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From:Eric Christopherson <eric@...>
Date:Thursday, November 12, 1998, 21:25
Mathias M. Lassailly wrote:
>And Japanese may well have mixed Korean and Malayo-Polynesian (and >Turco-Mongol and Ainu, and stuff) but you should be ashamed of thinking >so, why did YOU hint that, Josh ? Why the hell ? Repent now !!!
Um, what makes you think Japanese has significant contributions from these languages? I am reasonably sure there must be at least some vocabulary from Ainu, but what about the others? Malayo-Polynesian?? Or was this your sick idea of a joke? :D