text: Samuel: Are you there, Anna?
  Tim: I am, but I am not called Anna. It's Tim.
  Samuel: Sorry, brother Tim. Anna is just the word for elder brother in my language.
  Tim: It's a girl's name here. Doesn't sound very brother-like.
  Samuel: My apologies. 
  Tim: So what is your language?
  Samuel: It is Telugu, brother. 
  Tim: is that spoken in India?
  Samuel: Yes, in South east India. Bangalore and Chennai and other places. Nearly 90 million speakers, brother.
  Tim: Is it one of those written right to left?
  Samuel: No, it is written left to right. It is based on Brahmin script, our writing. If you trace it back far enough it all comes from the Phoenicians, like English writing the same.
  Tim: Wow. 
  Tim: So it must be pretty big, then, Teluguland?
  Samuel: It is 23 provinces, Anna. But we are not rich as in the north, so many people here are still working for less than a hundred dollars a whole month.
  Tim: So what is the word for "younger brother" if "Anna" means "elder brother?"
  Samuel: Thammu or Thammadu. You can call me Thammu. I am younger than you.
  Tim: how old are you, I would have sid about the same as me in your photo.
  Samuel: How old are you, Anna? 
  Tim: 55
  Samuel: Well there you are you see. I am 35 only. So you are my Anna and I am your Thammadu. 
  Tim: Wow sorry to say it but you do look old for 35:
  Samuel: That is because it is not an easy life when you are not earning much money, Anna. We work very hard and have very little. But still we are thankful for what we do have.
target: Samuel's language is Telugu, which is spoken in south east India. It has nearly 90 million speakers; it's written left to right; it's based on Brahmin script. Teluguland has 23 provinces. It's quite poor. "Anna" means "elder brother" and Thammu or Thammadu - "younger brother". Tim's 55, Samuel's 35.