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09-09-2009, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by IcewindDude View Post
Currently, the main purpose of kanji is to help separate the language into parts when written where without intonation of spoken Japanese
Not exactly if you consider a million of on'yomi words, suffixes, and prefixes in the Japanese dictionary.

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Originally Posted by Ryzorian View Post
It relies more on "colorful" words than many lanquages do, to describe things. Probably because so many cultures influenced it's developement.
English language is more of a mixed language of old Norman French and old Anglo-Saxon. English is exactly like an African creole today.

English isn't that special. It's only because English-speaking countries are the top tier of world's modern politics and modern culture. People don't like English; people are forced to learn English because the circumstances and try to find positive reasons to learn English.


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Last edited by komitsuki : 09-09-2009 at 08:46 AM.
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