what languages does everybody speak??

[Kittygyal]

who knows tamil here

salamualikum.
brother Muzammil :smile:
Ma'assalama

[aLiTTLeTiMe]

I know turkish ( fluently) english(fluently) arabic(middle)
also I know two local language: kurdish(fluently) zazaki( a little)

[Helena]

who knows tamil here

all i knw kem cho?.....

[dask]

mother tongue is Turkıish but I know English and a bit deutsch by the way in where somali is spoken?

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[Re.TiReD]

In Somalia! lol :)

[Kittygyal]

salamualikum.
^ you speak somali Quad?
Ma'assalama

[Re.TiReD]

No! LOL I can speak abitta Gujrati, Urdu, Punjabi..know the odd arabic word..oh and English! lol :okay:

[Kittygyal]

salamalikum.
thought so, okay
Ma'assalama

[dask]

I am sorry but I think I dont know there :(((

[Re.TiReD]

Awww... lol ^^^ I'm not too good at geography either! lol google it :okay:

[Maimunah]

i speak a bit of arabic *looks at amirah*

somali n englasia:)

wasalaamu aleykum wr br

[Kittygyal]

salamualikum.
www.google.com
Ma'assalama

[Re.TiReD]

LOL!! :okay: and you can ask sis Ruwaydah too Insha'Allah :w:

[Maimunah]

:rolleyes: ask me what:eek:

[Re.TiReD]

About Somalia and the language..lol the sis wantsa know :p

[dask]

I dont know anythıng about Somalia where is it can you tell me?

[Maimunah]

hmmm somalia... God where to start....
firstly its in africa
there is war goin on *almost 16 yrs*
its 100% sunni

http://www.womenwarpeace.org/country...omalia_sml.gif
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia
wasalaamu aleykum wr br

[Books]

I dont know anythıng about Somalia where is it can you tell me?

somalia is in east africa, alhamdulillah its also a muslim country.

[dask]

thanks for your reply

[Re.TiReD]

woopsee! :$

[Lina]

:sl:

Flags are not allowed Dreamer.

You broke the rules.

[Re.TiReD]

lol thnnks for the reminder :embarrass but i didnt think it'd be a problem..I was merely tellin the sis :w: :)

[Maimunah]

i'll defend u from jawhara but the bro's *hides away*

wasalaamu aleykum wr br

[Re.TiReD]

LOL! the bro's are mean so it's best to leave it...*cwies* lol :okay: nah tiz k...but btw..for the other sis..it was a blue flag with a star... :okay:

[MaviguL]

i speak turkish, german and english!

[dream gurl]

Well Mowa Here Speaks, Arabic My Native Lang, English Ofcourese Also Little Swahilli And Few Somali

[Rizzy]

i speak gujrati and english, but im also learning urdu, arabic, spanish and french! :)

[dream gurl]

i speak gujrati and english, but im also learning urdu, arabic, spanish and french! :)

i wonder wht language is gujrati:rollseyes

[nelly]

wow luk at all u lot knowin all these languages! i feel reallt imbarassed 2 say i only speak english>
Well my mum is originaly from mauritus and my dad from pakistan, although i understand frnch and punjabi i cant speak it" i'd luv 2 speak arabic though

[aLiTTLeTiMe]

i speak turkish, german and english!

turkish better than another :)

[Salah-Ad-Din]

ENGLISH - fluent.

FRENCH - fluent.

CREOLE - fluent.

HINDI - understandable...

ARABIC - in-progress ( insha allah ).

[Rizzy]

i've never heard of that language, Creole...

[hamodee]

Arabic , mother tongue
English , second language

[Salah-Ad-Din]

i've never heard of that language, Creole...

Creole is a kind of "broken-french"....mostly among "island-inhabitants"...when you hear creole next time think of ...the sun, turquoise sea, white sand, fishing, free food and laid-back atmosphere.....!

[Maheen]

I speak Urdu, English and learning Arabic

[thirdwatch512]

i speak english fluently obviously lol, some french and some spanish, and might be going to brazil for a year so i'm learning portugese.

[Talha777]

Having been born and raised in Canada, I speak English fluently without any accent, Subhan Allah. My Punjabi is not all that great and I haven't mastered Urdu either, but who cares?

[Kyubi]

English- some arabic- Japanese-

[Khalid1402]

:sl:

I grew up speaking English and I learned some French in school. I began learning Spanish at 16 and was fluent within a few years of serious study. Since then I've studied Japanese (which I am conversational, but nowhere near fluent yet) and I am looking to learn Arabic so that I may be able to read and understand the Qur'an insha Allah.

[al Amaanah]

^ insha Allah

[Angel]

:sl:

I grew up speaking English and I learned some French in school. I began learning Spanish at 16 and was fluent within a few years of serious study. Since then I've studied Japanese (which I am conversational, but nowhere near fluent yet) and I am looking to learn Arabic so that I may be able to read and understand the Qur'an insha Allah.

woow :? masha allah bro ur goood all those langueges must be amazing!!!!!

[Ashley]

masha allah bro wel done you done your self good, wish i cud learn soo many langueges i only no english dats it :-[

[Musaafirah]

:sl:

Me know bengali aswell,so r u sylethi?? how cum u learnt urdu?? where r u frm sis??

:w:

:sl:
Oooh am sowwy sis for givin u a reply a year later! didn't know i posted here!:-[
Well, am from the UK..i think i've discerned that somewhere else..hmm
and yay i speak Sylheti! The dialect rocks! LOL! ahem:-[
:w:

[Helena]

:sl:
Oooh am sowwy sis for givin u a reply a year later! didn't know i posted here!:-[
Well, am from the UK..i think i've discerned that somewhere else..hmm
and yay i speak Sylheti! The dialect rocks! LOL! ahem:-[
:w:

OMG..that has been very long reply indeed sis....darn....i cant even remember it...

jazaks for bringing it up sis....

yeap sylheti rocks...:D :D :D

[Maidah]

Creole is a kind of "broken-french"....mostly among "island-inhabitants"...when you hear creole next time think of ...the sun, turquoise sea, white sand, fishing, free food and laid-back atmosphere.....!

Awww that sound like a beautiful place to live at mashAllah.:D

[hibah786]

lol i know how 2 speak english, somali (not dat fluently) arabic (not dat gd) n lil bit of swahili (not dat gd either) fi aman allah every1

[vpb]

albanian and english

[hissa]

English and Arabic, both fluently.

[ruhi]

i speak bengali (fluently).......hindi & urdu as well (both the language is quite same).....can read & write arabic but cant really speak fluently.

[Samira_01]

English arabic .. and abit french and dutch

and home language uhmm :? .. some UNKNOWN LANGUAGE :blind: well basically its a language which u people never heard of :X

well let me tell you ..

its called asharaf known as (SHARIF)
and sharif is wat i am .. its a group of people that come from Hadramout a city in Yemen .. :)

[Beblessed]

English arabic .. and abit french and dutch

and home language uhmm :? .. some UNKNOWN LANGUAGE :blind: well basically its a language which u people never heard of :X

well let me tell you ..

its called asharaf known as (SHARIF)
and sharif is wat i am .. its a group of people that come from Hadramout a city in Yemen .. :)

Me i speak the same as samira exculding french. :)

[aysenil]

i my own language (Turkish) and English only. i can write and read english but dont speak with any1 foreign. so i dont no if can speak :)

[bint abdulhamid]

i know......english ,arbic ,gujrati, urdu&bits of punjabi!!wot do u fink?

[Sanobar]

:sl:

umm... i can speak urdu/hindi/english fluently...other than that..i knw how to write in french.. and yeah cud speka a bit here and there.. woahh u ppl knw alot here... fluently speak in soo many languages?/ :p mashaAllah das nice!

:w:

[ummahmad]

assalamu aleikum
russian
turkish
arabic

[aysenil]

assalamu aleikum
russian
turkish
arabic

:sl:
wher r u frm sister? may i no where u learned turkish?:?

[mohammed farah]

i can speak fluent english and speak a bit of somali even thou im a somalian.

[ummahmad]

:sl:
wher r u frm sister? may i no where u learned turkish?:?

from russia:w:

[SirZubair]

im not sure if i've already posted in this thread or not.

but i'll post anyway.

I speak english (mainly),hindi,fijian-indian (which is broken hindi),i can understand gujrati (but cant speak it very well)

thats about all :)

One thing has changed since i posted in this thread last...

... i speak alot of Hindi these days, and am slowly learning Gujarati.

And i also speak the language of love ;D

[Hawa]

Does knowing a few words constitute speaking a language?
English
Arabic
Swahili
Somali
Urdu (I've been listening to qawwali's..Lord knows why)
High School French
and lately Finnish...

[H4RUN]

:sl:

Nice to know we have a variety of spoken languages here:D...but no has topped my list yet:p...As for Sir Zubair and his language of love....easy yeh mate...a step at a time lol

Peace
:w:

[unknown_JJ]

asalamu alaykum
erm..
english&bengali ..fluently....
and a tiny bit of..french,spanish,chinese..

[Maimunah]

asalamu alaykum
chinese..[/COLOR]

:rollseyes how do u say hello?

:w:

[deen_2007]

chao? ...lol....no thats goodbye,,,,i only guessed

ok i speak bengali & english

understand hindi & gurrathi & urdo too

[aysenil]

from russia:w:

how u learned turkish? may i no if u dont mind? :)

[Kittygyal]

:sl:
I speak English and Gujarati fluently...

I can also issue death threats in Japanese if the situation calls for it.

German is reserved for when I need to insult someone.
I believe sister Kittygyal gave an appropriate response to the number of languages you claim to speak:
No more fibbin' please, my erm 'Chandoo' brother. :D Nice nickname btw :hmm:

salamualikum.
Easy now tiger, so true he fibs alot i always tell him to tell the ''TRUTH'' but you see he says ''takes after AUNT'' and i aint a fibber noway! :raging:

He's a ''chandoo'' which means a WANABE GANGSTA am sick of him trying to act like a gangsta he speaks ''gangsta'' lingo aswel :exhausted Am afraid he makes a bad impression of Aunt and Nephew :-[ +:cry: +:raging: ++o(

Ma'assalama

[Talibatul Ilm]

wow mashaAllah everyone knows so many interesting languages! all i know is english, and some spanish from high school and trying to learn arabic =/ langauges are so beautiful mashaAllah!

[nurul3eyn]

Somali
Swahili and
English
alil Arabic (if that counts hehe)

[crayon]

English and Arabic.
The end.

[☆•♥°ąყ℮Տիმ°♥•☆]

Assalam-o-Allikum
Interesting Thread...
i can speak
Dutch ( my first language )
English ( now my primary language )
little bit of Spanish
and im learning Urdu / Punjabi
and allthough i can reciete namaz i would like to learn Arabic soon inshaAllah.

[sapphirine]

yes, interesting thread! so many languages!

I write english, a lil spanish and converse in ASL! (american sign language)

[Imam]

Yes, I hate spanish too. :( Probably because of the teacher... Why, oh why did I take that course?
German rocks! :okay:

:sl:
Really interesting thread !!!

I smiled lots ,looking at the posts.....

the biggest smile I had is with your post ,sister Zaara :sunny:

cause of your opinion of Spanish !!

usually Spanish not such language which a person should dislike ,cause upon what basis one should dislike,or be scared of it?!!

Its structure,Pronunciation,Grammar is simple ,It has way less exceptions than any other Romance or Latin based languages ...

one can argue,Spanish is the easiest of all Romance languages and beside English , the easiest in the whole European continent......

German rocks

may be for you or a few sample of neighboring people to Germany,but for the international scene ,German has a fearsome reputation

take a look here to find out upon what basis such fear...

http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/awfgrmlg.html

Now let's talk about the language that most languages scholars claims it to be most difficult European languages to be learned.

(Finnish):sunny:

I know it is for you so easy cause it is your mother tongue,but alongside with
Basque language,Hungarian ,considered to be the most difficult in Europe.....

not only I got such opinion from written quotes by languages scholars but also in real life....I met some who master several languages and gave the same opinion...


LANGUAGES ARE FUN?!

No, not really ..they are more than fun,they are a divine sign



The holy Quran 30:22 And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the variations in your languages and your colors: verily in that are Signs for those who know.

one may describe a language to be difficult ,complicated etc.....
but one should avoid offending any language ,if one offends a language is like offending its original teacher (Allah) God forbids......

thanx all brothers and sisters for such interesting thread

:w:

[The Shah]

English
Pushto = native lingo
Urdu
Farsi = grandmums native lingo

and i now a little arabic

[-Elle-]

:sl:

Oh,this would've made a great poll question!:D

Anw,I speak arabic(family),french(school),and english.

Insh'allah I plan on leaving behind french and continuing my studies in english...it will make my life a lot simpler!

[ajazz]

yes, interesting thread! so many languages!

I write english, a lil spanish and converse in ASL! (american sign language)

assalamualikum

do you have difficulty in speaking?
i hope this question does not offend you.

[Nájlá]

i know arabic and english and abit of spanish which i learned in english school.

[Al-Zaara]

Selam aleykum we rahmetallahu, brother Imam.


You're post made me laugh! lol I do not find Spanish hard, now after a loong time... It was my lack of concentration AND the fact the teacher simply was awful. It cannot be emphasized enough how awful she was. *shivers*

Anyways, you said:

Now let's talk about the language that most languages scholars claims it to be most difficult European languages to be learned.

(Finnish):sunny:

I know it is for you so easy cause it is your mother tongue,but alongside with

lol I totally agree Finnish IS difficult! It is not my mother tongue (Albanian is), but you could almost call it that because of the fact I speak it fluently sine I was little.


And about German, oh please! Mark Twain!! *rolls eyes* Although yes, the language has a lot of exceptions. And I had a good laugh reading his tragic experience with the word "Regen", hilarious. ;D


When I was seven, I could understand the language fluently 'cause I had kept watching German TV forever; listened to the language and seen pictures explaining the happenings. Keep in mind, I learned 4 languages (+ a little bit English) fluently by the age of 12; German, Swedish, Finnish and mother tongue Albanian. And out of those all, I found German to be the easiest. You just gotta remember the rules and hear LOTS of German. lol


I believe I cannot find German hard, due to the fact I've known to speak it since I was so young and understand the gramma...

Quote from a site, anwering the Q: what is the hardest language?

German and Russian languages use a punctuation system said to be among the most difficult ones in the world.

I have found Russian to not be as hard as some see it as, same with Serbian. My parents speak fluent Serbian; I have heard the language since I was little.

[H@fiz Aziz]

urdu arabic english farshe. fluent

[Talib_Rayhan]

:sl:

My native tongue is English, I speak a tiny tiny bit of Dutch from when I lived in Amsterdam, Im currently teaching myself French then Im gonna move onto Spanish, Insha'Allah once im settled as per living arrangements I can get a teacher and start to learn Arabic

[Ashjan]

i speak arabic and english a bit of french and a bit a spanish[

[Ashjan]

by the way i am new to this site hope you help me a bit to knowing people plzzzz

[ikaj]

Bengali, English

[Mysterious Uk]

Bengali, english,hindi (thanx 2 bollywood films), basic french & spanish and can say hello/goodbye/crazy and count to 10 in japanese. Finally can read arabic fluently but cannot understand it :(

[MaiCarInMtl]

French (not France French, but Quebec French)
English
some Spanish
some German

I hope to learn arabic soon.

[Aicha-belgium]

:sl:

I speak french, dutch, tamazicht ( from maroco), a dialect arabic ( also from maroco) ....english but not so good as the other language.

:w:

[Hasanah]

my native tongue is tagalog.. i speak arabic and english.

[truemuslim]

yemeni arabic, and english... a a liiill spanish, taking it next year..YESSS

[Souljette]

lol i know english, bangla, hindi, urdu, not so good but sumwht..learnt french in skool bt d on't like it..spanish..luv it..nd learning arabic..or trying atleast

[Camomilla]

I speak English, Finnish, Somali and little bit
French(->I'm not good at It)

[*Maysun]

Assalaamu Alaikuum Warahamatul Lahi Wabarakatuh


i speak English, arabic, half somalia and my own language Asharaaf ..lol different one:D

[khadija_007]

:sl:

Swahili, english, lil bit of bengali and sign language.:D (my bad u can't actually [I]speak[I] sign language but y'all know what I mean!!)

peace out :w:

[Ali.]

Umm well ee can speek litl englisch..

Yeah I can speak English, some Arabic but still learning, some French, German and Welsh(learning them in school).

And that's it.

[Periwinkle18]

I speak urdu,punjabi,english n lil bit ov chinese used to live in Hong Kong.im going to learn arabic inshaAllah

[Aaliyah~]

i speak Urdu & Gujrati--
but mostly English

[Asper]

I'm a native English speaker And I know enough French to the point where I could primitively live there insha'Allah :P . Soon enough insha'Allah I will be fluently speaking Arabic through classes at an institute in the city =D

[*Marwah]

:sl:
i speak english, half arabic, half somali, and own language Asharaaf:statisfie
:w::thankyou:

[*Marwah]

i speak english, arabic, somali, Asharaaf

[wildkat]

English fluently.

Urdu and Punjabi - bits 'n' pieces, but I know enough to freestyle between languages to make a vaguely coherent sentence such as 'Oh yaar, ki al eh? Pai, apka nam kya hai? Twadi ladoo kanneh? Nahee? Chalou, tik hai.'

And I know a little bit of French and German.

LOL, same me.. home language is punjabi/urdu but I cant speak it to save my life!! N I learnt french n german at school

[rose17]

I speak spanish, english gujrati
also i can read urdu and understand mostly
and i can read the quran but doesnt understand

[NajmaHoodo]

Asalaamu alaykum


well i Speak Somali, English and lil bit of Arabic i wanna improve my Arabic Inasha Allaah

hi qaraabo soomalis waa idin salaamay

[somalilady]

asc wr wbt all

am from somalia and i speak it and write it well

other language arabic and english speak and write

najmahooda waan ka qaadnay walaaal dee forumka waanu ku cusubnahay somaliyeeey naso dhaweeya

[Fishermans_eye]

Swedish, English, Russian, Uzbek, Dari, German.

Going to learn Arabic too one day... Not a very good Muslim am I?:D

[Method]

English, Urdu, Punjabi fluently.

I also know a little Arabic & Spanish.

[jyry]

English
Swedish
Finnish
German

[Sanobar]

^ WOW! u actulyl knw so many? they alll sound hard!

[Dr.Trax]

I speak:

1.English
2.German
3.Slovenian
4.Albanian
5.Macedonian
:D

[Silver]

1-Arabic
2-French
3-English
4-A little italian

Arabic is my native language. But I also speak french and english very fluently because they are often used in conversations and in unis and schools almost everything is taught in english and/or french. Now I am learning italian :D

[Mikayeel]

1. Dutch
2. Arabic
3. English

[malayloveislam]

Salam3alaikum warahmatullah..

This thread is nice...I speak Malay with Kedah dialect as my first language...beside that I speak a mixture dialect which is called Samsam, it is actually a dialect of Southern Thai together with Malay. My second language is English of course like everyone else in the world. My third language is Arabic I learned it in religious school, I can write in Fushaa Arabic and understand it but I cannot understand Jami3a Arabic. While miscellanious language that I grab is conversational Chinese Mandarin, I just learn it for Da3wa purpose. Other is Urdu, I sometimes understand it because my father love to watch Hindi movie which is always broadcasted in our television channel every saturday but I can hardly speak it. I hope to learn Urdu and to polish my Arabic because I want to study Quran deeply. Fi Amanillah.

[Güven]

I speak English, Dutch and Turkish. And Arabic will come Inshallah

[north_malaysian]

Salam3alaikum warahmatullah..

This thread is nice...I speak Malay with Kedah dialect as my first language...beside that I speak a mixture dialect which is called Samsam, it is actually a dialect of Southern Thai together with Malay. My second language is English of course like everyone else in the world. My third language is Arabic I learned it in religious school, I can write in Fushaa Arabic and understand it but I cannot understand Jami3a Arabic. While miscellanious language that I grab is conversational Chinese Mandarin, I just learn it for Da3wa purpose. Other is Urdu, I sometimes understand it because my father love to watch Hindi movie which is always broadcasted in our television channel every saturday but I can hardly speak it. I hope to learn Urdu and to polish my Arabic because I want to study Quran deeply. Fi Amanillah.

"Samsam" - what's that? I never heard of it....

[malayloveislam]

Ohhh...this term is used for malay who speak Thai at home....actually I do not like this term...better use Malay with Thai mother tongue as Malay reflects Islam and Samsam is with bad connotation : }

[north_malaysian]

Ohhh...this term is used for malay who speak Thai at home....actually I do not like this term...better use Malay with Thai mother tongue as Malay reflects Islam and Samsam is with bad connotation : }

I have Thai ancestry from my mother side... but I dont speak Thai...:exhausted

So I'm a "Thai with Malay mother tongue"?

[malayloveislam]

I have Thai ancestry from my mother side... but I dont speak Thai...:exhausted

So I'm a "Thai with Malay mother tongue"?

Salamu3alaikum warahmatullah,

I'm not really sure about that, since you speak Malay you can still identify yourself as a Malay or maybe you can learn Thai, it is easy and you can explore your mother's culture. Good for da3wa purpose :statisfie Muslim who speak Thai at home in north Malaysia also identify themselves as Malay. Thai is spoken in several northern Kedah's districts such as in Kubang Pasu, Pendang, and in Perlis. We call it as "pood ban" or "speak village or house". Thai in Kedah is different from one in Bangkok as it is mixed with Malay and some term is Islamic such as Naksah for Musolla, Jahama for Muqaddam (the simple surah's of Quran), and Melelei for Madrasah.

Too bad not many younger generation speak Thai today maybe because of National education system. I think it is good for younger generation to speak Malay and respecting other Malay speakers by speaking standard and understandable language but in the negative side is that they are ashame with their ancestry :cry:

Actually native ethnicity in Kedah is a bit confusing and special the same as those in Kelantan since its long history which began at 1st century AD. The different is Kedah people never try to differentiate themselves from others like Kelantan people. Langkasuka kingdom was first being build in Kedah before it was moved to Patani in Southern Thailand today. People of Langkasuka ethnicity are still exist today in Malayan Peninsula particularly in Kedah and Southern Thailand though they identify themselves as Thai or Malay and they are mixed with people around the world so it is very hard to identify themselves except by checking the history line of the ancient kingdom. They are actually sharing the same ancestry with the Khmer and Mon people of Cambodia and Myanmar, while for Thai ethnic they are from southern China. They absorbed many locals vocabulary which is ancient Khmer as ancient Khmer is rich in civilization. They also modify Khmer script and adopt it as Thai script. This happens in 12th century AD during Sukhothai dynasty in Thailand.

The term Malay is not only for a particular race, it is synonimous with Islam in South East Asia mainland as Malay language is used as a medium of preaching Islam to the natives, it is used widely in several native kingdom's as the language of administration :phew As for Indonesian, Malay is a tribe in Palembang, Riau, and South Sumatera.

Love to brothers and sisters in faith

[north_malaysian]

Before Parameswara came to Temasik (old name for Singapore), the Thai ruled from Chiang Rai down to Singapore.

Which means the "Malays" living in Peninsular Malaysia were ethnically Thais... they're Malayanized by Parameswara.

I am a Penangite as I have lots of ancestries... I dont want to be known as a Malay.

[malayloveislam]

Before Parameswara came to Temasik (old name for Singapore), the Thai ruled from Chiang Rai down to Singapore.

Which means the "Malays" living in Peninsular Malaysia were ethnically Thais... they're Malayanized by Parameswara.

I am a Penangite as I have lots of ancestries... I dont want to be known as a Malay.

Hmmm...you hit the point correct brother north_malaysian...actually I also do not want to be known as Malay, I am comfortable to be recognized as Kedahan or Muslim... Malay is only a term in the paper... some of my friend from Jitra and Pendang who is Muslim are trying to go back to their ancestry which is Thai speaking heritage, they also claim that they are Siamese, Siam or Sayam is the old name for the empire that once ruled Chiang Rai to Temasek or Singapore in 13th century-16th century...The empire name is used to indicate various ethnicity in the empire... Even the dynasties in Siam changed throughout centuries, but the empire name and its citizens still remained the same and using the empire name as their identity... Most people in Kedah's northern districts,be they Muslim or Buddhist are still familiar with this term... Even Muslim use this term to identify themselves, but different things happens in Patani and Kelantan... Siam is only used for Buddhists.

That is recorded in Malay History and the writer of that chronicle is a Johorian, the kingdom is the heritage of Malacca which was build by Parameswara... I learned from my friends who live in Thailand part that the dynasty which ruled Malayan Peninsula at that time is Sri Ayuttaya... I encourage my friends who speak Thai at home to use Thai instead of Malay when talking among ourselves and not to be ashame with our heritage :) we still have to switch back to Malay as to respect others who speak Malay or in the case we will be misunderstood by Kelantanese as non-Islamic or Buddhist :-[

[north_malaysian]

Years ago I met a Muslim Thai on the net, he was surprised to know that I have Thai ancestry but not knowing a word in Thai. He said that all Thais regardless whether they're Muslims or Buddhists, Malaysian citizens or Thai citizens... all of them must know the Thai language. He was kind of furious too..:exhausted

Imagine, if millions of northern Malays decided to revert to their actual ethnic group, which is Thai... it would be controversial to the Malay nationalists..... as suddenly millions of people ceased to be Malays...:?

[arabianprincess]

salam wa 3lykom


arabic( fesha.. , slang... probably most slangs there is in the middle east.. ) interestin.. by only watchin tv series :)< n friends

english

lil french n spanish ... hopefulllly one day i can get to learn emmmmmmmmmmmm ....n urdu

[malayloveislam]

Salamu3alaikum warahmatullah,

It is a positive imagination beside its controversial, as many people from Indonesia are confused that all the natives here are originated from Indonesian ancestry while it is not 100% true.

We already use the term Siamese for ourselves when people asked about our ethnicity since they are confused by the language spoken while we are Muslim and wearing the Malay's attire. Samsam is used as the identity of Kedah people from Langkasuka origin and speak southern Thai dialect at home instead of Malay while most of them are Muslim. Langkasuka is an ancient kingdom which covers modern southern Thai and northern Malaysia in the present day.

But this Samsam term is a kind of insult, since Samsam people is claimed as unloyal to Islam and they are said as bandit before 60s although only a small portion of them were bad. Today many of these people's descendents choosing to speak Malay at home and train their children to speak Malay to avoid from being misunderstood. So most of the children are not fluent in Thai or further bad they do not know to speak or understand it anymore. I experienced this when talking with my friends from Kubang Pasu and Pendang districts. Thai is only spoken by the rare generations above 30 years old - 90 years old, only some young generations speak Thai in hide. I remember that old folks in my village cannot speak a word of Malay, they will reply in Thai even when we speak Malay with them. Too bad, most of them had passed away.

The northern Malays ancestry can be traced back from the 1st century AD, our ancient kingdom is Langkasuka and Kedah Tua. This highly civilized kingdom is an ancient Khmer kingdom before it was defeated by Sriwijayan Malays from Sumatera in 7th century AD. These Khmer people is anthropologically under the proto-Malayic group or the native aborigine the same group with Champa people while Sumateran Malays are under Deutro-Malayic sub-group. In 12th century AD Thai people came from southern China and slowly assimilizing these Khmer people in the south, they also absorbed ancient Khmer vocabulary and script into their language. Sheikh Daud Al-Fathani who is the scribe of Patani's Sultan said that Langkasuka's people did not speak Malay, Malay is only accepted after the Sriwijayan Malay subduing the kingdom. Please check this interesting chronicle of the Islamization of northern Malays in Hikayat Patani. It is transliterated from Arabic script Malay by Allahyarham Ustaz Wan Saghir. Northern Malays history is colorful but it is yet unrevealed properly.


For me, Malay is merely a language in South East Asia Mainland, it does not indicate any race here like the one in America which is English, it is just a language to unify the people from north Malaysia and the southern with Indonesian origin. Most people are not aware about their ancestry of Thai origin especially the Muslim in northern Malaysia.

I think it is good for northern Malays to learn Thai if it is not their first language. At least learn the basic one which is southern Thai dialect of Kedah. The tune of Kedah's Thai is almost the same as the Kedah's Malay tune. You will be surprised with the common things that can be found in Kedah's Malay and Kedah's Thai and some of them are different from Thai counterpart in Thailand. Believe me it will be awfully interesting : )

Love to brothers and sisters in faith

[north_malaysian]

Maybe you should open a thread called " Thai for Beginners"...

[M.B]

:sl:
i can speak swedish=f english=f somali=f arabic=abitf german=abitf



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[Roojy]

i speak pushto :)

[Athée]

Lol! You could call me a lanuage-a-holic!

I speak English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portugese.

[Na7lah]

I speak English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portugese.

which one from these two is easier?

[Athée]

Well, it all depends on your first language. Was it English?

[Na7lah]

^Yeah

[Athée]

Spanish was MUCH easier for me. It is a phonetic language and it relates more to the English language. Also, If you learn Spanish first french will be that much easier for you!

[Na7lah]

hmmm ok thnks

[Athée]

I am not 100% fluent in French like I am with the other languages I listed, so my opinion could mean nothing :(

[Souljette]

I think spanish is easier then french..I hated learning french but loved spanish..i think it is easier

[truthforpeace]

I don't think there are any opportunties for me to learn arabic in my area ( I live in the boonies!), but I have always wanted to speak Arabic and German...


does anyone feel like they see the world differently when the speak different languages? Like does the language itself offer new meanings to the world? ive always wondered this

[SirZubair]

Did i mention i can speak Pig Latin? :-P

[Na7lah]

^onay iway ontday inkthay atthat youway entionedmay atthat :p

[Güven]

LOL That sounds realy funny ;D

[Na7lah]

^ use to speak it with my siblings wen we didnt want our mom to understand ;D

eway tillsay oday :D

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:salamext:

English, Urdu, Punjabi

Alhamdulillah =)

[afzalaung]

Burmese , Urdu , English , Malaysian , French (beginner level) , Arabic (slowly progressing)

-sucks to come from a multi-lingual family, know many languages, and yet master none.

[AvarAllahNoor]

English, Panjabi, Spanish, Urdu, Hindi. Learning Chinese!

[sister herb]

Finnish. Suomea siis... savoa hiljaa ja kovvoo. Kuuntelen myös sujuvasti ihan kaikkia kieliä.



:D

[MunirAhmadKamil]

English, Malaysian and learning Arabic:)

[*noor]

English, some Arabic, and a bit of Spanish.

[TrueStranger]

:sl:

Somali, English, some Urdu....

Isha'Allah one day learn Arabic.

:w:

[ayan333]

Salamu Alaykum
I speak Somali and english...im dying to learn Arabic though!!!!!!!! (i no basics but thats it lol.)!
If anyone knows of someone who teaches Arabic or classes i can take here in atlanta,ga,please let me know.

[MT2]

:sl:
I speak English, Arabic, French, Spanish & very little Urdu.
:w:

[Sapahi]

All kinds of languages Alhamdulilah...

[truthforpeace]

Burmese , Urdu , English , Malaysian , French (beginner level) , Arabic (slowly progressing)

-sucks to come from a multi-lingual family, know many languages, and yet master none.

never thought of it that way..