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Features articles of interest on language translation and localization, culture, language technology and other related topics. The goal of the Global Advisor Newsletter is to inform and entertain.

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The World's Languages and Writing Systems

What language do they speak? How do they write it? Into what languages should I translate my marketing materials? These are some of the questions most often asked by businesses interested in reaching international consumers with marketing materials and product instructions in the local languages.

Responding to this requests, InterSol has compiled a list of the languages and scripts of the world's nations. We will feature a listing in each of our next four issues.

Featured in this issue:

	The Languages and Writing Systems of Africa
	The Languages and Writing Systems of Eastern Europe
	Some English words derived from Arabic Some English words derived from Arabic: ADMIRAL -­ amir al­rahl ADOBE -­ al­tub ALCHEMY -­ al­kimiya' ALCOVE -­ al­qubba ALEMBIC -­ al­anbiq ALGEBRA -­ al­jabr AMBER -­ anbar AMULET -­ hama'il ANTIMONY -­ ithmid ARTICHOKE -­ al­kharshuf ATLAS -­ atlas AZIMUTH -­ al­sumut BANANA -­ banana BAROQUE -­ burqa CABLE ­ habl CAMEL ­ jamal CHECKMATE -­ shah mat COFFEE -­ qahwa COTTON -­ qutun GIRAFFE -­ zurafa JASMINE -­ yasmin LEMON -­ limun LUTE -­ al­'ud MAGAZINE -­ makhazin MASK -­ maskhara MONSOON -­ mawsim MUSK -­ musk   NADIR ­ nazir ORANGE ­ naranj RICE -­ ruz: SAFARI -­ safara SAFFRON -­ za faran SANDALWOOD -­ sandal SOFA -­ suffa SUGAR -­ sukkar SYRUP -­ sharab, shurb TAMBOUR -­ taburak TROUBADOUR -­ tarrab ZERO -­ sifr ZIRCON -­ azraq

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