現代英語の最大の特徴の1つである cosmopolitan vocabulary については pde_characteristic を始めとする記事で，また時にそれを "asset" とみなす見方については批判的に[2009-09-27-1], [2010-05-22-1]の記事などで扱ってきた．関連して，現代英語語彙が借用語に満たされていることについては，[2010-05-16-1]にリンクを張った諸記事や loan_word の各記事で話題にしてきた．
英語の語彙がいかに世界的かをざっと知るには，[2009-11-14-1]の記事「現代英語の借用語の起源と割合 (2)」のグラフをみるのが手っ取り早いが，単語とその借用元言語を具体的にリスト化しておけば，なお手っ取り早い．そこで，主として Crystal ( The English Language, p. 40 and Encyclopedia, pp. 126--27 ) に基づき，他の例も多少付け加えながら，借用元言語で世界一周ツアーしてみたい．
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | apartheid, gnu, impala, indri, kraal, mamba, trek, tse-tse |
| Aleutian | parka |
| American Indian | chipmunk, moccasin, pow wow, skunk, squaw, totem, wigwam |
| Anglo-Saxon | God, Sunday, beer, crafty, gospel, house, rain, rainbow, sea, sheep, understand, wisdom |
| Arabic | algebra, assassin, azimuth, emir, ghoul, harem, hashish, intifada, mohair, sheikh, sherbet, sultan, zero |
| Araucanian | coypu, poncho |
| Australian | boomerang, budgerigar, dingo, kangaroo, koala, wallaroo, wombat |
| Brazilian | abouti, ai, birimbao, bossa nova, favela, jaguar, manioc, piranha |
| Canadian Indian | pecan, toboggan |
| Chinese | chopsuey, chow mein, cumquat, kaolin, ketchup, kung fu, litchi, sampan, tea, tycoon, typhoon, yen (=desire) |
| Czech | howitzer, pistol, robot |
| Dutch | bluff, cruise, easel, frolic, knapsack, landscape, poppycock, roster, slim |
| Eskimo | anorak, igloo, kayak |
| Finnish | sauna |
| French | anatomy, aunt, brochure, castle, cellar, challenge, chocolate, crocodile, cushion, debt, dinner, entrance, fruit, garage, grotesque, increase, jewel, justice, languish, medicine, montage, moustache, passport, police, precious, prince, sacrifice, sculpture, sergeant, table, trespass, unique, venison, victory, vogue, voyeur |
| Gaelic | banshee, brogue, galore, leprechaun |
| German | angst, dachshund, gimmick, hamburger, hamster, kindergarten, lager, nix, paraffin, plunder, poodle, sauerkraut, snorkel, strafe, waltz, yodel, zinc |
| Greek | anonymous, catastrophe, climax, coma, crisis, dogma, euphoria, lexicon, moussaka, neurosis, ouzo, pylon, schizophrenia, stigma, therm, thermometer, tonic, topic |
| Haitian | barbecue, cannibal, canoe, peccary, potato, yucca |
| Hawaiian | aloha, hula, lei, nene, ukulele |
| Hebrew | bar mitzvah, kibbutz, kosher, menorah, shalom, shibboleth, targum, yom kippur, ziggurat |
| Hindi | bungalow, chutney, dekko, dungaree, guru, gymkhana, jungle, pundit, pyjamas, sari, shampoo, thug |
| Hungarian | cimbalom, goulash, hussar, paprika |
| Icelandic | geyser, mumps, saga |
| Irish | blarney, brat, garda, taoiseach, whiskey |
| Italian | arcade, balcony, ballot, bandit, ciao, concerto, falsetto, fiasco, giraffe, lava, mafia, opera, scampi, sonnet, soprano, studio, timpani, traffic, violin |
| Japanese | bonsai, geisha, haiku, hara-kiri, judo, kamikaze, karate, kimono, shogun, tycoon, zaitech |
| Javanese | batik, gamelan, lahar |
| Korean | hangul, kimchi, makkoli, ondol, won |
| Latin | alibi, altar circus, aquarium, circus, compact, diocese, discuss, equator, focus, frustrate, genius, include, index, interim, legal, monk, nervous, onus, orbit, quiet, ulcer, ultimatum, vertigo |
| Malagasy | raffia |
| Malay | amok, caddy, gong, kapok, orang-outang, sago, sarong |
| Maori | haka, hongi, kakapo, kiwi, pakeha, whare |
| Nahuatl | axolotl, coyote, mescal, tomato, tortilla |
| Norwegian | cosy, fjord, krill, lemming, ski, slalom |
| Old Norse | both, egg, knife, low, sky, take, they, want |
| Persian | bazaar, caravan, divan, shah, shawl, sofa |
| Peruvian | condor, inca, llama, maté, puma, quinine |
| Polish | horde, mazurka, zloty |
| Polynesian | kava, poe, taboo, tapa, taro, tattoo |
| Portuguese | buffalo, flamingo, marmalade, pagoda, veranda |
| Quechuan | llama |
| Russian | agitprop, borsch, czar, glasnost, intelligentsia, perestroika, rouble, samovar, sputnik, steppe, troika |
| Sanskrit | swastika, yoga |
| Scottish | caber, cairn, clan, lock, slogan |
| Serbo-Croat | cravat, silvovitz |
| Spanish | albatross, banana, bonanza, cafeteria, cannibal, canyon, cigar, cobra, cork, dodo, guitar, hacienda, hammock, junta, marijuana, marmalade, molasses, mosquito, potato, rodeo, sherry, sombrero, stampede, supremo |
| Swahili | bongo, bwana, harmattan, marimba, safari, voodoo |
| Swedish | ombudsman, tungsten, verve |
| Tagalog | boondock, buntal, ylang-ylang |
| Tamil | bandicoot, catamaran, curry, mulligatawny, pariah |
| Tibetan | Koumiss, argali, lama, polo, shaman, sherpa, yak, yeti |
| Tongan | taboo |
| Turkish | aga, bosh, caftan, caviare, coffee, fez, jackal, kiosk, shish kebab, yoghurt |
| Vietnamese | ao dai, nuoc mam |
| Welsh | coracle, corgi, crag, eisteddfod, hwyl, penguin |
| Yiddish | chutzpah, gelt, kosher, nosh, oy vay, schemozzle, schmaltz, schmuk |
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