> In what sense can Japanese not be
> compared to other languages in these respects?
It's the speed how the language changes and involves. For example can
one random new talento from Kansai use a Kansai Slang word in
Japanese TV and the next day this word is adopted by thousands
of teenagers.
Read more about japanese as an an isolated language with no
established or generally accepted relationship to other languages
or language-families (it's hard stuff):
http://www.percepp.demon.co.uk/japanese.htm
Juergen
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Received on Tue Jan 23 16:45:44 2001