From: "Peter Bleackley" <Peter.Bleackley@...>
> French is essentially a language that elides everything that doesn't get
> out of the way fast enough, and nasalises everything else.
>
> English is essentially the language of people who think that everybody
else
> speaks their language. French is essentially the language of people who
> think that everybody else should speak theirs.
Spanish is essentially the English of the future (it is now the second most
spoken first language).
Arabic is essentially the Latin of the future (there will be more Muslims
than Christians sometime this century).
Shilha is essentially the Bella Coola of Afro-Asiatic. Or Bella Coola is the
Shilha of Salishan.
Portuguese is essentially Spanish disguised as French. Hebrew is essentially
Arabic disguised as Aramaic. Manx is essentially Irish disguised as English
jibberish.
Vietnamese is essentially Thai with a Chinese vocabulary. Korean is
essentially Mongolian with a Chinese vocabulary.
Chechen is essentially a mix of Arabic and Georgian consonants and French
vowels.
Abkhaz is essentially the Haida of the Caucasus. Sixty-odd consonants; two
vowels.
Kalmyk is essentially Mongolian that got lost. Romany is essentially
Hindustani that took a walkabout.