Re: Deutsch/dutch question (12C App kostenlos bei Amazon.de / Android Message #6 Posted by Luiz C. Vieira (Brazil) on 20 Nov 2012, 11:03 a.m., in response to message #5 by Massimo Gnerucci (Italy)
Ciao, Massimo.
Thanks for adding this remind. In fact I was aware of that, I should have added that it is the same word used in Portuguese although it is not an original Portuguese word. As a matter of fact, I was told by a German teacher that Portuguese was one of the last languages/tongues consolidated in Europe, hence the influence of so many others. According to wikipedia: Quote: Muito poucas palavras em português podem ter sua origem rastreada até os habitantes pré-romanos de Portugal. (...) Atualmente, a língua portuguesa ostenta em seu vocabulário termos provenientes de diferentes idiomas como o provençal, o holandês, o hebraico, o persa, o quíchua, o chinês, o turco, o japonês, o alemão e o russo, além de idiomas bem mais próximos, como o inglês, o francês, o espanhol e o italiano. Também houve influência de algumas línguas africanas
"Very few Portuguese words can be traced back to the pre-Roman inhabitants of Portugal. (...) Currently, Portuguese boasts in his vocabulary terms from different languages such as Provençal, Dutch, Hebrew, Persian, Quechua, Chinese, Turkish, Japanese, German and Russian, and languages much closer such as English, French, Spanish and Italian. There has also been some influence from African languages"
Sorry for bringing this O.T. subject again, but I must confess I love language studies... and the more I can add, the more I want!
Thanks again, Massimo!
Cheers.
Luiz (Brazil)
Edited: 20 Nov 2012, 11:09 a.m.
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