Number: the universal language If there is a universal human language, it's the language of numbers. So intuitive and uniform is the idea of numbers, that it is easy to learn and understand them even when spoken in another language.
Retired Moderator, Linguistics Calgon, take me away~! Since I had such a great turn out from my [url=Morning' thread[/url]. Let's try this one. So I've been teaching my students different ways of saying 'Good Morning' but would also like to add counting #1-10. And what better place to get languages from all over the world than Minitokyo?
Please try to follow this format to the best of your ability: Language: English [term in your language] (pronunciation) -- special notes 1. One (w-uhn) 2.
Two (tu, too) 3. Three (th-r-ee) 4. Four (f-or) 5. Five (f-ai-v)** 6. Six (s-ih-ks) 7. Seven (seh-vin, seh-vun) 8.
Eight (a-t)* -- long 'a' sound as in 'acorn' 9. Nine (n-ai-n)** 10. Ten (t-ehn) **special notes: 'ai' pronounced sounding like English word 'eye'. Since I had such a great turn out from my. Let's try this one. So I've been teaching my students different ways of saying 'Good Morning' but would also like to add counting #1-10.