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How to Pick Up Bodybuilders in Nine South Asian Languages

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1. Tamil

South Asia is dominated by India, a land of 1.3 billion people speaking over 700 languages, mostly Indo-Aryan in the north (Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Assamese) and Dravidian in the South (Tamil, Telugu).

This bodybuilder is from Tamil Nadu, in the south.

75 million people speak Tamil, a Dravidian language, so nothing like Hindi:

Show me your sausage.
Hindi: Mujhe apana sosej dikhao
Tamil: Uṅkaḷ tottiṟai kāṭṭuṅkaḷ


2. Punjabi.

Punjabi, with 100 million speakers, is  Indo-Aryan, so the resemblance to Hindi is obvious:

Hindi: Mujhe apana sosej dikhao
Punjabi: Mainū āpaṇā lagūcā dikhā'ō

Punjab is 60% Sikh, so bodybuilders work out wearing turbans.



3. Marathi

Marathi has 73 million speakers, centered around Mubmai (the British colonial capital of Bombay).

Manush Chauhan, called "The Indian Billy Elliot," grew up in Mumbai.  He is now dancing for the Oregon Ballet Theater and speaks fluent English, but if you want to impress him, here's how to say "Come to my hotel room":

Hindi:    mere hotal ke kamare mein aao
Marathi: Mājhyā hŏṭēla rūmamadhyē yē





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