From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 52491
Date: 2008-02-07
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick McCallister" <gabaroo6958@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 4:35 PM
Subject: Re:Re: [tied] Languages Evolve in Punctuational Bursts
> I have seen a wide range given for native Japanese
> words --between 10% and 50%. I read somewhere about
> 200-400 words.
> Despite claims of an Austronesian substrate, I've seen
> about 4 or 5 Japanese words attributed to
> Austronesian, although I wouldn't be surprised if
> there were more.
> Sasha Vovin, I believe, postulated a link between Ainu
> and Austro-Asiatic, which would be the source for
> Austro-Asiatic.
>
> --- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > I have expressed an interest in learning more about
> > the idea that a majority
> > of words in Japanese are from any other language.
> > I asked for the source of your pronouncement unless,
> > of course, you are an
> > expert on Japanese yourself.
> > Patrick
> > ================
> > There are very few "japanese" words.
> >
> > Words that are neither Chinese, nor Dutch, nor
> > Portuguese,
> > are few
> > and many of these words are from Austro-asiatic
> > like hara "belly" from *parat,
> >
> > In the end, when loanwords are cleared,
> > Japanese has about as many inherited words
> > as Albanese.
> >
> > Arnaud
> > ============
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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