arabic place name element

Jebel/djebel;mountain
malaqi;riverconfluence
Ras;point,peninsula
siq;gorge
wadi;river?

Welsh placenames elements

aber;confluence,river mouth
Afon;river
Coed;wood
frwd;stream
llan
llyn;lake

Language in Nepal believed to be related to papuan languages

Kusunda ,a language spoken by perhaps 5 people in western Nepal may be related to the papuan language group.

Some,at least, of the words in the kusunda language are similiar in both spelling and meaning to words in both Papuan and andamanese languages.

One theory is that this language originated 75,000 years ago.

words include

wadar,to flow

Scottish celtic placename elements

Ab;river
aber;river confluence
abhainn;river
allt;stream,brook
looks similiar to a thracian word
ard;cape
baile;stead,farm
ben;mountain
related to welsh pen
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cet;a wood
easlwaterfall
eglis;church
eilean;island
gaoth;(Tidal)inlet,marsh,bog
glen;valley
pen;head,end,mainly southern scotland
pert(h);grove,wood
pett;place
pit;place

Italian guides etc avaible in guardian and observer 11 -17 July 2009

there will be 2? cds to help learn italian and possibly 4-5? phrasebooks over this period avaible in either the guardian or observer

Guardian and Observer;5 jULY 2009 - 11 jULY 2009?

CDs concerning spanish will be distributed via the newspapers on saturday today

translation software and tools on Internet

Google has a translation tool

Babelfish

Lexichem is software that translate english chemical names into seven languages.



www.itunes.com.apps/iTranslatePlus translate text into 42 languages

Indus symbols are unknown language

Symbols on amulets and tablets of the Indus Civilization are an unknown language ,according to the conclusion of a new study in Science magazine,using a computer programme.

New languages discovered in china

Researchers have discovered 24 new languages in southern china.

The new languages are associated with the Phula ethic group.

Speakers of each new language are unable to understand each other.

Among the new discovered languages are
Alo Phola
azla
pholo

Hill and its cognatives

A hill is an elevation.

Hill derives from Old English hyll which in turn ultimately comes from Proto-Indo-european *kel,*kol to rise

Related to
Greek;kolonos
Latin;collis
Lith;kalnas;mountain
Low German hull
sanskrit;kutam;top

also related to holm;island

Apple, melon and cognatives

the word apple originally come from PIE *abel/abl.

Cognatives in IE languages include

Baltic;abola
Gaulic;avallo
German;apfel
Polish;Jablko
Serb;Jabuko
Welsh;afal

the word abalone(a type of Pacific shellfish) is derived from a word related to apple

Placenames related to apple include

Appleby
Appleford
Avella,a town near Naples
Avallon, France

head and its cognatives

Head was originally heafod in old english.

Derived originally from PIE *kauput

Cognatives in other indo-european language are

German;hsupt
Latin;caput
greek kefalo?
Sanskrit;kaput

placenames possibly connected are
cefalu
cephalonia

Teaching languages in schools

Software avaible;
Eduk8me uses games,Gujarati,Hindi, Polish and urdu
Rosetta stone
Talkingpen; a pupil can follow English words in their own language

Websites; http://universed.co.uk