I remember reading somewhere that many japanese words are chinese borrow words,
so one could consider japanese a branch or "dialect" of chinese
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From: Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...>
> I was doing a little reading on Wikipedia and found the following:
>
> “Afrikaans was considered a Dutch dialect until the late 19th century, when it
> began to be recognised as a distinct language…â€
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> Are there any languages that one could consider “new†than Afrikaans?
>
> Scotto