Monday, October 28, 2019

Languages are more alike than you might think


An unpublished study looked at the similarities between 3,720 of the world's 6,000 languages – and concluded that most of the terms with the same meanings have (or exclude) the same sounds. This happens even in languages without kinship, such as Chinese, Hungarian and English.

Linguists selected 100 words from each language and compared them. The terms chosen were pronouns, body parts, simple adjectives and nature terms.

Scientists believe that similarities are no coincidence, which contradicts the belief that the relationship between word and meaning is arbitrary. Now it remains to be understood how similarities have emerged.
Mother
In any language, it has a strong M. In Italian is mamma, in Persian is madr, in rapanui (easter island) is Matu ́a.
Nose
It has a strong "N", which produces a nasal sound, along with sounds of "E" or "U" (as in English, nose, and Finnish, baby).
Language
The body part bears the letter "L", such as langue (French), glossa (Greek) or lugha (suahili).
Red
It has the sound of "R" in red, rosso (Italian), röd (Swedish), rojo (Spanish) and in many other languages.
Sand
Several languages share the sound of the letter "S", as in sand (English and German) and sha (Chinese. You can contact for more information from Translation services