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Hi friends, I'm Niharika and thanks for clicking. Well, in today's lesson, we are gonna look
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at world currencies. Now different countries have different currencies. In fact there's
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another word for currencies which is monetary units. In fact what kind of money you use
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depends on where you are living or depends on where you are travelling to. So in this
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lesson, we are gonna look at the major world currencies. Of course the most major world
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currency that is traded is the US dollar and then the second place goes to the Euro but
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there are 167 official currencies that are circulating around the world. That's quite
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interesting. Now I haven't included all the 167 currencies because that's not quite possible
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but I have included the most major world currencies.
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So we are gonna start with Australia. Now in Australia, the currency that Australians
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use is the Australian dollar. Now we also have an ISO code for each and every currency.
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So for Australia, for the Australian dollar, it is AUD, okay.
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Let's move on to another country which is, Austria. Well Austria is the part of Europe
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and the currency that's used in Austria is euro and of course the ISO code is EUR, alright.
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Then let's move to Brazil. Yes, well in Brazil, we use Brazilian Real and the ISO code is
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BRL.
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Let's move on to another country which is, Canada, the cold Canada. Now in Canada, the
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currency that we use is dollar. Okay it's Canadian dollar to be specific
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and the ISO code for Canadian dollar is CAD.
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The next one is, Chile. Now in Chile, the currency that people use is Peso and the ISO
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code is, CLP.
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Let's move on to another one which is china. The great, big china. Now in china the currency
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that we use is Yuan and the ISO code for the currency is CNY.
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Alright, then we also have Egypt. In Egypt, we have the Egyptian Pound. Okay, to be specific
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again, it is Egyptian pound and the ISO code for Egyptian pound is, EGP.
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Let's move on to another country which is, France. Again a part of Europe. So, we have,
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the currency that we use in France is, euro and of course the ISO code is, EUR. I haven't
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included Germany here but again France, Germany, Spain. Okay so all these countries are a part
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of Europe and the currency that is used is euro and the ISO code is EUR.
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whereas the last one here is, Hong Kong and if you are going to Hong Kong Disney, then
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yes, the currency that you would use is, dollar, Hong Kong dollars and the ISO code is HKD.
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So these are a few countries and a few different currencies that are used in these countries.
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Now let's have a look at some more major world currencies.
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So here are some more major world currencies. We will start with the country, India and
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the currency that is used in India is rupee, that's how it is pronounced. Whereas the ISO
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code for rupee is INR.
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Then let's move on to another country which is, Indonesia. Well the people of Indonesia
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use the currency called rupiah. Okay, that's how it's pronounced and the monetary units
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or the ISO code is, IDR.
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Then we have Japan, the beautiful Japan. Well, the currency that's used in Japan is the Japanese
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yen and the ISO code is JPY.
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Let's move on to another country which is Kenya and the currency that's used by the
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people of Kenya is Kenyan shilling. Okay so to be specific, it's Kenyan shilling and the
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ISO code for Kenyan shilling is KES.
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Let's move on to another country which is Kuwait. Well in Kuwait, the currency that
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is used by the people of Kuwait is dinar. The ISO code for the currency dinar is KWD.
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Then we have, Malaysia. In Malaysia, people use the currency called ringgit. Well yes,
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that's quite an interesting name. Well that's how it's pronounced as ringgit and the ISO
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code for the currency, ringgit is MYR.
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Okay, let's move on to Mexico. Now in Mexico, the people of Mexico use the currency called
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peso and the ISO code for peso is MXN.
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Alright, then we have the beautiful Switzerland. Yes if you are visiting Switzerland, people
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might think that the currency used in Switzerland is euro. Well it's not euro. In Switzerland
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people use the currency called franc. Okay, that's how it's pronounced. It's the Switzerland
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franc or the Swiss franc and the ISO code for Swiss franc is CHF.
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Alright, then we have South Africa for you. In South Africa, the people of South Africa
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use the currency called rand and the ISO code for this currency is ZAR.
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Okay, then we have turkey. Yes turkey, the land of beautiful museums. Well in turkey,
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the currency that people use is lira. Okay and the ISO code for lira is TRY.
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Then the most common or the major world currency is UAE, of course. In UAE, we use dirham.
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Okay that's how it's pronounced, dirham. The ISO code for dirham is AED.
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Alright, so these are the most major world currencies. Do not forget the US dollar. Well
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I haven't included it because yes we all know about the US dollar and of course about Euro.
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So the US dollar and Euro are the most important currencies that are traded in the world.
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So now wherever you're travelling or wherever you are living, I hope you know what currencies
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are used. How exactly they are pronounced. Okay, so I hope this lesson is helpful to
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you and I'll be back with a new lesson soon, till then you take care.