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Jemaah haji usai solat Jumat di Masjidil Haram, Mekkah (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh )
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VIVAnews - Language differences is not at all difficult millions of people from different backgrounds and ethnic who doing Hajj in Mekkah, Saudi Arabia, in communication. Without saying a word, only with gestures, the pilgrims can eliminate linguistic obstacles with ease.
With nodded, shook his head, grinning and hand signals, pilgrims of different languages can be spoken. One example is as reported by Al-Arabiya on Monday.
Just then a woman from Africa grinned and waved to the pilgrims from Turkey to inform that cycles solatnya incomplete.
Replied with a smile, this Turkish lady nods and adds rakaatnya. After that, they shake hands and smile reciprocated. All this is done without a word, just gestures.
"We call this type of communication as a 'language Haram'," said Ali Abdullah, a Sudanese shopkeeper in Mecca.
As a trader in the holy land, Abdullah claimed to have met all kinds of people. For African people, he claimed there was no problem, but if you meet an Asian then sign language into its flagship. "The Nigeria and other African countries usually speak English, but the Asians have their own language which I do not understand," said Abdullah.
If sign language is also not able to bridge the communication sellers and buyers, said Abdullah, then the only way is with a picture. Ali often give customers a pen and paper to describe what they are looking for.
Unlike Abdullah, Majed al-Qulaisi, a Saudi trader preferring instead to deal with Asia rather than Africa. African languages he is very tough. Qulaisi claimed to have learned three languages for three years, namely Turkey, Malaysia and Russia.
"Sometimes they (the Africans) do not understand what I am saying. I never said anything insulting, they get angry and out of my shop," said Qulaisi.
Qulaisi addition, many traders are also working hard to learn a foreign language. One is Rasheed Ali, traders from Myanmar. "I could be 10 languages I learned here for 17 years," said Rasheed. (eh)
