...And Look
After months of speculation about what would happened once they "chai’ed" the place we finally have an answer:
A living Plaza…
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47 languages spoken…
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186 currencies accepted…
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This paradise is just down the street from us. But you know me I couldn’t not Google those facts (47 languages?, 186 currencies?). The results are in:
Top 50 languages in the World (most widely spoken)
Chinese, madarin (1,120) - English (480) - Spanish (332) - Arabic (235) - Bengali (182) - Russian (180) - Portuguese (170) - Japanese (125) - German (98) - Chinese, wu (77.2) - Javanese (75.5) - Korean (75) - French (72) - Turkish (67.7) - Telugu (66.4) - Chinese, Yue (Cantonese) (66) - Marathi India (64.8) - Tamil India, (63.1) - Italian (59) - Urdu (58) - Chinese, Min Nan (49) - Chinese, Jinyu (45) - Gujarati India, (44) - Polish (44) - Ukrainian (41) - Persian (37.3) - Chinese, Xiang (36) - Malayalam (34) - Chinese, Hakka (34) - Kannada (33.7) - Oriya (31) - Panjabi (30) - Sunda (27) - Panjabi (26) - Romanian (26) - Bhojpuri, (25) - Azerbaijani (24.4) - Maithili (24.3) - Hausa (24.2) - Burmese (22) - Serbo-Croatian (21) - Chinese, Gan (20.6) - Awadhi (20.5) - Thai (20) - Dutch (20) - Yoruba (20) - Sindhi (19.7)
Lucky you who speak “Hausa” or maybe “Yoruba” you will find somebody who will be able to answer your questions.
Now that we know you can be understood, let see if they’ll accept your money!
Most sources only list 164 currencies (not sure where they got the 24 others!)
Afghani AFA - Austral ARA - Baht THB - Balboa PAB - Birr ETB - Bolivar VEB - Boliviano BOB - Cedi GHC - Colón (Costa Rican) Rica - Córdoba NIC - Convertible Mark BAM - Cruzeiro Real BRR - Dalasi GMD - Dinar (Algerian) DZD - Dinar (Bahraini) BHD - Dinar (Croatian) HRD - Dinar (Iraqi) IQD - Dinar (Jordanian) JOD - Dinar (Kuwaiti) KWD - Dinar (Libyan) LYD - Dinar (Macedonian) MKD - Dinar (Serbian) CSD - Dinar (Tunisian) TND - Dirham (Moroccan) MAD - Dirham (UAE) AED - Dobra STD - Dollar (Australian) AUD - Dollar (Bahamian) BSD - Dollar (Barbados) BBD - Dollar (Belize) BZD - Dollar (Bermudian) BMD - Dollar (Brunei) BND - Dollar (Canadian) CAD - Dollar (Cayman Islands) KYD - Dollar (East Caribbean) XCD - Dollar (Fiji) FJD - Dollar (Guyana) GYD - Dollar (Hong Kong) - KD - Dollar (Jamaican) JMD - Dollar (Liberian) LRD - Dollar (Malaysian) MYR - Dollar (Namibian) NAD - Dollar (New Zealand) NZD - Dollar (Singapore) SGD - Dollar (Solomon Islands) SBD - Dollar (Taiwan, New) TWD - Dollar (Trinidad and Tobago) TTD - Dollar (US) USD - Dollar (Zimbabwe) ZWD - Dông VND - Drachma GRD - Dram AMD - Ekwele GQE - Escudo (Caboverdiano) CVE - Escudo (Timorian) TPE - Euro EUR - Forint HUF - Franc (de la Communauté financière africaine) [Central African Franc]) XAF - Franc (des Comptoirs français du Pacifique) [Pacific - Franc]) XPF - Franc (Burundi) BIF - Franc (Comorian) KMF - Franc (Djibouti) DJF - Franc (Guinea) GNS - Franc (Malagasy) MGF - Franc (Malian) MLF - Franc (Rwanda) RWF - Franc (Swiss) CHF - Franc (West African) XOF - Gourde HTG - Guarani PYG - Guilder (Aruban) AWG - Guilder (Netherlands Antilles) ANG - Guilder (Surinam) SRG - Hryvna UAH - Inti PEI - Karbovanet UAK - Kina PGK - Kip LAK - Koruna (Czech) CZK - Koruna (Slovak) SKK - Króna (Icelandic) ISK - Krona (Swedish) SEK - Krone (Danish) DKK - Krone (Norwegian) NOK - Kroon EEK - Kuna HRK - Kwacha (Malawian) MWK - Kwacha (Zambian) ZMK - Kyat MMK - Lari GEL - Lats LVL - Lek ALL - Lempira HNL - Leone SLL - Leu (Moldavian) MDL - Leu (Romanian) ROL - Lev BGL - Lilangeni SZL - Lira (Turkish) TRL - Litas LTL - Loti LSL - Manat (Azerbaijani) AZM - Manat (Turkmenistani) TMM - Maloti LSM - Metical MZM - Nakfa ERN - Naira NGN - New Kwanza AON - Nuevo Peso ARS - New Peso (Mexican) MXN - New Peso (Uruguayan) UYU - New Sol PEN - New Zloty PLN - Ngultrum BTN - Ouguiya MRO - Pa'anga TOP - Pataca MOP - Peso (Bolivian) BOP - Peso (Chilean) CLP - Peso (Colombian) COP - Peso (Cuban) CUP - Peso (Dominican Republic) DOP - Peso (Guinea-Bissau) GWP - Peso (Philippines) PHP - Pound (Egyptian) EGP - Pound (Falkland) FKP - Pound (Gibraltar) GIP - Pound (Lebanese) LBP - Pound (St Helena) SHP - Pound (Sterling) [United Kingdom Pound] GBP- Pound (Sudanese) SDG - Pound (Syrian) SYP - Pula BWP - Quetzal GTQ - Rand ZAR - Rand (financial) ZAL - Rial (Iranian) IRR - Rial (Omani) OMR - Riel KHR - Riyal (Qatari) QAR - Riyal (Saudi) SAR - Riyal (Yemeni) YER - Rouble (Belarussian) BYR - Rouble (Russian Federation) RUB - Rouble (USSR) SUR - Rouble (Tajik) TJR - Rufiyaa MVR - Rupee (Indian) INR - Rupee (Mauritius) MUR - Rupee (Nepalese) NPR - Rupee (Pakistani) PKR - Rupee (Seychelles) SCR - Rupee (Sri Lankan) LKR - Rupiah IDR - Shekel ILS - Shilling (Kenyan) KES - Shilling (Somali) SOS - Shilling (Tanzanian) TZS - Shilling (Ugandan) UGS - Som (Kyrgyzstani) KGS - Som (Uzbekistani) UZS - Taka BDT- Tala WST - Tenge KZT - Tugrik MNT - Unidades de Fomento CLF - Vatu VUV - Won (North Korean) KPW - Won (South Korean) KRW - Yen JPY - Yuan Renminbi CNY - Zaïre (New) CDZ
Once again if you have "Birr" (from Ethiopia) or "Pula" (from Botswana) they will gladly take them.
I will keep you inform on the construction progress of this "Living Plaza"...There isn't much behind the billboard yet but I’m sure it will be ready for the Olympics!
