Does Technology Unite Us ?
Modern technology does often tend to unite us on a global scale,
and not just the internet or cell phones. Words have been flowing around the world for a long time.
Let's take a bit of technology already well over a hundred years old --
The Bicycle.
Here are some present-day language usages:
bicycle [ Aceh=sepeda;
bicycle [ Afrikaans=fiets;
bicycle [ Albanian=biçikletë;
bicycle [ Alemannic=Welo;
bicycle [ Amharic=bisklit;
bicycle [ Arabic=darrāja /bišklīṭa;
bicycle [ Arabic(Lebanon)=bisiklét;
bicycle [ Arabic(Moroccan)=bissaklyte /bešklīt;
bicycle [ Arabic(Tunis)=beskliit;
bicycle [ Armenian=hecaniv;
bicycle [ Asturian=bicicleta
bicycle [ Aukan=baisigii;
bicycle [ Azeri=velosiped /bisiklet;
bicycle [ Balochi=saykal;
bicycle [ Basque=bizikleta;
bicycle [ Belarus= velosipyed /bisiklet;
bicycle [ Bengali=sā'ikēla;
bicycle [ Berber=bissaklite;
bicycle [ Bikol (Bicolano)=bisikléta;
bicycle [ Bislama=baskel;
bicycle [ Bosnian=bicikl /bajk;
bicycle [ Brahui=baysikal;
bicycle [ Breton=bisiklet
bicycle [ Bulgarian=velosiped;
bicycle [ Burmese= cakbhi: /se’bayng;
bicycle [ Calabrese=bricichetta;
bicycle [ Campidanesu=bicicletta;
bicycle [ Cantonese=daan1ce1;
bicycle [ Catalan=bicicleta;
bicycle [ Cebuano=bisekleta /bisikleta;
bicycle [ Chabacano=bicicleta;
bicycle [ Chamorro=bisikleta;
bicycle [ Comorian=bisikleti;
bicycle [ Croatian=dvokolica/bicikl;
bicycle [ Czech=bicykl /jízdní kolo;
bicycle [ Danish=cykel;
bicycle [ Dutch=fiets;
bicycle [ Emiliano =biciclàtta;
bicycle [ Esperanto=biciklo;
bicycle [ Estonian=jalgratas;
bicycle [ Ewe=gasɔ;
bicycle [ Fiji=basikeli;
bicycle [ Finnish=polkupyörä;
bicycle [ Flemish=velo;
bicycle [ French= vélo /bicyclette;
bicycle [ Fulani=bikalet;
bicycle [ Furlan=biciclete;
bicycle [ Galego=bicicleta;
bicycle [ Gawwada=saykile;
bicycle [ Georgian=velosipedi /velo;
bicycle [ German=Fahrrad /Velo;
bicycle [ Glosa=biciklo;
bicycle [ Greek= podí̱lato;
bicycle [ Guarani=apajerekõi;
bicycle [ Gujarati=sāyekele;
bicycle [ Haitian=bisiklèt;
bicycle [ Hausa= keke /báasúkùr;
bicycle [ Hawaiian=paikikala;
bicycle [ Hebrew=ofanáyim;
bicycle [ Hiligaynon=bisikleta;
bicycle [ Hindi=sā'ikila /baaisikal;
bicycle [ Hungarian=bicikli/kerékpár;
bicycle [ Icelandic=reiðhjól;
bicycle [ Idiom Neutral=bisikl;
bicycle [ Ido=biciklo;
bicycle [ Igbo=ígwè;
bicycle [ Ilonggo=bisikleta;
bicycle [ Indonesian=sepeda /bersepeda;
bicycle [ Interlingua=bicycletta;
bicycle [ Irish= rothar;
bicycle [ Italian=bicicletta;
bicycle [ Japanese=jitensha;
bicycle [ Javanese=sepédhah;
bicycle [ Kalanga=bhaisikili;
bicycle [ Kannada=saikal /baisikal;
bicycle [ Kanuri=báskùr;
bicycle [ Kapampangan=bicicleta /bisíncleta;
bicycle [ Kashmiri=bə:skal /bëëskal;
bicycle [ Kashubian=kòło;
bicycle [ Kazakh=velosïped;
bicycle [ Khmer=gaung;
bicycle [ KiKongo=dikâlu /bisikaléti;
bicycle [ Kinyarwanda=igare;
bicycle [ Konkanni=saikel;
bicycle [ Korean= jajeongeo;
bicycle [ Kpelle=bày shookoli;
bicycle [ Kurdish=paysikel /vêlosîpêd;
bicycle [ Kurmanji=bîsîklêt;
bicycle [ Kyrgyz=velosiped;
bicycle [ Labrador Inuttut=paisikal;
bicycle [ Lao=lot thīp;
bicycle [ Latvian= velosipēds;
bicycle [ LFrancaNova= bisicle;
bicycle [ Lingala=nkíngá;
bicycle [ Lithuanian=dviratis;
bicycle [ Logudoresu=brizichetta;
bicycle [ Lombard=bici;
bicycle [ Luganda=eggaali;
bicycle [ Maasai=en-kidéeré /ɛm-básikil;
bicycle [ Macedonian= velosiped;
bicycle [ Malagasy=bisikileta;
bicycle [ Malay=basikal;
bicycle [ Malayalam=saikkiḷ;
bicycle [ Maldivian=basikalu;
bicycle [ Maltese=rota /bajsikil /biċikletta;
bicycle [ Mandarin(Beijing)=zìxíngchē;
bicycle [ Mandarin(Taiwan)=jiǎotàchē;
bicycle [ Mandinka=fooleesuwo /sayikuloo;
bicycle [ Maori=pasikala;
bicycle [ Marathi=sāyakala;
bicycle [ Mirandolese=bicicleta;
bicycle [ Mondlango=biciklo;
bicycle [ Mongolian=unadag dugui;
bicycle [ Nahuatl=omalacatl;
bicycle [ Navajo=dziʼizí;
bicycle [ Nepali=sā'ikala;
bicycle [ Nissart=bicicleta;
bicycle [ Norwegian Bokmål=sikkel;
bicycle [ Norwegian=sykkel;
bicycle [ Novial=bisikle;
bicycle [ Nubi='baisikil;
bicycle [ Occidental=bicicle;
bicycle [ Occitan=bicicleta;
bicycle [ Oriya=sā'ikēl;
bicycle [ Oromo=biskilītī;
bicycle [ Papiamentu=bais /baiskel /bicicleta;
bicycle [ Pashtu=bayeskel;
bicycle [ Persian=do-čarxe;
bicycle [ Polish=rower;
bicycle [ Portuguese=bicicleta /biciclo /ciclo;
bicycle [ Punjabi=sā'īkala /baisaka;
bicycle [ Quechua=bisikilita /wisiclita /iskaymuyu;
bicycle [ Romagnolo= biciclèina;
bicycle [ Romanian=bicicleta /bicicletă;
bicycle [ Romansh=velo /bicicleta;
bicycle [ Russian= vélik /velosiped;
bicycle [ Saami=sihkkel /sihkkelat;
bicycle [ Sakha(Yakut)=belasiped;
bicycle [ Samoan=uila;
bicycle [ Saramaccan=baisígi;
bicycle [ Scottish Gaelic=baidhsagal /baic;
bicycle [ Serbian=bitsikl;
bicycle [ Sesotho=baesekele;
bicycle [ Setswana=baesekele;
bicycle [ Shona=bhaisikoro /bhasikoro;
bicycle [ Sicilian=biscigretta;
bicycle [ Sinhala=bayisikalaya /sáykale;
bicycle [ Slavico=bicikl;
bicycle [ Slovak=bicykel;
bicycle [ Slovenian=koló /bicíkel;
bicycle [ Somali=baskiil /bushkuleeti;
bicycle [ Sorbian=kólaso;
bicycle [ Sotho=baesekele;
bicycle [ Spanish=bicicleta;
bicycle [ Sranan=baysigri;
bicycle [ Swahili=baisikeli;
bicycle [ Swedish=cykel;
bicycle [ Tagalog=bisikléta;
bicycle [ Tajik=dučarxa /velosiped;
bicycle [ Tamil=saikil /caikkiḷ;
bicycle [ Tatar=welosiped;
bicycle [ Telugu=saikalu /saikil /baisikil;
bicycle [ Tetun=bisikleta;
bicycle [ Thai=cạkryān;
bicycle [ Tibetan=rkang sga ril;
bicycle [ Tok Pisin=wilwil /baik;
bicycle [ Tolai=aingau;
bicycle [ Tongan=pasikala;
bicycle [ Turkish=bisiklet;
bicycle [ Turkmen=welosiped;
bicycle [ Twi=baásikere /saákreà;
bicycle [ Ukrainian= velosyped;
bicycle [ Urdu= bā'īsikal /bisikel;
bicycle [ Uyghur=welsipit;
bicycle [ Uzbek=velosiped;
bicycle [ Vietnamese=xe đạp;
bicycle [ Volapük=saikul;
bicycle [ Welsh= beiciau /beic;
bicycle [ Wolof=welo;
bicycle [ Xhosa=ibhayisikili;
bicycle [ Yembe=ba7si7ku;
bicycle [ Yiddish=bitsikl /rover /velosiped /bitsiklet;
bicycle [ Yoeme=visikleeta;
bicycle [ Yoruba=keke /básíkùlù;
bicycle [ Zeneize=biciclétta;
bicycle [ Zulu=-bhayisikili;
bicycle [ Zuni=baysik'o;
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