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To: little jeremiah; SunkenCiv

I was in an elementary school last weekend. Saw a chart of numbers 1 to 10 and the words written in English, Italian, and Hindi. Some years ago I learned counting in Farsi (Persian/Iranian). I was surprised to see that the Hindi words were almost identical, and also bore some similarity to a few of either the English or Italian words.


62 posted on 02/17/2011 11:37:54 PM PST by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin

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63 posted on 02/18/2011 4:56:44 AM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: gleeaikin

That’s because English, Italian, Hindi, and Farsi are all Indo-European languages.


65 posted on 02/18/2011 6:03:03 AM PST by Styria
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To: gleeaikin

That’s because English, Italian, Hindi, and Farsi are all Indo-European languages.


66 posted on 02/18/2011 6:03:41 AM PST by Styria
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To: gleeaikin

the similarities are freaky...even in some of the non indo european languages.


67 posted on 02/18/2011 9:02:39 AM PST by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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