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Anonymous
my father speaks multiple middle eastern languages and wants to get a job as a government contractor(linguist) in iraq or other middle eastern countries. any idea where he would go to find a job like this?
>> Anonymous
I find your trolling confusing in that I can't see where you wanted this to go.
>> Anonymous
Multiple Middle Eastern languages? There's like to 2...

1. Arabic
2. Persian (Although it's actually Indo-European)
>> Anonymous
Oh, and there is also Hebrew but I'm going to guess your dad is Arab so that wont be happening...
>> ??????????
Also Kurdish and Turkish, but they don't matter.
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>>45432

Kurdish: Middle Eastern language. Similiar to Persian.

Turkish: Asian language. Similiar to Korean.
>> Anonymous
>>45451

I've actually heard Turkish has a fair number of similarities to Japanese. The two of them standing out amongst the other Asian languages quite a bit too.
>> Anonymous
>>45451
Kurdish & Persian - Indo-European languages
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>>45451

Turkish has it's roots in Central Asian lanuguages, like Kazakh or Azerbaijani.

Also it's roots are irrelevant, given Turkey's proximity and extensive ties to the Middle East.
>> Anonymous
Check the state department's website.
>> Anonymous
>>45473
Actually Korean, Japanese and Turkish have common roots in the Altai mountain region. That is why many linguists refer to the family of languages they all belong to as Altaic.
>> Anonymous
>>45483
And Altaic languages, in turn, belong to the Uralo-Altaic language group that includes finnish. For those who don't know - finnish language is not Indo-European.
>> Anonymous
Try Haliburton, Blackwater, or other similar large contractors.

Also, reported, get the fuck out
>> Anonymous
>>45514
Hungarian, too.
>> Anonymous
>>45483
>many linguists

Not all. The classification of the Japanese language is disputed.
>> Anonymous
>>45522
Yes... that is why I said "many".
>> Anonymous
>>45523
Where are your sources for this "many"?
>> Anonymous
>>45525
I already found them once. Now you go find them for me.
>> Anonymous
>>45517
And Estonian, don't forget Estonian!
>> ??????????
>>45451

And both Persian and Kurdish (as well as Urdu, Pashto, Hindi and Bengali, conversely) are Indo-European languages. If you were only to count the Semitic languages as Middle Eastern, you'd be left with only Arabic and Hebrew.

Turkish, Persian and Kurdish are Middle Eastern languages in the same sense that Finnish is a Nordic one, despite being Uralic and not Indo-European like its neighbours.
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>> Anonymous
>>45566
Estonians are the niggers of the Baltic.
>> Anonymous
>>45569
pshhh.. no. they have internets.
>> Anonymous
>>45542

I always thought Hindi sounded somewhat like a mix of Japanese and Spanish...
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see: Indo-European Languages

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/IndoEuropeanTreeA.svg