Any examples?
Yep, but they are different obviously.
Some examples in Dutch:
w8: wacht (wait)
ff: effe (combined with the wait above it would mean wait a while (more the meaning a wait a second or even hold your horses)
Do other languages use texting abbreviations in the same way English language users do? e.g. CU L8R?
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the phones in the indian subcontinent have english on there phones majoritally mate, therefore it is tha same
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Yep, I can only speak for Spanish, but they do, and I assume its the same for every language.
see:
http://www.helloworld.com.es/english/LearnSpanish/mobilephones.htm
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Yes but obviously they are different words with different numbers e.g. in Italian ‘you are’ and ‘six’ are both the same.
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Yes American … As after watching a daft programme on Tv yesterday, its obviously not English.
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Yep, but they are different obviously.
Some examples in Dutch:
w8: wacht (wait)
ff: effe (combined with the wait above it would mean wait a while (more the meaning a wait a second or even hold your horses)
References :
Dictionary of Dutch SMS "language": http://www.smstaal.nl/