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Afrikaans : Ek is lief vir jou : Ek het jou lief Akan (Ghana) : Me dor wo Albanian : Te dua : Te dashuroj : Ti je zemra ime Alentejano(Port.) : Gosto de ti, porra! Alsacien (Elsass) : Ich hoan dich gear Amharic (Aethio.) : Afekrishalehou : Afekrischalehou : Ewedishalehu (male/female to female) : Ewedihalehu (male/female to male) American Sign Language : __ (signed with right hand): __ ( ) : ( ) |__| : |__| __ __ | | : | |( )( )|__| __ : |__||__||__|| | / ) : | (__)(__) | / / : | |/ / : | / / : \ / Apache : Sheth she~n zho~n (nasalized vowels like French, '~n' as in French 'salon') Arabic (formal) : Ohiboke (male to female) : Ohiboki (male to female) : Ohibokoma (male or female to two males or two females) : Nohiboke (more than one male or females to female) : Nohiboka (male to male or female to male) : Nohibokoma (male to male or female to two males or two females) : Nohibokom (male to male or female to more than two males) : Nohibokon (male to male or female to more than two females) Arabic (proper) : Ooheboki (male to female) : Ooheboka (female to male) Arabic : Ana behibak (female to male) : Ana behibek (male to female) : Ahebich (male to female) : Ahebik (female to male) : Ana ahebik : Ib'n hebbak : Ana ba-heb-bak : Bahibak (female to male) : Bahibik (male to female) : Benhibak (more than one male or female to male) : Benhibik (male to male or female to female) : Benhibkom (male to male or female to more than one male) : Nhebuk (spoken to someone of importance) Arabic (Umggs.) : Ana hebbek Armenian : Yes kez si'rumem : Yes kez gesirem (eastern Armenian dialect) Assamese(Indien) : Moi tomak bhal pau Basque : Nere maitea (means: my love) : Maite zaitut (means: I love you) Bassa : Mengweswe Batak (Nordsumatra) : Holong rohangku di ho Bavarian : I mog di narrisch gern : I mog di (right answer: i di a) Bemba : Ndikufuna Bengali : Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi : Ami tomay bhalobashi : Ami tomake bahlobashi : Ami tomake walobashi : Ami tomake vhalobashi Berber : Lakh tirikh Bicol (Philippinen) : Namumutan ta ka Bolivian Quechua : Qanta munani Bosnian : Volim te Braille : :..:| ..:| |..-.. .::":.., :.:; Brazilian/Portuguese : Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu') : Amo-te Bulgarian : Obicham te : As te obicham : Obozhavam te ("I love you very much") Burmese : Chit pa de Cambodian : Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah : Bon sro lanh oon Canadian French : Sh'teme (spoken, sounds like this) : Je t'aime ("I like you") : Je t'adore ("I love you") Catalan : T'estimo (Catalonian) : T'estim (Mallorcan) : T'estime (Valencian) : T'estim molt ("I love you a lot") Cebuano (Philippi.) : Gihigugma ko ikaw. Chamoru (or Chamorro) : Hu guaiya hao Cheyenne : Nemehotatse Chichewa : Ndimakukonda Chickasaw (USA) : Chiholloli (first 'i' nasalized) Chinese : Goa ai li (Amoy dialect) : Ngo oi ney (Cantonese dialect) : Wo oi ni (Cantonese dialect) : Ngai oi gnee (Hakka dialect) : Ngai on ni (Hakka dialect) : Wa ai lu (Hokkien dialect) : Wo ai ni (Mandarin dialect) : Wo ie ni (Mandarin dialect) : Wuo ai nee (Mandarin dialect) : Wo ay ni (Mandarin dialect) : Wo ai ni (Putunghua dialect) : Ngo ai nong (Wu dialect) Comorien : Ni sou hou vendza. Corsican : Ti tengu cara (male to female) : Ti tengu caru (female to male) Creol : Mi aime jou Croatian (familiar) : Ja te volim (used in proper speech) : Volim te (used in common speech) Croatian (formal) : Ja vas volim (used in proper speech) : Volim vas (used in common speech) : Ljubim te (in todays useage, "I kiss you", 'lj' pronounced like 'll' in Spanish, one sound, 'ly'ish) Croatian (old) : Ljubim te (may still be found in poetry) Czech : Miluji te (a downwards pointing arrowhead on top of the 'e' in te, which is pronounced 'ye') : Miluju te! (colloquial form) : Mám te (velmi) rád (male speaker, "I like you (very much)", often used and prefered) : Mám te (velmi) ráda (female speaker) Danish : Jeg elsker dig (see also dialect Friesian) Davvi Samegiella : Mun rahkistin dú. Dusun : Siuhang oku dia Dutch : Ik hou van je : Ik hou van jou : Ik bemin je (old fashioned) : Ik bemin jou (old fashioned) : Ik ben verliefd op je : Ik ben verliefd op jou : Ik zie je graag : Ik hol van die (Gronings a Hollands dialect) Ecuador Quechua : Canda munani English : I love you : I adore you : I love thee (used only in Christian context) Esperanto : Mi amas vin Estonian : Mina armastan sind : Ma armastan sind Ethiopian : Afgreki' (one of the Ethipians dialects, there are over 80 - see also under "Amharic") Farsi (old) : Tora dust mi daram Farsi : Tora dost daram ("I love you") : Asheghetam : Doostat daram ("I'm in love with you") : Man asheghetam ("I'm in love with you") Filipino : Mahal ka ta : Iniibig kita Finnish (formal) : Minä rakastan sinua : Rakastan sinua : Minä pidän sinusta ("I like you") Finnish : (Mä) rakastan sua : (Mä) tykkään susta ("I like you") French (formal) : Je vous aime French : Je t'aime ("I love you") : Je t'adore ("I love you", stronger meaning between lovers) : J' t'aime bien ("I like you", meant for friends and family, not for lovers) Friesian : Ik hou fan dei (sp?) : Ik hald fan dei Gaelic : Ta gra agam ort : Moo graugh hoo Galician : Querote Queroche Amote Ghanaian (Akan, Twi) : Me dor wo. Georgien (Caucasus) : Me shen mikvarkhar German (formal) : Ich liebe Sie (rarely used) German : Ich liebe dich : Ich hab dich lieb (not so classic and conservative) Greek : S'ayapo (spoken "s'agapo", 3rd letter is lower case 'gamma') : Eime eroteumenos mazi sou ("I'm in love with) : Eime eroteumenos me 'sena(you", male to female) : Eime eroteumeni mazi sou ("I'm in love with) : Eime eroteumeni me 'sena (you", female to male) : Se latrevo ("I adore you") : Se thelo ("I want you", denotes sexual desire) Greek (old) : (Ego) Philo su ('ego', for emphasis) Greek (Arhea/Ancient) : Philo se Greenlandic : Asavakit Guarani' : Rohiyu (ro-hai'-hyu) Gujrati (Pakistan) : Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon. : Hoon tuney chaoon chhoon ('n' is nasal, not pronounced) Hausa (Nigeria) : Ina sonki Hawaiian : Aloha wau ia 'oe : Aloha wau ia 'oe nui loa ("I love you very much") Hebrew : Anee ohev otakh (male to female) : Anee ohevet otkha (female to male) : Anee ohev otkha (male to male) : Anee ohevet otakh (female to female) ('kh' pronounced like Spanish 'j', Dutch 'g', or similiar to French 'r')
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Hindi : Mai tumase pyar karata hun (male to female) : Mai tumase pyar karati hun (female to male) : Mai tumse pyar karta hoon : Mai tumse peyar karta hnu : Mai tumse pyar karta hoo : Mai tujhe pyaar kartha hoo : Mae tumko peyar kia : Main tumse pyar karta hoon : Main tumse prem karta hoon : Main tuze pyar karta hoon ('n' is nasal, not pronounced) Hokkien : Wa ai lu Hopi : Nu'umi unangwáta Hungarian : Szeretlek : Te'gedet szeretlek ("It's you I love and no one else") : Szeretlek te'ged ("It's you I love, you know, you", a reinforcement) (The above two entries are never heard in a normal context.) Ibaloi (Phil.) : Pip-piyan taha Pipiyan ta han shili (I like/love you very much) Imazighan : Hamlagh kem Indi : Mai Tujhe Pyaar Kartha Ho Interglossa : Mi esthe philo tu. Icelandic : Eg elska thig (pronounced 'yeg l-ska thig') Ilocano : Ay-ayaten ka Indonesian : Saya cinta padamu ('Saya', commonly used) : Saya cinta kamu ('Saya', commonly used) : Saya kasih saudari ('Saya', commonly used) : Saja kasih saudari ('Saya', commonly used) : Aku tjinta padamu ('Aku', not often used) (tjinta is the old written version influenced by Netherlands) : Aku cinta padamu ('Aku', not often used) : Aku cinta kamu ('Aku', not often used) (cinta is the modern written version since 1972; same for saya and saja) Italian : Ti amo (relationship/lover/spouse) : Ti voglio bene (between friends) : Ti voglio (strong sexual meaning, "I want you" referred to the other person's body) Irish : Taim i' ngra leat Irish-Gaelic : t'a gr'a agam dhuit Japanese : Kimi o ai shiteru : Aishiteru : Chuu shiteyo : Ora omee no koto ga suki da : Ore wa omae ga suki da : Suitonnen : Sukiyanen : Sukiyo : Watashi wa anata ga suki desu : Watashi wa anata wo aishithe imasu : Watashi wa anata o aishitemasu : A-i-shi-te ma-su : Watakushi-wa anata-wo ai shimasu : Suki desu (used at the first time, like for a start, when you are not yet real lovers) Javanese : Kulo tresno Kankana-ey (Phil.) : Laylaydek sik-a Kannada (Indien) : Naanu Ninnanu Preethisuthene Naanu Ninnanu Mohisuthene Kikongo : Mono ke zola nge (mono ke' zola nge') Kiswahili : Nakupenda : Nakupenda wewe : Nakupenda malaika ("I love you, (my) angel") Klingon : bangwI' SoH ("You are my beloved") : qamuSHá ("I love you") : qamuSHáqu' ("I love you very much") : qaparHá ("I like you") : qaparHáqu' ("I like you very much!") (words are often unnecessary as the thought is most often conveyed nonverbally with special growlings) Korean : Dangsinul saranghee yo ("I love you, dear") : Saranghee : Nanun dangsineul joahapnida ("I like you") : Nanun dangsineul mucheog joahapnida ("I like you very much") : Nanun dangsineul saranghapnida : Nanun dangsineul mucheog saranghapnida ("I love you very much") : Nanun gdaega joa ("I like him" or "I like her") : Nanun gdaereul saranghapnida ("I love him" or "I love her") : Nanun neoreul saranghanda : Gdaereul hjanghan naemaeum alji (You know how much I love him/her.) : Joahaeyo ("I like you") : Saranghaeyo (more formal) : Saranghapanida (more respectful) : Norul sarang hae (male to female in casual relationship) : Tangsinul sarang ha o : Tangshin-ul sarang hae-yo : Tangshin-i cho-a-yo ("I like you, in a romantic way") : Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida Kpele : I walikana Kurdish : Ez te hezdikhem : Min te xushvet : Min te xoshwet (Southern dialect) Lao : Khoi hak jao : Khoi hak chao : Khoi mak jao lai ("I like you very much") : Khoi hak jao lai ("I love you very much") : Khoi mak jao (This means "I prefer you", but is used for "I love you".) Lappish : Mun rahkistin dú. (Davvi Samegiella) Latin : Te amo : Vos amo Latin (old) : (Ego) Amo te ('Ego', for emphasis) Latvian : Es tevi milu (pronounced 'es tevy meelu') ('i in 'milu' has a line over it, a 'long i') : Es milu tevi (less common) Lebanese : Bahibak Lingala : Nalingi yo Lisbon lingo : Gramo-te bue', chavalinha! Lithuanian : As tave myliu (Ush ta-ve mee-lyu) (over the 's' of 'As' has to be a 'v') Lojban : Mi do prami Luo (Kenia) : Aheri Luxembourgish : Ech hun dech gär Maa : Ilolenge Macedonian : Te sakam (a little stronger than "I like you") : Te ljubam ("I really love you") : Jas te sakam ('j' sounds like 'y' in May) : Pozdrav ("Greetings") Madrid lingo : Me molas, tronca! Maiese : Wa wa Malay : Saya cintamu : Saya sayangmu : Saya sayang anda : Saya cintakan mu (grammatically correct) : Saya sayangkan mu ( " ) : Saya chantikan awak : Aku sayang kau Malay/Bahasa : Saya cinta mu Malay/Indonesian : Aku sayang kau : Saya cantikan awak : Saya sayangkan engkau : Saya cintakan awak : Aku cinta pada kau : Aku cinta pada mu : Saya cinta pada mu : Saya sayangkan engkau ('engkau' often shortened to 'kau', 'engkau' is informal form and should only be used if you know the person _really_ well) Malayalam : Ngan ninne snaehikkunnu : Njyaan ninne' preetikyunnu : Njyaan ninne' mohikyunnu Malaysian : Saya cintamu : Saya sayangmu : Saya cinta kamu Marathi : Mi tuzya var prem karato : Me tujhashi prem karto (male to female) : Me tujhashi prem karte (female to male) Marshallese : Yokwe Yuk (sort of multi-purpose, like Aloha, literally Love to you, my friend) Mohawk : Konoronhkwa Mokilese : Ngoah mweoku kaua Mongolian : Be Chamad Hairtai (very personal) Moroccan : Kanbhik (both mean the same, but spoken) : Kanhebek (in different cities) Navajo : Ayor anosh'ni Ndebele (Zimbabwe) : Niyakutanda Nepali : Ma timi sita prem garchhu (romantic) : Ma timilai maya garchhu (less emphatic, can be used in a non romantic conext, too) Norwegian : Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal) : Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk) : Jeg elsker deg (Riksmaal: outdated, formerly used by upper-class and conservative people) Nyanja : Ninatemba Op : Op lopveop yopuop Oriya : Moon Tumakoo Bhala Paye : Moon Tumakoo Prema Kare Oromoo : Sinjaladha : Sinjaldha Osetian : Aez dae warzyn Pakistani : Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai : Muje se mu habbat hai Papiamento : Mi ta stimábo Pedi (related to Tswana): Kiyahurata. (pronounced as: Kee-ya--hoo-rata) Pig Latin : Ie ovele ouye (pronounced as: I-ay ov-lay u-yay.) Pilipino : Mahal kita : Iniibig kita Polish : Kocham cie ("cie" is slangy polish and not commonly used) : Kocham ciebie : Ja cie kocham Portuguese/Brazilian : Eu te amo (pronounced 'eiu chee amu') : Eu amo-te : Amo-te Punjabi (Indien) : Main tainu pyar karna : Mai taunu pyar Karda Quenya(J.R. Tolkie) : Tye-meláne raetoromanisch : te amo Romanian : Te iubesc : Te ador (stronger) Russian : Ya vas lyublyu (old fashioned) : Ya tyebya lyublyu (best) : Ya lyublyu vas (old fashioned) : Ya lyublyu tyebya Samoan : Ou te alofa outou. : Ou te alofa ia te oe. : Talo'fa ia te oe. ("Hello, from me to you") : Fia moi? ("Would you like to go to bed with me tonight?") Sanskrit : Anurag (a higher love, like the love of music or art) Scot-Gaelic : Tha gr`adh agam ort Serbian (formal) : Ja vas volim (used in proper speech) : Volim vas (used in common speech) : Ljubim te (in todays useage, "I kiss you", 'lj' pronounced like 'll' in Spanish, one sound, 'ly'ish) Serbian (familiar) : Ja te volim (used in proper speech) : Volim te (used in common speech) Serbian (old) : Ljubim te (may still be found in poetry) Serbocroatian : Volim te : Ljubim te : Ja te volim ('j' sounds like 'y' in May) SeSotho : Kiyahurata. (pronounced as: Kee-ya--hoo-rata) Shona : Ndinokuda Singhalese (Ceylon) : Mama oyata adarei : Mama oyaata aadareyi Sioux : Techihhila Slovak : Lubim ta Slovene : Ljubim te Somalian : Waan ku jeclahay Spanish : Te amo : Te quiero : Te re-quiero (Argentine way to say I love you very much) : Te adoro (I adore you) : Te deseo (I desire you) : Me antojés (I crave you) Srilankan : Mama oyata arderyi Suaheli (Ostafrika) : Ninikupenda Swahili : Nakupenda : Naku penda (followed by the person's name) : Ninikupenda : Dholu'o Swedish : Jag älskar dig. (pronounced: "Yag alskar day") Syrian/Lebanese : Bhebbek (male to female) : Bhebbak (female to male) Tagalog : Mahal kita Tahitian : Ua Here Vau Ia Oe : Ua here vau ia oe Tamil : Naan unnai kadalikiren : Nan unnai kathalikaren : Ni yaanai kaadli karen ("You love me") : N^an unnaki kathalikkinren ("I love you") : Nam vi'rmberem Telugu (Indien) : Neenu ninnu prámistu'nnanu : Nenu ninnu premistunnanu : Ninnu premistunnanu Thai (formal) : Phom rak khun (male to female) : Ch'an rak khun (female to male) : Phom-ruk-koon (male to female) : Chun-ruk-koon (female to male) : Phom lak kun (male to female) Thai : Khao raak thoe (affectionate, sweet, loving) Tswana : Ke a go rata Tshiluba : Ndi mukusua (I love you) : Ndi musua wewe (I want you) : Ndi ne ditalala bua wewe (I have love for you) Tunisian : Ha eh bak Tumbuka : Nkhukutemwa Turkish (formal) : Sizi seviyorum Turkish : Seni seviyorum : Seni begeniyorum ("I adore you") (g has a bar on it) Twi (Ghana) : Me dowapaa : Me dor wo Ukrainian : Ya tebe kokhayu : Ja tebe kokhaju (real true love) : Ja vas kokhaju : Ja pokokhav tebe : Ja pokokhav vas Urdu (Indien) : Main tumse muhabbat karta hoon : Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai : Mujge tumae mahabbat hai : Kam prem kartahai Vai : Na lia Värmländska : Du är görgo te mäg Venda : Ndi a ni funa Vietnamese : Anh yeu em (male to female) : Em yeu anh (female to male) : Toi yeu em Volapük : Löfob oli. Votic : Miä suvatan sinua. Vulcan (Mr.Spock) : Wani ra yana ro aisha Walloon : Dji vos veu volti (lit. I like to see you) : Dji vos inme (lit. I love you) : Dji v'zinme Welsh : Rwy'n dy garu di. : Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi) Wolof : Da ma la nope : Da ma la nop (da málanop) Yiddish : Kh'hob dikh lib : Kh'ob dikh holt : Ikh bin in dir farlibt Yucatec Maya : 'in k'aatech (the love of lovers) : 'in yabitmech (the love of family, which lovers can also feel; it indicates more a desire to spoil and protect the other person) Yugoslavian : Ja te volim Zazi (kurdisch) : Ezhele hezdege (sp?) Zulu : Mina Ngithanda Wena. (rarely used; means: "Me, I love you.") : Ngiyakuthanda (pronounced as: NGee-ya--koo--tanda) Zuni : Tom ho'ichema Explanation of Languages ------------------------ Afrikaans -> spoken by people of Dutch heritage in South Africa Alentejano -> language spoken in Portugal Alsacien -> French/German dialect (live in France, but speak like Germans) Apache -> North American Indian Nation rangeing from the plains states to the eastern Rocky Mountains and from the Canadian to Mexican borders Arabic -> language spoken in the Arab countries including but not limited to Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and the region of Palestine. Assamese -> language spoken in the state of Assam, India Batak -> northern Sumatra province of Indonesia Bavarian -> language spoken in the state of Bavaria, southern Germany (actually a German dialect) Bengali -> language spoken in the state of West Bengal, India, as well as almost all people of Bangladesh Bicol -> Philipino dialect Bregenzerwald -> Part of Vorarlberg Cebuano -> language spoken in Philipines near the town of Cebu Chamoru -> language spoken by people in Guam, the Northern Marianas, Tinian and Rota Cheyenne -> North American Indian tribe, part of the Apache Nation Chichewa -> language spoken in Malawi, Central Africa Chickasaw -> North American Indian tribe (southeastern Oklahoma) Comorien -> language spoken by around 500,000 people on the Comoro Islands in the Indian ocean between Africa and Madagascar Creol -> French dialect spoken by people who migrated from Canada to the Louisiana, USA, area Davvi Samegiella-> language spoken by the Lappish people in the North of Finland (more about uralic languages) Dusun -> language spoken by the Dusun tribe, one of the largest in North Borneo (SABAH) Dutch -> language spoken in the Netherlands and the provinces of East- and West-Flanders, Antwerp, Limburg, and Flemmish-Brabant, Belgium Esperanto -> The International Language ('artificial' language) Farsi -> language spoken in Iran. Dialects of Farsi spoken in Pakistan and Afghanestan. Farsi is sometimes called Persian. Franconian -> German dialect spoken by the citizens of Franken or Franconia which is part of Bavaria in the area around Nuremberg French -> language spoken in France, Canada, and the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Liege, Hainault, and Brabant- Walloon(Brabant of the Walloons), Belgium Friesian -> language spoken in northern Holland, northern Germany, and in some parts of Denmark (mainly west coast) Galician -> language spoken by around 3 million people in the Spanish region of Galicia (North-West of Spain) Gaelic -> language spoken in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, as well as in some areas of Scottish settlement in Eastern Maritime Canada Ghanaian -> language spoken in Ghana (some dialects are Akan and Twi which are in this case not different from each other Gronings -> Dutch dialect Guarani' -> one of the two official languages in Paraguay Gujrati -> language spoken in the state of Gujrat, India Hausa -> language spoken in Nigeria Hakka -> Chinese dialect from Manchuria Hindi -> language spoken in the northern states of India Hopi -> North American Indian tribe (southwest, Arizona) Ibaloi -> Philipino dialect Icetot -> language spoken by the Ik people of northeastern Uganda Ilocano -> Filopino dialect Imazigham -> language spoken in North Africa mainly in the region of Kabily in Central Algeria Interglossa -> 'artificial' language, invented by Lancelot Hogben in 1940 Kankana-ey -> Philipino dialect Kannada -> language spoken in the state of Karnataka, southern India Kikongo -> language spoken in Zaire, Africa Klingon -> Spoken in Star Trek. Proper term for the language is "tlhIngan Hol". The Klingon homeworld is Qo'noS, in English it's Kronos. Letzeburgisch -> language spoken in Luxemburg, a mixture of French and German, with the emphasis on German Lao -> language spoken in Laos and by the Laotian people living in northern Thailand Luo -> language spoken in Kenya Malayalam -> language spoken in the state of Kerala, India Marathi -> language spoken in the state of Maharastra, India (Bombay is the capital city) Marshallese -> language spoken on the Marshall Islands Mohawk -> North American Indian tribe (New England, maybe one of the Seven Nations/Iriquois?) Mokilese -> language spoken on Mokil and Ponape (Pohnpei) Moroccan -> language spoken in Morocco, North Africa Navajo -> North American Indian tribe (southwest) Nepali -> language spoken in Nepal, as well as in parts of India and Bhutan Ndebele -> language spoken in Zimbabwe Oriya -> language spoken in Orissa, a state of India Papiamento -> language spoken on the island of Aruba Pulaar -> dialect spoken in Senegal by the Fulani people Punjabi -> language spoken in the state of Punjab, northern India Quechua -> language spoken south american Incas descendants Quenya -> Elvish language invented by J. R. R. Tolkien for his books. Notably, "The Lord of the Rings". SeSotho -> language spoken in Lesotho and parts of South Africa (closely related to Tswana (Botswana)) Shona -> language spoken in Zimbabwe Singhalese -> Language of the non-Tamil (majority) people of Sri Lanka. Also spoken in Ceylon. Sioux -> North American Indian tribe (upper midwest) Swahili -> language spoken by some indigenous tribes of South Africa Tagalog -> Philipino dialect Tamil -> language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritus Telugu -> language spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India (eleventh most spoken language in the world) Tshiluba -> language of the BaLuba tribe in south-central Zaire Tumbuka -> Bantu language spoken in Malawi and Zambia Urdu -> language spoken in Pakistan and India Värmländska -> language spoken in a part of Sweden - Värmland (north of lake Vänern) Venda -> one of the 11 official languages in South Africa, spoken in the northern province of South Africa Volapük -> 'artificial' language, invented by August Schleyer in 1880 Votic -> spoken by some people in the area north of St. Petersburg (former Leningrad) (more about uralic languages) Vulcan -> Spoken in Star Trek by Mr. Spock and others from the planet Vulcan Walloon -> latin language, literally Welsh (not English Welsh), a little used French dialect with quite strong Germanic influence spoken in the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Liege, Hainault, and Brabant-Walloon(Brabant of the Walloons), Belgium Wolof -> dialect spoken in Senegal by the Wolof people Yucatec Maya -> language spoken by indigenous people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico Zazi -> Kurdic dialect Zuni -> North American Indian tribe a' -> a with the acute accent (') over it e^ -> ^ above e ======================================================= (no guarantee for correctness though....) german dialects: ---------------- bayrisch : I mog di! (right answer: I di a!) berlinerisch : Ick liebe Dir! berner-deutsch : Ig liebe di! (Bregenz-)wälderisch : I ma di gonz grüsele geen. friesisch : Ik hou fan dei (sp?) hessisch : Isch habb disch libb! ostfriesisch : Ick heb Di leev! pfälzisch : Isch habb Disch lieb! saarländisch : Isch hann disch lieb! sächsich : Isch liebdsch! schwäbisch : I han di gern! schweizer-deutsch : Ch'ha di gärn! vorarlbergerisch : I stand total uf di!