What's your language?

[Umm Ayah]

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What languages do you all speak?

I speak English and a little arabic. I was forced to speak it because my mother-in-law can't speak English. All she learned was "my mother". I don't know where she got that from.

I have an uncle in Germany. He speaks the language well. His wife is German. She's very nice. LOL [smilie=243221icon_lol.gif] Sometimes when I call she'll answer and she's try to to speak English and then get stuck. No problem I gotcha back.

[umm_maryam]

Assalamu Aleikum Wa Rahmetullahi Wa Barakatuh

German is my mother tongue, high german and swiss dialect.

[Umm Ibrahim]

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My mother tongue is English but I also speak French, some Arabic and I did study German for several years but have forgotten a lot of it. I'm sure I would embarrass myself a lot if I tried a conversation with Umm Maryam in German! [smilie=243221icon_lol.gif] Ummmm.... Wie geht es dir Umm Maryam?

Nicola

[safiya]

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My mother tongue is Russian.
I also speak English and some French...well i used to learn French at school, then @ university, but now ...after several years i remember only bonjoir & au'revoir...je m'appelle Safiya [smilie=243221icon_lol.gif]

i can still read in French, but wont be able to talk to any native speakers, i guess

I know some Arabic too ... but if i can read in French, with Arabic i can write, but cannot read [smilie=243221icon_lol.gif]

[MaryamsMom]

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My first language is English, though I do speak and read (but can't write for the life of me) Urdu. I also read and write Arabic, but cannot converse. I was hoping that my Egyptian husband would help me change that, but he was raised here too, so we just end up talking in English. [smilie=1827icon_redface.gif]

I took a few years of Spanish in high school, but my memory there is incredibly vague. I do recall that french fries are called "papas fritas" though! [smilie=23icon_mrgreen.gif]

[Aqeedah35]

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I speak English, but I can also read Arabic. I cannot speak it though, mashallah!! I also had spanish in school, and can understand some words in Espanol!! [smilie=23icon_mrgreen.gif]

[dinah]

I didnt understand english till I was 14 years old even tho I was born and raised american. swedish...german...then ASL its american sign language for those who dont know....came from french sign language over 150 years ago by a brother/monk. (not brother muslim). of course I know some arabic.

[miss helouah]

my mother thounge is Faroese, i also speak danish and english fluently.. i understand norwegian and written swedish, as they are similar to danish. i also understand most written german.. i can a few words in arabic aswell, Alhamdulillah

[fragrance]

mu mother tongue is urdu but i can speak english fluently

[Teresa]

Sadly, English is the only language I speak. I took Spanish for six years growing up but remember very little about it. I admire all of you who speak/read/write/understand, etc any language in addition to your native tongue.

Now, will you all tell me where some of these languages are used?

[DiamondLady Mema-Eemah]

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[SHAIKHA]

Assalamu'alaikum ya Ukht,

I speak Malay & English. I can read Quran well & understand a lil bit of Arabic... mostly listening but very difficult to constuct myself to speak.

Malay is actually our national language... being just next to Malaysia & Indonesia. But English ended up being our First Language.

jazakAllah khair...

[x7anooonah]

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I speak English and some Arabic. I took French in school but can not hardly remember any. I always wanted to learn German though :)

[amirah85]

Italian is my mother thongue,I'm fluent in english,I understand quite some algerian,I read and write arabic but don't understand it...yet(insha'Allah).I can read and understand a lot of spanish if spoken slowly.

[Umm Ayah]

Okay, cool

[Humayraa]

(1) Trini Patois

(2) English (British, not American)

(3) Studied French and Spanish for over 10 yrs, was fluent in both, stopped using them, forgot everything, now starting over almost from scratch with them. I've retained a bit of vocab, but my grammar is [smilie=13confused.gif] . Let's just say that I either use all verbs in the infinitive or conjugate them in the present tense. [smilie=20icon_rolleyes.gif]

(4) I can read Qur'aan fluently and I can handle just about any voweled Arabic. Unvoweled Arabic is a no go area for me. I've memorized a few ahadith and their English translations, and the first page of Thalaathatul 'Usool and its equivalent in English. I know a few other odd phrases here and there, and did the first few lessons in Book 1 of the Madinah Arabic Course series. I'm basically stuck with this language, and see no indication of making progress in understanding it in the very near future, waAllaahu 'alam.

(5) I know just a couple of words and phrases in Dutch, but this is the language I would really like to learn next, inshaaAllaah.

(6) I've picked up a bit of Yoruba, but nothing to scream about.


My dh is fluent in 8 languages, so I'm hoping that whatever else I learn is something which he doesn't already know, inshaaAllaah.

[NadiasMommy]

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Unfortunately I only speak English. My ex never taught me much aside from a few phrases in Egyptian Arabic and my current dh and I are apart for now, but I'm hoping to learn Urdu and German from him inshallah.

[Rahmah]

Assalamu alaykum

Only english for me. Although I know how to read and write arabic and also i'm learning some words through my dh [smilie=23icon_mrgreen.gif]

[jfakih]

I speak English and Arabic. My first language is English and I have been learning Arabic since I converted to Islam in 2000. When I got married, learning Arabic became easier because I could always turn to my husband and ask "how do you say this and how do you say that?" My husband and I use both languages while talking to each other, but teach our son mostly Arabic. I could probably understand about half of a Spanish conversation.

[Shoane]

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My native language is urdu and i can speak english fluently and i also noe some of the arabic words mashallah can speak broken arabic . [smilie=11281alhamdulillah.gif]

[betty]

my mother tongues is english and i can speak wollof ,i speak a little urdu and a little arabic

[betty]

wollof is a dialect apart from many i learned it in gambia near senegal.when i say a little it means a little ,that goes for the arabic and urdu

[criterion]

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Ok,my mother tongue wasn't included but has been mentioned by"Sis.Humayraa".It is YORUBA,but father&mother're from different ethnic groups (Southern Nigeria,West Africa).
My mother's language however is"Hausa(Northern Nigeria)& i can understand&speak a little.I really,really,really wish I could speak better to communicate with my mother,half-siblings from her side&maternal grandmother!
ok.little history,my maternal Grandmother is originally from "Chad"&speaks Arabic fluently alongside the Hausa language.Don't know'bout my mom but she speaks Hausa&English as far as I know!I think If I knew&lived with her,I'd have learnt to speak "Arabic" from her besides Hausa!!!

I read&write Arabic fluently(wish I could speak fluently as well)

I was learning French some years back&have forgotten most now.I just pick little bits&pieces,nothing serious or complicated.

I speak&write English almost as fluently as my mother tongue [smilie=11281mashallah.gif] !

[OomHaleemah]

assalamu`alaikum ukhti,

My native tongue is Arabic, in school I learned only Arabic and a smattering of English from the old blind sheikh lool.

My mother was a seamstress in Gaza and she had both Muslim and Jewish clients' so from running errands and messages back and forth for her I learned just enough Hebrew to get by.

I learned English when I came here when I was 16, still learning as I go along too! Also I took Spanish when I came here to the States, too, because we had to take another language.

Sis UmmAmeenah, my husband's mother's side of the family speaks Hausa too.

[Hanifahs mama]

Assalaam aleikum

My mother tongue is Danish :)

[Muslimah2008]

Salaam Alaikum,


My mostly used language is arabic.... and english comes in second... and then all the other languages are history, lol...oh and spanish... I only know a couple...



Hanan

[Charisma]

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Besides English, I speak Arabic, mainly Maghrebi Arabic (Derja) and French.. but I won't say my Derja or French is that great lol.

My hubby on the other hand is fluent in several languages, masha'Allah he knows Arabic 3 dialects, French, Spanish, Dutch and German, he also speaks quite a bit of Japanese cuz he lived in Tokyo once for nearly 4 months..

[ladynhijab]

I grew up bilingual between Turkish and Arabic (mianly Arabic), then much later on learned Spanish and English from my mother alhamdulilah. Took Italian and French in college.

[lina]

Arabic and 2nd is English.I studied French for 2 years in University.can remember some.I also studied Hebrew but remember only 2 words .

[umm zina]

my mother tounge is english i can speak algerian arabic (derja) i can read and write arabic but don't understand it and i can read the quran in arabic

i learned german in school and just remember a little and i can speak some irish as this was the mother tounge of ireland until english was introduced

my dh wants me to learn french but i would rather prefect my arabic frist

[εssence]

I speak Arabic and Farsi being my first two then I learned Kurdish, Azeri and a little bit of Luki. English was my final language and I learned some Spanish from Dora the Explorer haha.

[UmmKareem]

:salam:,

Arabic is my first language alhamdolilah :)

[Abellabug]

Hello ladies,
My native language is English. I can speak and write Spanish and French. I am so-so in Arabic. Still learning from my husband and the local masjid. Take care.

[UmmMusa]

Salaams,

Arabic is my first language, I can understand and communicate somewhat in Farsi, Turkish and a little Kurdish. I learned English upon coming to the U.S. a few years ago and in highschool I learned French, in college I took 2 years of Spanish alHumdulilah.

[History Lady]

As Salaam Alaikum,

My first language is Arabic. After Arabic I've learned English, Spanish, French, some Greek, Turkish and a bit of Farsi.

[ummafraz]

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oops...I gave English..well, I do speak English, but it aint my mother tongue..Tamil is..

so, I should have voted "Any Language", i.e., if you meant "Other Language" by it..

apart from my mother tongue and English, I do speak Hindi/Urdu..a little bit of Malayalam (its another South Indian language)...I understand a little of Arabic..by little, I mean VERY little..as in, who, what, where, how, name, toilet, right, left, etc..I guess enough to manage a few sentences..thats about it..

[PrincessBella]

Salaam,
I speak Arabic,Somalian,Amoudi(old Yemeni dialogue) and English fluently but I also understand Italian and French very well!

[maliks mom]

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English is my language. I was pretty fluent in Spanish and loved that I knew another language. And now I probably couldnt even hold a partial conversation. :( Also, I tend to understand more Arabic than I can speak. Insha'Allah I hope to change that.

[qiyama]

i speak both english and arabic well...but my english is better....i like the fact i can speak arabic and i really want to pass that on to my children but i don't think that'll happen coz dh and i speak english 2gether coz dh is very very poor in arabic . . .

[Zawja_wa_Ummi]

Dutch, English and some Urdu, Turkish, German and Arabic