I first learned the word "roti" as the Indonesian/Malay word for bread. I don't know how many other languages use that word for bread ("pan" or something similar is another word for bread used by multiple languages, mostly Latin-based, but even Japanese). I think I eventually came across the word "roti" somewhere for a kind of bread or b…
I first learned the word "roti" as the Indonesian/Malay word for bread. I don't know how many other languages use that word for bread ("pan" or something similar is another word for bread used by multiple languages, mostly Latin-based, but even Japanese). I think I eventually came across the word "roti" somewhere for a kind of bread or bread product not associated with Indonesia or Malaysia. Maybe a kind of Indian bread? But if not for my familiarity with those 2 languages, I probably wouldn't have gotten your joke. Malaysian & Indonesian contain many words derived from many languages around the world, among them Hindi, Sanskrit & Arabic. Also Dutch, English, Portuguese, Latin & Mandarin among others.
I first learned the word "roti" as the Indonesian/Malay word for bread. I don't know how many other languages use that word for bread ("pan" or something similar is another word for bread used by multiple languages, mostly Latin-based, but even Japanese). I think I eventually came across the word "roti" somewhere for a kind of bread or bread product not associated with Indonesia or Malaysia. Maybe a kind of Indian bread? But if not for my familiarity with those 2 languages, I probably wouldn't have gotten your joke. Malaysian & Indonesian contain many words derived from many languages around the world, among them Hindi, Sanskrit & Arabic. Also Dutch, English, Portuguese, Latin & Mandarin among others.