Re: was Punk Ekk, now Japanese

From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 52493
Date: 2008-02-07

That is similar enough to the figures Brian uncovered for me to acknowledge
that you were right about the majority of Japanese words being of non-native
origin.


Patrick



----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick McCallister" <gabaroo6958@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] was Punk Ekk, now Japanese


> On line I found the following. I don't know Backhouse
> from the outhouse but I do think Oxford UP is
> respected.
>
> A. E. Backhouse. 1993. The Japanese Language:
> An Introduction. Oxford University Press
>
> Backhouse (1993, pp 74-76) estimates that
> 54% of Japanese vocabulary is Sino-Japanese,
> 6% of western origin and the remaining 40%
> native
>
> The majority of Japanese vocabulary IS from Chinese
>
>
>
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