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I have this list of natlangs that I'm gonna borrow words from, and I'm currently putting together a map that shows where each language is spoken. So when I need a word for some plant or animal or any other thing that can be pinpointed to a specific location, I'll look at the map and see what language is spoken at that location, and then borrow the word from that language.
There are 38 languages I believe, and I need to mark each with a unique hue. So I want to ask you guys which of these languages you associate with what color, and why. I have already filled in some of these, but you can still give me suggestions for any of these languages if you think you have a better suggestion. The only limits are that it must be a single color and not some gradient or pattern, and black and white can't be used.
- Akan ████ - because the Akan people are known for metallurgy, including bronze casting
- Bambara
- Burmese - maybe ████ because they have all these golden pagodas and Buddha statues in Burma?
- English - ████ because this color is found on the flags of the UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand
- Fula - ████ because they are pastoral nomads IIRC and they live in the Sahel region, and I imagine grass there has this color
- Hausa - ████ because they also live in the Sahel, but further north so khaki goes with that
- Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu)
- Hungarian - ████ because they like paprika and because they have a special word for a deep red color
- Japanese - ████ because it's the color of sakura
- Kazakh - ████ because it's the Turkic color and it's on their flag
- Korean - ████ Idk, maybe because I've been playing too much Civ 3
- Malay
- Mandarin - ████ - because it's on the Chinese flag and they use this color a lot in their architecture and other things
- Modern Standard Arabic - ████ Islam green
- Oromo
- Persian - ████ isn't the Persian landscape sort of orange? And isn't the apricot a pretty popular fruit over there?
- Russian - ████ icy color because it's northern
- Spanish - ████ because there's yellow on the Spanish flag and because Spain is known for sun
- Swahili
- Tamil - ████ because the Tamil people are apparently known for their steel and their weaponry
- Telugu
- Thai - ████ Idk, they seem to like bright colors in Thailand
- Turkish - ████ another light blue shade for a Turkic language
- Uzbek - ████ also Turkic, and they use this turquoise on their mosques
- Vietnamese
- Yoruba
- Ancient Greek - ████ because of Greek olives
- Latin - ████ this is like the color of the Roman empire
- Sanskrit
- Bengali - ████ because of the Bangladeshi flag? Idk
- Filipino/Tagalog
- French - ████ I think this color suits the likes of Louis XIV. And don't they also grow a lot of lavender in France?
- German - ████ the current German flag, and some of the past ones, have included black, and since I can't use black this is the closest option. This color also makes me think of industry which they have a lot of Germany.
- Italian - ████ burnt siena because Siena is in Italy
- Javanese
- Marathi
- Portuguese
- Punjabi