Re: was Punk Ekk, now Japanese

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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