Re: Essentialist Explanations, 8.0 edition

I think you got enuff, but I'm having fun with this, so:

Hebrew is essentially Arabic with most consonants changed to "sh" and "kh".
Syriac is essentially Hebrew with Georgian-like vowel placements.
Tibetan is essentially Burmese with Georgian-like vowel placements.
Romany is essentially Kashmiri that took a long trip.
Cherokee is essentially a language written in a mixture of Latin, Coptic and
Cyrillic letters with exaggerated serifs.
Japanese is essentially the linguistic equivalent of kicking someone's ass.
Zulu and Xhosa are essentially Bantu languages that dabble a little in Khoisan
phonology.
Hausa is essentially Arabic spoken in a manner much like playing the didgeridoo.
Modern Greek is essentially Koine Greek after too much ouzo.
Bulgarian is essentially Romanian with Russian vocabulary.
Chechen is essentially Klingon spoken by Caucasian Muslims.
Esperanto is essentially German and Latin spoken with a Yiddish accent.
Portuguese is essentially Spanish spoken while on Viagra®.
Lojban is essentially Shelta spoken by Trekkies.
Nadsat is essentially to Russian what Texas Spanish is to Spanish.
Bella Coola is essentially the linguistic equivalent of a drum solo.

Now I'll stop...

~DaW~


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