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Where did God create different languages?

God is believed to have created different languages at the Tower of Babel, according to the Bible. The story goes that people tried to build a tower to reach the heavens, prompting God to confuse their language so they could no longer understand each other, leading to the creation of different languages.


How many languages are there in the worldwhat is he name of YHWH in other languages.when god is one why so many names in each language?

There are approximately 6,800 languages in the world today. The name of God is different in every language simply because different languages use different words to describe the world. It has nothing to do with the idea that there is one God. Earth has only 1 moon, but there are thousands of different words for "moon".


What are the characteristics of creole language?

There's actually no such language as "Creole". The word creole refers to a type of language that results from the combination of two completely different parent languages. There are more than 100 different creolized languages in the world.


What are creoles?

The word "Creole" refers to a category of languages that are a combination of 2 completely different languages. There are more than 100 different creole languages spoken in the world today. The most common creoles are English-based, French-based, and Spanish based creoles. People who speak creole languages are sometimes called creoles.


What is the call a parent language of some African languages?

The term "Bantu languages" refers to a group of languages spoken in Africa that share a common ancestral parent language. These languages belong to the Bantu language family and are spoken by various ethnic groups in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Where did God create different languages?

God is believed to have created different languages at the Tower of Babel, according to the Bible. The story goes that people tried to build a tower to reach the heavens, prompting God to confuse their language so they could no longer understand each other, leading to the creation of different languages.


What are the similarities between pidgin and Creole languages?

They both describe language that results from the combination of two completely different parent languages.


How many languages are there in the worldwhat is he name of YHWH in other languages.when god is one why so many names in each language?

There are approximately 6,800 languages in the world today. The name of God is different in every language simply because different languages use different words to describe the world. It has nothing to do with the idea that there is one God. Earth has only 1 moon, but there are thousands of different words for "moon".


What are the characteristics of creole language?

There's actually no such language as "Creole". The word creole refers to a type of language that results from the combination of two completely different parent languages. There are more than 100 different creolized languages in the world.


What language is used for the christian prayer?

God can understand any language. God created different languages; and gave mankind the ability to create even more languages.


What are the similarity between creole and pidgin?

They both describe language that results from the combination of two completely different parent languages.


How do you say God bless you in American Indian language?

There are about 450 Languages spoken in India and about 700 different Native American languages. But there is no such language as "Indian".


How is God named in different world languages?

God in EnglishAllah in ArabicDieu in FrenchJumala in FinnishGud in Swedish and Danish and in NorwegianGott in GermanBog in SerbianDios in Spanish


What is Pluto's name in Asian?

Pluto is a Roman God, derived from the Greek God Hades. You would have to be more specific with your question, as 'Asian' is not a language. There are quite a few different Asian languages.


How did you get languages?

People were building a tower to reach god but god didn't like that so over night he made them all speak a different language so they couldn't keep on building the tower, and thats how we got languages


Was god a parent?

God is our Father.


What is the African name for God?

There are numerous tribes/countries in Africa having different languages. Each would call God by a different name. Since a majority of Africans are Muslims, these would, regardless of their specific language, refer to God as Allah.