Really interesting because in the Maltese language (which has Arabic routes) the letter 'X' is pronounced as 'Shh'!

@PerfectMo

2 жыл бұрын

Thats really cool! Btw are you still alive?

@kazisharmin6079

2 жыл бұрын

@@PerfectMo 😆

@RafahDeath-ms3hy

4 ай бұрын

​@@PerfectMoyou are still alive?

@DanielSouza..

2 ай бұрын

In portuguese too

Arabic is indeed a very logical, very consistent language. It also has so many sounds - consonants - totally strage to european languages.

@lovebossdz131

2 жыл бұрын

And their is 12 Million words in Arabic

@user-1g6hfpy4y.

2 жыл бұрын

Больше всего звуков наверное в ингушском языке

As an Arabian I apologize for all the students that failed in their math exams because of X

@hustlewithhimanshu8899

3 жыл бұрын

We won't forgive you. Ever 😠 😆

@josephostar3517

3 жыл бұрын

@@hustlewithhimanshu8899 same. I can't forgive my ancestors

@hustlewithhimanshu8899

3 жыл бұрын

@@josephostar3517 😆😆😆 Jokes apart my friend. I think they made maths easier. It would have been even harder otherwise.

@danielrasheedi

3 жыл бұрын

when al shayun was replace by the greek letter χ, what the word become? al khayun??? please helppp

@tarusake7326

3 жыл бұрын

Hehhhhh

يوم ان كنا مسلمين قولاً وفعلاً كنا اهلا للعلوم والحضاره .

انا شحص من الصومال من مواليد المكة الربية السعودية وبفضلها تربيت في مجتمع يتحدث باللغة العربية وهذا الامر افضل ما حصل حياتي

@bananabread6284

3 жыл бұрын

what is this

@ibr7515

3 жыл бұрын

Here's the translation kinda: "I'm a Somali person, but was born in Saudi arabia (mekka specifically)" then he talks about how much he loves the language, and how magical it is, that's basically it :)

@sarveshmalayanss2572

3 жыл бұрын

@@ibr7515 thanks

@peopleslive6868

3 жыл бұрын

سبحان الله خالق اللغات والبشر وجاعل اللغة العربية لغة القرآن الكريم المعجز ... وقد تحدى البشر أن يأتوا بسورةٍ من مثله او حتى اية ...ولقد احسنت الوصف ... فأن من البيانِ لسحراً ..وهي بالفعل لغةْ مختاره لتكون خارقةً للطبيعة مخلوقةً من الله وحبها خالدٌ خلود الدنيا والمرجح ان تكون لغة اهل الجنة...اللهم اجعلنا منهم .... تحياتي

Very inspiring information. While I was studying at high school, fistly my friend recommended this speech. When I watched, I liked very much.

One of the most short and enjoyable on TED so far.

I didn't know that. This story is so interesting!!!

But the good thing about this is that it helped us to make mathematics highly symbolic and therefore more simple to write complex things.

@bacinthezahab7818

3 жыл бұрын

good remarque. Human history is amazing , I don't think anything is a coincidence though , but definitely not always accurately calculated by intelligent minds. The only explanation for me is presence of a greater planner.

It's amazing how a solution to a language problem can end up having a huge influence on math

@thejoker8209

3 жыл бұрын

I wished the spinach could say that Arabic word (sh) because of that happend we wouldn't be suffering because of them😂💔

This man gained my respect, as he showed the respect to my mother language !

@itsbilal9876

3 жыл бұрын

Not Showed its X-owed

That was the weirdest TED talk ever (or at least that I've seen so far)... And that was definitely worth Sharing.

Great video, thank you sir.

He didn't mention why Y is also used to be the symbol for unknown. The reason is because the word Shy = شيء contains the letter Y at the end so it was common to use X ans Y as symbols for unknown.

@user-tm7mr9je9v

Ай бұрын

AFTER X, YOU CAN USE ANY ALPHABETS AS UNKNOWN. IF YOU HAVE 2 KIND OF UNKNOWN, YOU CAN'T USE X AND X, THEN THEY USED X AND Y, OR X AND Z ETC.

Very Interesting. It's Amazing what information you come across when you find the roots of words

Wow, I am Egyptian and I've learned all my life in English, but never knew the origin of the "x" symbol but now ! =)

I've sworn off TED videos until my exam was over but this was just too intriguing haha

Love my language

Vignesh Balaji, that's what Mr Terry Moore has explained: chi is a deformation of the arabic word "شيء" (which means "something") which is pronounced "chay'a" in arabic and deformed to "chi" for an easy pronunciation by spanish, so that's why they chose the grec letter "chi"

That build-up was brilliant

This was very interesting. I learned something new today!

This was great fun! Bravo!

'when you are around i wont show up' - music to my ears :)

great! I loved this information

this is fascinating. and that ending was so funny :-D

Great Video !! thanx 4 sharing

I like it when those Romans applause saying: Yeah 3:46

Terry Moore - You are brilliant

I barely understood that and still watched the whole thing. Sweet.

How could I live without this information?!

very nice!! simple questions very often have hard answers! My first language is Arabic and I didn't thought that this the reason behind using 'x' as the unknown is the word "شيئ" which means 'something" in english. I thought the reason behind that is we use a letter in Arabic that similar to 'x' in english alphabet which is the letter "س". In middle school, we always used "س" as the unknown. I think the use of the letter "س" Arabic mathematics came from 17th century english math. I'm not sure.

Really funny. Never expected this to come my way...

Lovely lecture

شكرا جزيلا

I like the tl;dr version of the talk he gives at the end.

I'm fluent in Arabic! But I grew up mostly in Kansas. This is awesome!

very neat, organized and interesting reasoning !!

Ha ha ha ha love this honest to god it really sounded like he was going to say "You can't say sh** in Spanish" lollllllll

good stuff, thanks for sharing

A GREAT GREAT GREAT clip!!! Love it ...

This was really beautiful...

I love it when the western world acknowledges arabs and their accomplishments :') makes me proud to be an arab . I know nowadays we aren't as productive as before , but i really do hope the arab kindgom becomes what it once was ...

@shammaalali6889

2 жыл бұрын

“What it once was” is unknown to most people especially the Europeans. Many believe the lie that we are people from the desert that had to contribution of any kind in any field. So not true!

His hair is dope . Love it

Most of these translations were made in a monastery in Ripoll. Monks from Ripoll used to spoke many languages, but their common language was Catalan, not Spanish. In Catalan we pronounce the letter X exactly as SH is pronouced in English.

@maravillas7050

10 жыл бұрын

As in Galicia, Asturias & The País Vasco..

@tahaalaswad1791

3 жыл бұрын

i realized that when I knew Xavi de BFC :)

Great little video.

Amazing!

What I am suggesting is that that very same degree you mentioned is a compilation of accomplishments of past individuals. That in their turn would build on top of others. But I do see your point. Pride is not the best suitable feeling towards our cultural ancestors. Perhaps admiration and inspiration would be more fit. Even so the feeling of admiration for the deeds of the group one considers oneself to be part is perfectly compatible with one of the meanings of Pride. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Great talk.

The older form of Spanish used the letter X to spell the sh sound (as is still done in the Portuguese and Catalan languages). This is why Spanish-America is peppered with place names spelled with X (such as Xochimilco). The letter X eventually began to be pronounced as either J or S (and often respelled to reflect that fact). That is why, for instance, in Spanish the names Javier and Xavier are both seen to this day, while only the form with the X is used in Portuguese and Catalan.

@aliQ7r

3 жыл бұрын

Oh so thats how خ is written in latin

@kls9730

9 ай бұрын

Xochimilco is an Aztec word. It predates European colonization by quite a bit.

@ramybadawy1676

4 ай бұрын

Like xavi, barcelona football player

this was before we used the equations س+ص = ع . the old algebra was mostly done by long terms like شيئ + 3 = 7. you can also see that in the old algebra it was mostly definitions

Very interesting and funny!

lmfao i love the ending

Yes, I've always wondered about that!

Spanish letter "x" was also used to transcribe "sh" sounds in native Mexican words.

Thank you

great talk

X also marks the spot to dig for treasure. -- Very interesting talk.

proud to be an Arabian, proud to be a son to my ancestors

@yogendrasinh

10 жыл бұрын

What happened nowadays to this great rich culture?

@AhmedEssamFakharany

10 жыл бұрын

Well its a big meesed up story, it involves terrany, injustice and ignoring education :(

@coolro3684

8 жыл бұрын

+Ahmed Essam El Fakharany actually there countless scientists in the USA who are Arabs.

@majeedaljasari30

7 жыл бұрын

coolro Arabs was teaching your dear US scientists

@Alan.Walker29

5 жыл бұрын

يا عم اتنيل بئا بلا قرف فخور ايه بس .. ان الله لا يحب كل مختال فخور

Fantastic

i like his way :) respect !

I couldn't agree more. Thankfully, with the advances of globalization and global communication, I feel that these differences will be a thing of the past (give it a generation or 2). Best wishes.

As soon as numbers became letters I was done with math

@connorskudlarek3119

9 жыл бұрын

The letter is just a symbol to say "I don't know what this number is right now". You can do all the same math with it as you did numbers, because it is a number itself that you simply don't know yet.

@Elein967

8 жыл бұрын

Haha me too xD

@suleimanjj9289

7 жыл бұрын

Kelly Stone i swear I'm like u 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@abdelazizmetali1938

6 жыл бұрын

Connor Skudlarek no we know what is the x its just a variation betwin numbers

@hamza-trabelsi

6 жыл бұрын

same here xD

Haha! Loved it!

you are right my brother , as un arabic woman who lived in west for several years, I hope that too.

Not world changing but a it's pretty curious question answered. I like it.

Curiously the sound "sh" later made it into Spanish, at least in some parts of Argentina, Uruguay ("y", "ll") and Mexico ("ch").

You make some very good points. Being proud just because you're here is silly.

so helpfull thank you

lovely!

Nunca pense que la letra "x" aya surgido asi ,es sorprenderte saber su significado

i really don't know who would dislike this kind of information :?

THANK YOU

as a replay to yours !

Witty closing remark :)

Reading the title I facepalmed. Turned out to be fascinating!

X تعود أصوله للغة العربية!! وهذا ليس بالغريب تماما فنحن من صنعنا العلم والمعرفة وليس من صنع الإرهاب والظلام...

@muadsaleh1061

4 жыл бұрын

ومين قال اننا صنعنا الضلام والارهاب 😅

@Thisbook2022

4 жыл бұрын

@@muadsaleh1061 The rest of the world.

@hamza-trabelsi

3 жыл бұрын

لم نصنع العلم بل طورناه . كفاك مغالطات . تعلمو من الهند و من الإغريق . لاكنهم طوروها و زادوا عليها . و صدروها لأروبا

@mondolibero8136

3 жыл бұрын

@@hamza-trabelsi لا يا رجل لم يكن للهند واليونان علم كي نطوره .بل نحن من أنشأ العلم العرب جبابرة التاريخ

@hamza-trabelsi

3 жыл бұрын

@@mondolibero8136 روح اقرا التاريخ . بلى جبابرة بلى كلام فاضي . اصلا حتى العلماء المسلمين المعروفين لم يكونو عرب

Very, very interesting.

the answer to the question is much more interesting than expected.

It’s so worth saying! 🤣😍

Yes you are right, thank you so much. شيء =X

Thank you master to share that I love you

Respect :)

شكرا تيرى مور على العلم النافع

المسلمون في قمة ازدهارهم شاركو في مسيرة تطوير العلم. لكن لايجوز ان نقول ان العرب اساس العلم. لان العرب كذلك استفادو من انجازات من قبلهم من الليونان مثلا.

@myme8208

7 жыл бұрын

Ali Alherz لكل عالم علم و ليس العلم للعالم فقط فهذا ما فعل "المسلمون" أخذوا العلم طوره ووضعوه للملئ

@jokr611

5 жыл бұрын

واليونان اخذوا من السومريين العرب فالاصل في الحضارة انها اسلامية عربية ولله الحمد والمنه حمداً كثيراً طيباً نافعاً مباركاً فيه ملء السماوات وملء الارض وما بينهما وملء ما شئت من شي بعد

@user-um9kb5jm2o

5 жыл бұрын

@@jokr611 لكن السومريون ليسوا عرب او مسلمين ؟؟ ارجو افادتي ان كنت تعلم عن هذا الموضوع

That is possible too I road some parts of that book , In eather ways , the main source of X as an unknown is "Shay" :) Thank for the new information

الفضل للعلماء المسلمين في تقدم العلوم

@BigBoss-cc2mh

6 жыл бұрын

ناصر ابن حاتم ماتسواهم ولا تجي قريب من مقامهم

@reemr.a.m2498

4 жыл бұрын

Yousif Adnan الا مسلمين ولأنهم طبقوا دينهم وصلوا لما كانوا عليه الاسلام يأمر بالمعرفه والتعلم

@redouanehemi9693

4 жыл бұрын

@@googleuser4203 great answer bro

@rayane--21pilots8

4 жыл бұрын

نعم

@leen8770

4 жыл бұрын

@@googleuser4203 تعلم عن الإسلام أولا قبل أن تأتي و تتهمنا. لعلمك قبل الإسلام كانوا العرب عائشين وقتها في الجاهلية إن دين الإسلام هو من علّم و نصر الأمة.

I just love it =)

Epic win!

so proud of my culture and ancestors !

cheers for the synopsis.

Im almost 28 and arabic is my mother language , i been to school since the age of 4 till 19 , language lesson were mandatory twice a day but i still know nothing about it ahahah man its more than an art

Arab & Proud عربيّ أنا :)

.... Okay . Awesome . Well done .

" ش ع غ ظ ض ق خ " our letter that the others can't say it's right I know 5 language but my language still the most beautiful one ... and I like the Italian too :3

@MrTStat

7 жыл бұрын

you missed all forms of ء

@hayatonorayato5453

7 жыл бұрын

firendable Oh sure how can I help you *^*

@hayatonorayato5453

7 жыл бұрын

firendable you can ask about any thing when ever you want

@ayhdiv84

6 жыл бұрын

How are they pronounced?

@soulpriestess1953

6 жыл бұрын

namida no arashi dude no P sound either. Or Ch sound.

Great tidbit.

We watched this in math today and I had to show my sister since she's takin Spanish. Haha

Arabic is really logical when it comes to the grammar. But when it comes to the poems, one can easily make grammar mistakes for the poem to rhyme. There are also many exceptions in grammar, for some words don't look "nice" if they are written according to the grammar. Some logical and at the same time illogical stuff also exists. For example, Arabic has "the plural of the plural." I'm really glad that I learned it when I was only a kid.

very very nice ...

we CAN say SH in spanish: in Argentina we replace the Y or the LL for the sound of the Y. It is just in a region of the country

The eloquence of difficult language produced equations