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Re: question - Turco-Japanese (a thought experiment for the group here)

From:Rodlox <rodlox@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 23, 2004, 16:25
> That's very possible - it was a close thing, and the Japanese were helped
by
> storms wrecking the Mongols' fleet (whence the word _kamikaze_ "divine
wind").
> > > what would a Turco-Japanese creole or hybrid language be like? whose > > grammar do you think it would resemble more? any quirks that might
appear,
> > based upon tendancies among the speakers of the parent populations? > > > > thoughts? > > As said, a successful Mongol invasion of Japan might not have resulted in
many
> Turks ending up there. I'm afraid I'm not familiar enough with either
Turkic
> nor Japanese to be of much further help.
okay, what sort of thing do you think, based upon the folks who *did* try invading, do you think it would have been like? (since not Turkic). *curious*

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Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>