Re: japanese

On Saturday 06 July 2002 10:24 pm, Nik Taylor wrote:
> Christopher B Wright wrote:
> > Japanese seems rather Indo-European to me. Is it an IE language?
>
> No.  It's probably an isolate, altho possibly related to Korean.  Some
> have classified it as Altaic, but, from what I understand, that's a
> largely discredited theory these days.
        Given the heavy influx of English words, I suppose Japanese is well on its
way to becoming an IE language, though. :)
        :Peter
        P.S. Just kidding. I am well aware that just because English is 70%
Latin/French does not a Romance language make.
        P.P.S. My wife, who spent four years in Japan, was better able to understand
the change English experience after 1066 when I compared it to the situation
in Japanese.
        P.P.P.S. I have the number, "10,000 English loans in Japanese" bouncing
around in my head. Can anyone confirm/deny?
        P.P.P.P.S. I have gotten into the bad habit of speaking katakana English. I
especially love to add -u to the end of words...