Milk and Milk Products in Ten Languages From Africa, Asia and Europe
A packet of milk Milk: a Wonder Drink Milk is consumed all over the world where cattle and other domestic animals are raised. There are other animals that provide milk that is acceptable to humans beside cows. In this hub, the cow and cow’s milk will be the main focus. Below is a table that shows the words for milk in ten languages from around the world. Words for Lake, Cream and Island have been included for reasons that will be clear as the argument unfolds. The languages were selected at random except of course Kikuyu and Swahili. It was due to knowledge of these two that I noticed a pattern. The Linguistic Trail of Milk LANGUAGE MILK LAKE CREME ISLAND Philipino gatas dagat-dagatan pulo Greek γάλα [gala] λίμνη[limn] krema Νησί [nisi] Arabic حليب [halib] بحيرة [bwahaira] كريم [karim] جزيرة [jasira] Spanish Leche lago crema isla Latin lac lake [lache] crepito insula Kikuyu Iria Iria Kĩrimũ [kayrimow] Gachigĩrĩra Swahili Maziwa Ziwa malai kisiwa Bulgarian Мляко [mlya...