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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')
    Hebrew (written)       : 
(male to female/male)
                           : 
(female to female/male)

    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

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(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!



LaPoin, March 1995 / moved February 1999 / last update May 2001