Friday, February 14, 2014

International Keyboards

Tagalog
      This language is spoken today in the Philippines, and it is believed to have originated in the 900s CE. It means “river dweller.” Little of the linguistic history of Tagalog is actually known.

tagalog
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Farsi
        This Persian language is spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. This Indo-Iranian language originated in the Achaemenid Empire in the 500s BCE. The greatest leader of the Achaemenids, Cyprus the Great, had an Empire that extended from Greece and Egypt to the Indus River Valley and Bactria. The language of the court was Persian (from the “Parsa” people—where the word “Farsi” comes from).

Farsi Persian English USB Computer Keyboard
Georgian 
       This eastern language is mostly spoken in the Caucasus country of Georgia but also in Russia, Ukraine, and Turkey. The first written text of this language was in 430 CE in a Palestinian Church; the alphabet used today is called Asomtavruli.
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Yiddish 
       Yiddish, although it uses the traditional Hebrew script, actually belongs to the Indo-European German language group. It is a mixture of German, Hebrew, and Slavic dialects, and it was originally spoken by Ashkenazi Jews in Eastern Europe (regular Hebrew was too holy for everyday speech). Today, it is spoken in Israel and also by Jews around the world.
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Urdu 
       Urdu is a mixture of Hindi, Farsi, and Turkish and is the official language of Pakistan today (although it is also spoken in India and Nepal). It is in the Indo-Iranian group and originated when a Persian conqueror traveled to India. He set up camp in modern Pakistan, hence “Urdu” actually means camp!

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