Re: Rating Languages

I only added a couple.

Adam

>In a message dated 9/24/01 5:54:52 PM, hmiller@IO.COM writes:
>
>Everything I've added to the list will be in ALL CAPS.
>
><< Ancient Greek: verb conjugations.
>Arabic: tricky alphabet, short vowels unwritten, emphatic consonants,
>IRREGULAR PLURALS, DUAL PRONOUNS/VERB FORMS.
>Chinese: writing system, tones. Six dozen different ways of arranging a
>dictionary.
Taiwanese: "l" (BTW what *is* the IPA for this sound??) and *shivver* tone
sandhi
>Finnish: noun declension, consonant gradation.
>FRENCH: "REFLEXIVE"
>Georgian: consonant clusters.
>GERMAN: DER/DIE/DAS, "REFLEXIVE"
>HINDI: SYLLABARY, PHONEMIC NASALIZATION, VOICED "ASPIRATES" -- Can any one
>say "half-P???"
>Irish: spelling, initial consonant mutation.
>Japanese: writing system, levels of politeness, syntax.
>Korean: "tense" consonants.  [What are these?  Can anyone explain them to
>me,
>pleeeeeeze? ~:D]
>Russian: palatalized consonants, perfective vs. imperfective verb stems,
>UNHOLY CLUSTERS [cf. "zdravstvuytye"], NOUN CASES WITH MOTION.
>SPANISH: GIGANTIC VERB PARADIGMS, POR/PARA, "REFLEXIVE"
>Thai: no spaces between words, complicated spelling of tones.
>Tibetan: spelling.
>Vietnamese: unfamiliar vowels, tones.
>Zulu: clicks. >>
Shona: "sv" dzv", etc.


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