of Pakistan.