Friday, February 22, 2008

Linguistic Coincidences

Arabic akh 'brother' and Mongolian akh 'brother'
Bikol aki 'child' and Korean aki 'child'
Blackfoot aki 'woman' and Even akhi 'woman'
Arabic ana 'I' and Gondi ana 'I'
Arabic anta 'thou' and Japanese anta 'thou'
Arabic ard 'earth' and Dutch aard 'earth'
Hebrew ari 'lion' and Tamil ari 'lion'
Hebrew awir 'air' and Welsh awyr 'air'
Kyrgyz ayal 'woman' and Parji ayal 'woman'
Ga ba 'come' and Hebrew ba 'come'
English bad and Persian bad 'bad'
English chop and Uzbek chop 'chop'
English dog and Mbabaram dog 'dog'
-- and hundreds of others.

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