Re: Rating Languages
| From: | David Peterson <digitalscream@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 25, 2001, 1:09 |
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I sense a long thread coming on. ~:D
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.
Finnish: noun declension, consonant gradation.
FRENCH: "REFLEXIVE"
Georgian: consonant clusters.
GERMAN: DER/DIE/DAS, "REFLEXIVE"
HINDI: SYLLABARY, PHONEMIC NASALIZATION, VOICED "ASPIRATES"
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. >>
-David
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