It's Heavenly Script to Me!

You know how, in English, we sometimes say "It's Greek to me" when we find something incomprehensible? There's a similar idiom in Greek, but they reference Arabic as the quintessentially incomprehensible tongue. And Arabic speakers say something incomprehensible "sounds like Hindi." Talk about cultural relativism. Here's a map (from Language Log).

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Generally speaking, Chinese is the clear favorite for most stereotypically confounding language. Although Mandarin might be taught more in schools around the world in the coming years.Via Eyeteeth.