A page proposed by Manel Boualia. El Manar Preparatory School. Kairouan. Tunisia
"If we look at languages of the world, they are very different on the surface, but they also share a lot of underlying commonalities, often called linguistic universals or cross-linguistic generalizations," said Fedzechkina, an assistant professor in the UA Department of Linguistics.
Let's see how similar our languages are.
This task was made collaboratively between transnational groups of students. Each group looked for words similarities with their partners ,fell in the tables then recorded their videos. Finally , mixed them with their partners.
| English | Arabic | Spanish | Galician | Portuguese |
| Car | Al Syarra | Coche/carro | Coche | Carro |
| Olive oil | Al Zait | Aceite | Aceite | Azeite |
| Olives | Al Zaitoun | Aceitunas | Olivas | Azeitonas |
| Pillow | Al Makhada | Almohada | Almofada | Almofada |
| Until | Hata | Hasta | Ata / até | Até que |
| Village | Al Dhayaa | Aldea | Vila / aldea | Aldeia |
| Jar | Jarra | Jarra | Xerra | Jarro/Jarra |
| Eggplant | Bathinjan | Berenjena | Berenxena | Beringela |
| Sugar | Al sukar | Azúcar | Azucre | Açucar |
| Music | mousika | Música | Música | Música |
| Lemon | Laymoun | Limón | Limón | Limão |
| Cotton | Al cotton | Algodón | Algodón | Algodão |
| Shirt | Al Kamis | Camisa | Camisa | Camisa |
| Saffron | Al zaafaran | Azafrán | Azafrán | Açafrão |
| Cat | Al kitta | Gato | Gato | Gato |
| Giraffe | Al zarafa | Jirafa | Xirafa | Girafa |
| Castle | Al kasr | Alcázar/Castillo | Alcázar / Castelo | Castelo |
| Tower | Al kalaa | Torre | Torre | Torre |
| Strawberry | Farawla | Fresa | Amorodo | Morango |
| Butterfly | Faracha | Mariposa | Bolboreta | Borboleta |
| Almond | Al Lawz | Almendra | Améndoa | Amêndoa |
| Sun | Shams | Sol | Sol | Sol |
| Mother | mère | Madre | Nai | Mãe |
| One | | Uno | Un | Um |
| English | Macedonian | Croatian | Turkish | Romanian | Armenian | French | Serbian |
| Car | автомобил | automobil | araba | mașină/automobil | avtomeqena | automobile/ voiture | automobil, kola |
| Olive oil | масло | ulje | zeytin yağı | ulei de măsline | dzitayukh | huile | ulje |
| Olives | маслинки | masline | zeytin | măsline | dzitaptukh | olives | masline |
| Pillow | перница | jastuk | yastık | pernă | bardz | oreiller | jastuk |
| Until | додека | dok | -e kadar | până când | minchev | jusqu'à | dok, do |
| Village | село | selo | köy | sat | gyukh | village | selo |
| Jar | тегла | teglica | kavanoz | borcan | Minchev | pichel | tegla |
| Eggplant | црн домат | patliđan | karnıbahar | vânătă | badrijan | aubergine | patlidžan |
| Sugar | шеќер | šećer | şeker | zahăr | Shaqar | sucre | šećer |
| Music | музика | glazba | müzik | muzică | Erajshtutyun | musique | muzika |
| Lemon | лимон | limun | limon | lămâie | Kitron | citron | limun |
| Cotton | памук | pamuk | pamuk | bumbac | Bambak | coton | pamuk |
| Shirt | кошула | košulja | gömlek | cămasa | Vernashapik | chemise | košulja |
| Saffron | шафран | šafran | safran | sofran | Zafran | safran | šafran |
| Cat | мачка | mačka | kedi | pisica | Katu | chat | mačka |
| Giraffe | жирафа | žirafa | zürafa | girafa | Endzukht | girafe | žirafa |
| Castle | замок | dvorac, zamak | kale | palat | Palat | château | dvorac, zamak |
| Tower | кула | kula, toranj | kule | turn | Ashtarak | tour | kula, toranj |
| Strawberry | јагода | jagoda | çilek | capsuni | Yelak | fraise | jagoda |
| Butterfly | пеперутка | leptir | Kelebek | fluture | Titer | papillon | leptir |
| Almond | бадем | Badem | badem | migdala | NUSH | amande | badem |
| Sun | Сонце | Sunce | güneş | soare | Arev | soleil | suce |
| Mother | мајка | | anne | mama | mayrik | mère | majka, mati |
| One | еден | | bir | unu | | un | jedan |
| English | Arabic | Turkish |
| papers | Awrak | kağıt,evrak |
| Hope | Amal | umut |
| Commerce | Tijara | ticaret |
| Poor | Fakir | fakir |
| Family | Aile | aile |
| Hour | Saa | saat |
| sentence | jomla | cümle |
| word | Kalima | kelime |
| morning | Sabaah | sabah |
| air | hawaa | hava |
| history | Tarikh | tarih |
| mosque | masjid | mescid |
| future | Mostakbal | gelecek |
| Present/Gift | hadiya | hediye |
| Homeland | Watan | vatan |
| Tower | Kalaa | kale |
| time | Wakt | vakit |
| Thanks | Chokran | teşekkürler |
| That's ok | Tamam | tamam |
| English | SPANISH | BASQUE |
| Car | Coche | kotxea |
| Cat | Gato | Katua |
| Dog | Perro | Txakurra |
| House | Casa | Etxea |