Does Technology Unite Us ?

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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