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Philipines , Aruba, and Turkey. TURKEY. Tukish. The language being spoken in Turkey now is Turkish. The Turkish alphabet has 29 letters, 8 of which are vowels and 21 are consonants. The Turkish language is written phonetically (every letter is uttered while reading .)
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Tukish • The language being spoken in Turkey now is Turkish. • The Turkish alphabet has 29 letters, 8 of which are vowels and 21 are consonants. The Turkish language is written phonetically (every letter is uttered while reading.) • Languages as diverse as English, Russian and Hindi can trace theirroots back more than 8,000 yearstoAnatolia — now in modern-dayTurkey. • Turkicwords, most of them, enteredEnglishviatheRussianLanguage. • German, Latin, Spanish, Italian, French, Hungarian and Serbo-CroatianwerealsointermediarylanguagesfortheTurkishwordstopenetrateEnglish.
Englishwords similar toTurkishwords • I am (Jack) = ben(Jack)'im • Station = istasyon • Train = tren • Ticket = billet • I'mSorry! Efendim?
Spanishwasthe original officiallanguage of theThePhlippines • It became the lingua franca of the Philippines in the 19th and early 20th centuries. • However, Spanish was only spoken by a total of 60% of the population in 1900 as a first, second, and third language. • By 1940 Spanish use declined following the American occupation of the Philippines. • Now, only a few mestizos of Spanish or Hispanic origin speak it as their first language, although a few others use it together with Filipino and English.
InterestingFacts • The third largest English-speaking country in the world is the Philippines. • Today many Filipino-speakers, especially those who are non-Tagalogs, refer to their language as “Tagalog-based.” • Filipino language was first called as Pilipino. • More than 100 languages exist within the Philippines. • Filipino can also be found in immigrant communities in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Hong Kong. • It is spoken as a first language by an estimated 15 million people around the world.
Aruba´sLanguage - Papiament • Dutch wasthefirstlanguage of theAruba´speople. • Then, itbecamePapiament. • Most Arubans speak a minimum of four languages including English and Spanish. • At its base, the language is an Afro-Portuguese Creole, which, over the years, has grown in syntax and lexicon with increased borrowings from Dutch, English and Spanish, but still possessing its own unique rhythm and meanings. • Although in use as the native language for 300 years, Papiamento was only declared Aruba's official language, alongside Dutch in 2003.
Words in Papiament Similar toSpanish and English • Por fabor: please • Con jamabo? How is your name? • Ayo: Adios • Undabotabai?: Where are you going? • Di nada: You´re welcome • Mi tin hamber: I´m hungry • Mi por a hanja un glas di awa?: Can I have a glass of wáter? • Awa tajobe : It is raining • Mi amor: My love • Felis: Happy • Un, dos, tres, cuater, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nuebe, dies