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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Clyde Winters: [QB] djehuti quote: ______________________________________________________________ The Japanese word for black is 'kuro' so since this bears a striking resemblance to the Dravidan word 'karu' then therefore the Japanese have a connection with them and since you attribute 'karu' to the Egyptian word for black (Kem) which only shares the first letter then ultimately the Japanese have a connection to Egypt!! ________________________________________________________________ I have never seen any research that links Egyptian to Japanese, but many researchers recognize a relationship between Dravidian languages (Tamil) and the Japanese language. [b] History of Japanese Language Historical linguists agree that Japanese is a Japonic language, but do not agree further about the origin of the Japanese language; there are several competing theories: Japanese is a relative of extinct languages spoken by historic cultures in what are now the Korean peninsula and Manchuria. The best attested of these is the language of Goguryeo (a.k.a. Koguryo), with the less-attested languages of Baekje (a.k.a. Paekche) and Buyeo (a.k.a Puyo) hypothesized to also be related, because of all these cultures' historic ties. Japanese is a relative of other Asian languages. This theory maintains that Japanese split from - or had large influences from - other East Asian languages such as Korean (and possibly the Sino-Tibetan languages). Japanese is a relative of the Altaic language family. Other languages in this group include Mongolian, Tungusic, Turkish, and sometimes, Korean. Evidence for this theory lies in the fact that like Turkish and Korean, Japanese is an agglutinative language. Japanese also has (phonologically distinctive) pitch (called pitch accent in linguistics), similar to Serbian/Croatian. Additionally, there are a suggestive number of apparently regular correspondences in basic vocabulary, such as ishi "stone" to Turkic das, yo "four" to Turkic dört. Phonological and lexical similarities to Austronesian languages have been noted. Japanese is a kind of Creole, with an Altaic grammatical substructure, and core Austronesian vocabulary. Japanese is related to southern Asian languages. Some researchers have suggested a possible relationship between Japanese and Tamil, a member of the Dravidian language family spoken in southern India. Specialists in Japanese historical linguistics all agree that Japanese is related to the Ryukyuan languages (including Okinawan); together, Japanese and Ryukyuan are grouped in the Japonic languages. Among these specialists, the possibility of a genetic relation to Goguryeo has the most evidence; relationship to Korean is considered plausible but not demonstrated; the Altaic hypothesis has somewhat less currency. Almost all specialists reject the idea that Japanese could be related to Austronesian/Malayo-Polynesian languages or Sino-Tibetan languages, and the idea that Japanese could be related to Tamil is given no credence at all. It should be noted that linguistic studies, like all fields, can be strongly affected by national politics and other non-academic factors. For example, some linguists would say that Dutch is a dialect of German but is known as a language for political reasons. Japan's long-standing rivalries and enmities with virtually all of its neighbours make the study of linguistic connection particularly fraught with such political tensions. You can find out more at the site below: http://www.xlweb.com/heritage/asian/japanese.htm#similar Or you can read my article on this topic. C.A. Winters, Further notes on Japanese and Tamil, International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics (Trivandrum) 13, no.2 (Jun) 1984 347-353. [/b] ..... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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