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Bethan McKernan
Sep 16, 2015

The good folk over at Reddit have come together to share their favourite words in their mother tongues.
Some are tongue-twisters, some have quirky roots, some are specifically attached to certain cultures - and all are brilliant.
In no particular order, here are some of the top-voted words and phrases from different languages around the world:
1. Tagalog
Comment from discussion What is the most beautiful word in your language, in your opinion? What does it mean?.
2. Finnish
Comment from discussion What is the most beautiful word in your language, in your opinion? What does it mean?.
3. Hebrew...
4. And Arabic.
5. Faroese
Comment from discussion What is the most beautiful word in your language, in your opinion? What does it mean?.
6. English
Comment from discussion What is the most beautiful word in your language, in your opinion? What does it mean?.
7. German
Comment from discussion What is the most beautiful word in your language, in your opinion? What does it mean?.
8. Greek
Comment from discussion What is the most beautiful word in your language, in your opinion? What does it mean?.
9. Dutch
Comment from discussion What is the most beautiful word in your language, in your opinion? What does it mean?.
10. Bengali
Comment from discussion What is the most beautiful word in your language, in your opinion? What does it mean?.
11. Spanish
And the most interesting word has to be candyfloss, which is beautiful in many languages:
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