Re: ,Language' in language name?
| From: | Roger Mills <romilly@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Thursday, November 29, 2001, 0:30 |
|---|
Steg Belsky wrote:
>On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 12:35:42 -0500 wayne chevrier
><wachevrier@...> writes:
>> lisan<arabic "tongue,language" and ek,do,tre<Farsi(1,2,3)
>> -wayne Chevrier
>-
>
>In my Arabic class we were taught to use the word /luGah/ for
>"language"... is there a difference between /luGah/ and /lisan/?
>
Confusingly, my Indonesian dictionary gives: 1. tongue, followed by an ex.
where it means 'oral' (opp. written); 2. speech, language, with an ex. where
it means 'colloquial'. Nice lexicography! A verb form, me/lisan/kan means
'to recite'.